Sentences with phrase «term policy reform»

I would love for this to be a catalyst for long - term policy reform.

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«Additional vigilance in terms of macroeconomic management is needed in order to weather any negative impact of those policies, and the best way to do it is to accelerate some of the reforms that need to be introduced,» he added.

Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand in construction and in both the commercial and defense segments of the aerospace industry, levels of air travel, financial condition of commercial airlines, the impact of weather conditions and natural disasters and the financial condition of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring activity, including the pending acquisition of Rockwell Collins, including among other things integration of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and levels of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to be incurred by United Technologies in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and research and development spending, including in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope of future repurchases of United Technologies» common stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level of other investing activities and uses of cash, including in connection with the proposed acquisition of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption in delivery of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer - directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits of diversification and balance of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (13) pension plan assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (15) the effect of changes in political conditions in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect of changes in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU, on general market conditions, global trade policies and currency exchange rates in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect of changes in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017), environmental, regulatory (including among other things import / export) and other laws and regulations in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the merger) and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing of the pending acquisition on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of one or both of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects of the announcement or the completion of the merger on the market price of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common stock and / or on their respective financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies being restricted in their operation of their businesses while the merger agreement is in effect; (21) risks relating to the value of the United Technologies» shares to be issued in connection with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and / or other provisions that may be triggered by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined company, to retain and hire key personnel.

Substantial reforms in Venezuelan energy or foreign policy seem unlikely in the near term.

He has been pointed over the past several quarters to the fiscal side and pointing to Washington as opposed to the Federal Reserve in terms of what they can do going forward with tax reform with some type of stimulative fiscal policies that propel the real economy forward as opposed to monetary policy.

The pledge for loose fiscal policy near - term complements the all - in BOJ strategy to reflate the economy; without reflation, there will be little chance to implement reform.

Today's economic risks can be minimized only with reforms that must form part of a long - term policy agenda.

Former President Barack Obama continuously asked Congress throughout his term to create legislation that would reform immigration policy for these immigrants.

The talks in Akiu, to be followed by a G7 summit in central Japan's Ise region next week, started out with a brainstorming session on how best to use monetary policy, government spending and longer - term reforms to help support growth.

The experiences gained through practical use of a scientifically vetted system can help reform governance and policy in terms of:

The spending review also needs to end the current dither and delay on industrial policy and put in place long - term reforms to build a One Nation economy for the future.

The reforms were implicitly viewed solely as an aspect of executive policy - making and, therefore, in consequential terms as no more or no less independent from government control than any other aspect of policy.

The discussions focused on the implementation of the programme, the medium - term outlook, and policies and structural reforms needed to restore debt sustainability, and a return to high growth and job creation while protecting the poor.

There are also policy actions which we have to take - investment climate reforms to improve business and economic competitiveness, focus on developing MSMEs, deepening long term savings through pensions, insurance and sovereign savings, land reform to eliminate constraints in time and cost around land transactions (including a review of the governor's consent requirement), and actions to reduce inflation, interest rates and business operating costs.

For instance, they struck a bargain with the Liberal Party (the so - called «Lib - Lab Pact») in a desperate bid to cling to power in 1977, by the terms of which Labour agreed to take on board certain policy proposals favoured by the Liberals, including electoral reform.

Fiscal consolidation and an activist monetary policy have been combined with fundamental long - term reform of our banking and regulatory system.

In domestic policy terms, the impact of devolution meant that the Brown government's capacity to reform public services was confined to England, where Brown had no personal democratic mandate to intervene.

If we proceed on those terms... David can listen rather more to Conservative MPs, who represent the real people of this country, and give rather less regard to the Liberal Democrat intellectual urban elite, with their student politics idea of reforming the constitution and taking forward green policies.

Hammond slammed Cuomo for failing to put forth an agenda for the second four - year term he's seeking, noting that in 2010, candidate Cuomo released seven book - length white papers addressing everything from ethics reform to energy policy.

At the April 18 Delegate Assembly, UFT President Michael Mulgrew warned the delegates to brace themselves for the mayor's attempt to continue his «educational reform» policies beyond his third term.

We are attracted by the idea of coalitions between progressives, especially if they result in electoral reform, genuine reform of the House of Lords and of the City, legislation for fixed - term parliaments, stronger civil liberties, an enhanced Freedom of Information Act, closer ties with Europe, a multilateral foreign policy and withdrawal from Afghanistan.

«Long - term reform is needed but with the housing crisis growing by the day it is becoming increasingly clear that the Tory - led government's policies are making things worse not better.»

«My office will handle these cases with the highest level of care and independence, while we continue to work with lawmakers, District Attorneys, advocates and other experts in criminal justice reform on a long - term legislative solution to this critical matter of law and policy,» Schneiderman said in a statement.

A Labour government will drive forward the economic and industrial policy that Ed Miliband, Ed Balls and Chuka Umunna have been developing to create more high quality jobs in every region of the country by reforming our banking sector, modernising our infrastructure, and working with businesses to get the long - term investment we need in growing SMEs and the high productivity, growth industries of the future.

BY NATHAN RILEY Drug policy reform will play a bigger role in American politics during President Barack Obama's second term, and it behooves our leaders in Washington, DC, and elsewhere to welcome this shift.

My office will handle these cases with the highest level of care and independence, while we continue to work with lawmakers, District Attorneys, advocates and other experts in criminal justice reform on a long - term legislative solution to this critical matter of law and policy.

Ed Balls is to launch a bid to bolster Labour's credibility with business by promising to keep a low rate of corporation tax and attract long - term investors to Britain, as he brushed off criticism from the policy chief Jon Cruddas that a «profound dead hand» within the party is blocking bold reforms.

