Sentences with phrase «with federal advocacy»

Our goal is to offer a one - stop - shop of resources to assist you with your federal advocacy needs.

Our foci with federal advocacy efforts are around the areas of FAFSA simplification, sustaining the purchasing power of federal need - based financial aid, and ensuring continued availability of federal college access and success programs.

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In a report for the Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration, Nicole and Mark Crain of Lafayette University explained that the per - employee cost of federal regulatory compliance was $ 10,585 for businesses with 19 or fewer employees, but only $ 7,755 for companies with 500 or more.

-- FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION: A dozen consumer - advocacy organizations are pressing the FTC to investigate whether the release of data violated an agreement Facebook signed with the FTC in 2011 offering privacy assurances.

His advocacy work includes direct communications with company leadership, investor education and awareness, filing shareholder proposals, and public policy advocacy at the municipal, state and federal levels.

On Tuesday, a dozen consumer - advocacy organizations pressed the Federal Trade Commission in the U.S. to investigate whether the release of data violated an agreement Facebook signed with the FTC in 2011 offering privacy assurances.

Ryan's advocacy for cutting taxes and trimming the deficit — he is the architect of the GOP's proposed federal budget — married with his willingness to talk about fiscal belt - tightening in moral terms and his low - key social conservatism speak to a political moment in which the economic concerns of the Tea Party and the social focus of the Christian right have merged into a relatively cohesive anti-Obama movement.

«She is a seasoned public affairs professional with extensive experience in local, state and federal affairs, having successfully led numerous advocacy campaigns in the grassroots, political and legislative realms.

In common with other appointments these Cabinet members share a strong advocacy of market based policies and a severely reduced federal regulatory role.

But more than a dozen advocacy organizations — including the Electronic Frontier Foundation, New York Civil Liberties Union and Sunlight Foundation, as well as New York - based good government groups — sent a letter to the governor late last month, arguing his policy was technologically unnecessary and out of step with the federal government, which saves emails from rank - and - file employees for seven years.

Other potential Democratic candidates include David Calone, a venture capitalist who also worked as a federal prosecutor; William Wexler, a defense attorney and former county prosecutor who shares offices with Suffolk Democratic chairman Richard Schaffer; Tad Scharfenberg, a defense attorney and former county prosecutor who ran for district attorney in 1997; James Chalifoux, deputy bureau chief of the district attorney's major crimes bureau; Maureen McCormick, a top Nassau prosecutor who lives in Huntington; and Laura Ahearn, executive director of Parents for Megan's Law, an advocacy group for victims of sexual assault.

Two people familiar with the Democratic Party's new efforts emphasized that even if its new message is aimed at federal policy, «no advocacy work will be focused beyond the borders of New York State.»

With a federal lawsuit alleging EPA violations between the environmental advocacy group Save the Sound and Westchester County approaching the two - year mark, officials at the nonprofit are growing increasingly impatient with alleged inaction on the part of several communitWith a federal lawsuit alleging EPA violations between the environmental advocacy group Save the Sound and Westchester County approaching the two - year mark, officials at the nonprofit are growing increasingly impatient with alleged inaction on the part of several communitwith alleged inaction on the part of several communities.

Adams explained that much of the $ 30 million estimated cost of building the 80 or more units of housing SAGE is creating — in partnership with HELP USA, a nationwide non-profit housing advocacy and development organization that will own the building — will financed through federal low - income tax credits.

A dozen independent owners of medallions not affiliated with a taxicab fleet and an advocacy group which supports these owners slapped the city and top Taxi & Limousine Commission honchos on Wednesday with a Manhattan federal court lawsuit seeking to overturn the longstanding policy.

Judge Robert Sweet, of the federal court in New York City, rejected the BRCA patents in a 156 - page opinion that sides with advocacy groups and medical organizations that sought to have the patents tossed out.

And U.S. prisoners are often exposed to the same conditions working at disassembling e-waste for the government - owned corporation UNICOR Federal Prison Industries in Washington, D.C. «I visited a federal prison in California and I saw prisoners with hammers smashing apart CRT monitors,» says Ted Smith, chairman of the advocacy group Electronics TakeBack CoaFederal Prison Industries in Washington, D.C. «I visited a federal prison in California and I saw prisoners with hammers smashing apart CRT monitors,» says Ted Smith, chairman of the advocacy group Electronics TakeBack Coafederal prison in California and I saw prisoners with hammers smashing apart CRT monitors,» says Ted Smith, chairman of the advocacy group Electronics TakeBack Coalition.

President Barack Obama this morning unveiled the Precision Medicine Initiative he'll include in his 2016 budget request to a White House East Room audience packed with federal science leaders, academic researchers, patient and research advocacy groups, congressional guests, and drug industry executives.

While at the AAS, Bethany managed the public policy activities including, creating and managing a federal and local grassroots advocacy program designed to work with association members to effectively communicate with policy makers and successfully leading a coalition, working with Congressional leaders, and drafting legislation to secure millions of federal dollars appropriated for the restarting domestic production of Plutonium - 238 as a fuel source for planetary exploration.

Clinical Research Advocacy — Collaborating with other professional organizations to promote the advancement and support of clinical and translational research to Congress and federal agencies

The second is that we do a lot of advocacy work, whether it's the Department of Eds at the federal or state levels, with the district, or within schools.

As for the government assertion that anybody with palpitations about this arrangement should have objected ahead of time, that simply fails to address the core problem, which is using an advocacy group as the source of data, analysis, and authorship for a federal report that is supposed to be policy neutral.

The judiciary's role in social policymaking expanded broadly with the rights revolution of the 1960s, as the public's thirst for «total justice» combined with the courts» willingness to embrace new legal doctrines, increasingly long and complicated federal statutes, and the emergence of well - funded advocacy organizations to generate a surge of litigation across policy areas.