«My office will handle these cases with the highest level of care and independence, while we continue to work with lawmakers, district attorneys, advocates and other experts in criminal justice reform on a long - term legislative solution to this critical matter of law and policy,» Schneiderman said in an e-mailed statement.

A study by Matthew M. Chingos and Paul E. Peterson on the long - term impact of school vouchers on college enrollment and graduation won the 2016 Association for Education Finance and Policy (AEFP) Prize awarded for Best Academic Paper on School Choice and Reform.

For those interested in the finer points of education policy, I'd also recommend: Alyson Klein on helping long - term English - language learners, Chad Aldeman on the difficulty of «raising the bar» for teacher preparation entry, Mike Petrilli's Education Next piece on a schools agenda for working - class families, Kathleen Porter Magee on a great - news story for Catholic schools, Nat Malkus on the Title I funding fight, and Paul Peterson on the «Bush - Obama» approach to reform.

«We're saying the assumptions of the Administration that education reform will result exclusively [from testing] could be termed «voodoo education policy.»»

Though this work centers on Minnesota schools, the CSC's impact — in terms of school - reform research and policy formation — reaches well beyond that state's borders.

But it's haphazard and the retirement reforms are of varying quality in terms of their utility as retirement policy — eg saving money by making it harder for new teachers to vest.

But there is a certain begging the question in the authors» reserving of the term «reform» for only the set of policies endorsed by such bodies as Democrats for Education Reform, the U.S. Department of Education and sympathetic state school chiefs, and certain figures, such as Jeb Bush, in the Republican reform» for only the set of policies endorsed by such bodies as Democrats for Education Reform, the U.S. Department of Education and sympathetic state school chiefs, and certain figures, such as Jeb Bush, in the Republican Reform, the U.S. Department of Education and sympathetic state school chiefs, and certain figures, such as Jeb Bush, in the Republican Party.

«They've gone from the debate over NCLB in terms of the goals being unrealistic, to saying we're not going to require you to have goals at all,» said Charlie Barone, director of federal policy for Democrats for Education Reform.

Few literacy researchers have conducted research aimed directly at either state or national English language arts and, as we have noted previously, policy researchers interested in standards often analyze them in terms of larger reforms efforts, without specific regard for subject area.

In conclusion, while it is true that the corporate education reform «movement» is weighed down with a long list of failed policies, you have to give them credit for their prowess when it comes to developing marketing terms that seek to mislead their target audiences.

Policy Analysis for California Education is an independent, non-partisan research center based at the University of California - Berkeley, the University of Southern California, and Stanford University that seeks to define and sustain a long - term strategy for comprehensive policy reform and continuous improvement in performance at all levels of California's education system, from early childhood to post-secondary education and traPolicy Analysis for California Education is an independent, non-partisan research center based at the University of California - Berkeley, the University of Southern California, and Stanford University that seeks to define and sustain a long - term strategy for comprehensive policy reform and continuous improvement in performance at all levels of California's education system, from early childhood to post-secondary education and trapolicy reform and continuous improvement in performance at all levels of California's education system, from early childhood to post-secondary education and training.

Rather, Sanders and his associates at SAS Institute Inc. greatly influenced our nation in terms of the last decade of our nation's educational policies, as largely bent on high - stakes teacher accountability for educational reform.

«It's hard to find consistent, long - term, high - quality service learning,» says Sarah Pearson of the American Youth Policy Forum in Washington, D.C. Pearson's recent report, Finding Common Ground: Service Learning and Education Reform (2002), establishes the compatibility between the goals of comprehensive school reform models and those of service leaReform (2002), establishes the compatibility between the goals of comprehensive school reform models and those of service leareform models and those of service learning.

Although Malloy is the only Democratic Governor in the nation to propose doing away with teacher tenure and repealing collective bargaining for teachers in «turnaround» schools, the announcement that Stefan Pryor will be leaving his position at the end of this year was seen by some as a signal that Malloy was going to shift away from his corporate education reform industry and privatization policies and would use a second term to provide more support for Connecticut's real public education system.

This is true, and it's a fine argument for focusing education policy efforts on sustainable teacher quality reforms, such as recruiting more academically talented young people into the profession, requiring new teachers to undergo significant apprenticeship periods working alongside master educators, and creating career ladders that reward excellent teachers who agree to stay in the classroom long - term and mentor their peers.

We also help our clients understand the fiscal, legal, and policy implications of implementing education reforms, including both short and long - term impacts.

An NBPTS statement further describes an expansive dedication to the improvement of American education, including his two terms as president of the California State Board of Education; role as an educator in education and business administration; and countless other contributions related to school finance, curriculum politics, and intergovernmental relations and education reform policies.

Connecticut needs a stable, responsible budget, with real structural reforms, rejecting the crisis - driven, short - term approach that has marked state fiscal policy for years.

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At this RFF seminar, experts from the China National Renewable Energy Centre, US Department of Energy, National Development and Reform Commission (China), and Georgetown University discussed China's long - term renewable energy development options as well as the potential for increasing renewable energy in China and overcoming the policy, regulatory, market, and institutional barriers to achieving a long - term strategic plan for energy transformation.

No simple solution exists — but policy reforms to reduce excess capacity and get prices right can help in both the near and long terms.

Rather than one - off projects, the plan comprises long - term, sequenced investments that mutually reinforce each other and link to other critical activities, such as policy and regulatory reform and capacity building.

Today, active competition policy remains the crucial ingredient to ensure that the country will reap the long - term benefits of the reform, according to the country's first in - depth energy policy review by the International Energy Agency.