With more than two decades of experience developing pre-K-12 education policy and leading successful advocacy initiatives, Pollitt strengthens NSBA's ability to secure federal policies that ensure all children have access to a quality and equitable public education.

01/01/2011: LULAC Releases the Education Advocacy Toolkit, a guide to equip education advocates with the tools necessary to advocate for education reform at the local, state and / or federal level.

Download policy recommendations that align with ASCD's Legislative Agenda and provide suggestions for federal, state, and district advocacy efforts (PDF files).

He noted NSBA's partnership with its state associations and the important grassroots advocacy work of individual school board members who participate in the Federal Relations Network (FRN), with FRN membership rising exponentially from 1,600 to 53,000 in just two short years.

As states transition from No Child Left Behind to using their new authority under ESSA, Anne Wicks and William McKenzie of the George W. Bush Institute write in The 74 that it is critical for all stakeholders — federal officials, advocacy organizations, and policymakers — provide proper oversight to make sure states «implement their plans with fidelity and support the education leaders who use accountability as a key tool to help all kids achieve.»

The conference will feature informational sessions about ESEA reauthorization, the Common Core State Standards, and education funding; presentations by influential federal policymakers and national education leaders on the presidential campaign and Congress's education priorities for 2012; advocacy skill - building sessions to help increase your influence at the federal, state, and local levels throughout the year; and Capitol Hill visits with your federal lawmakers.

NSBA works strategically with our state school boards associations, national education and disability associations, and other advocacy groups to support federal funding for special education.

This site provides updates from national partners and advocacy groups, and compiles relevant news from state and federal sources in order to serve as a one - stop shop for any interested party seeking guidance and clarity on how states are working to implement the new law with fidelity.

The center, which takes no advocacy position on the issue, was created at the university's highly regarded Peabody College of Education and Human Development in 2006 with a $ 10 million federal research grant.

According to Federal Election Committee reports, in addition to his work with the Connecticut Association for Achievement Advocacy, Inc., (ConnAD),, Robert Furek has been a major fundraiser and donor to the campaigns of George W. Bush for President, John McCain for President, Romney for President, Paul Ryan for Congress, Rick Santorum's U.S. senatorial run in 2006 and two extraordinarily controversial political action committees; Progress for America Voter Fund, a primary vehicle for the Koch Brother's assault on America and the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth.

Merrill has extensive experience with charter schools, assessment to improve classroom instruction, accountability, state and federal requirements, legislative advocacy on behalf of public education, and molding collaborative and cooperative relationships among educational communities.

Spence is a member of the leadership team for the Consortium of Large Countywide and Suburban School Districts, which works in partnership with AASA to provide a forum for member school divisions to collaborate on issues of practice, benchmark key data points against other districts, and collectively focus on federal advocacy.

Capitol Hill visits with your federal lawmakers where you can immediately put your advocacy training and skills into practice and discuss education policies and issues that affect your work.

I advocate for high - quality charter public schools at the district, state, and federal level, I assist schools with their advocacy needs, and I coordinate advocacy efforts among charter parents, teachers, staff and other supporters.

To ensure great teaching is the norm and that Board certification is the expectation for all teachers, we need policies that strengthen the coherence of the teaching career continuum.The team's policy and advocacy efforts work with federal, state and local lawmakers to advance this mission.

School board members generally would welcome regulatory relief from federal intrusion into local policymaking, but civil rights and special education advocacy groups have expressed concern with the department's intentions.

NSBA has a variety of events and resources for school leaders on education technology: • NSBA's Technology Leadership Network • 2015 Technology Leadership Network Site Visits • 2015 NSBA Annual Conference • NSBA's Council of School Attorneys» Data in the Cloud Privacy Guide • NSBA's Center for Public Education: Talking About the Facts of Education Data with School Board Members • NSBA's American School Board Journal: Technology Focus articles • NSBA's Federal Advocacy Resources on Education Technology and E-Rate

«A lot of the reform success started at the federal level with Race to the Top, it moved to states and now it's very much in the implementation phase at the district level,» said Joe Williams, director of Democrats for Education Reform (DFER), an advocacy group that supports charter schools and teacher accountability.

Jonathon Bishop, a Research and Parliamentary Affairs Analyst with the Public Interest Advocacy Centre, suggests that the federal government repeal the usury law back to what it was before 2007.

There are documented instances of abuses by retailers who have joint affiliations with in - house lenders, said Scott Astrada, director of federal advocacy at the Center for Responsible Lending.

It was that OIG report, combined with our advocacy efforts in Congress and with the Obama administration that finally compelled federal action.

In cases with the potential to significantly improve legal protections for companion animals, the legal advocacy department will bring legal proceedings corollary to the criminal prosecution including writs, declaratory judgments and petitions for injunctive relief, and will initiate or support civil litigation on the state and federal level to promote those heightened legal protections.

As the legislative and advocacy voice for the trade, the Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council (PIJAC) was active throughout the show, meeting with you and discussing your concerns about governmental activity at the local, state, federal and even international levels.

An Austin - based housing advocacy group asked a federal court on Tuesday to temporarily block Houston from receiving Hurricane Harvey recovery funding, alleging the city remains out of compliance with civil...

Friday, March 30th, 2018 - On the eve of the Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC) annual meeting March 2 - 4 in Washington, D.C., dozens of veterinary medical educators visited with federal lawmakers as part of «Advocacy Day.»

She regularly works with federal and state agencies, members from local Native American tribes, the commercial and recreational fishing community, and both regional and national environmental advocacy organizations.

We combine action on shutting down coal plants and other toxic facilities at the local level, as well as building of new toxic facilities, with advocacy to strengthen development, monitoring, and enforcement of regulations at federal, state, and local levels.