Sentences with phrase «with protecting the public»

Consumer Product Safety Commission www.cpsc.gov / Government organization charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of serious injury or death from more than 15,000 types of consumer products under the agency's jurisdiction.

Personally, it's obvious to me that the democrat's push for more gun control legislation has nothing to do with protecting the public, and has everything to do with giving the GOP the middle finger.

Major organizations entrusted with protecting the public's health, such as the World Health Organization and the U.S. Public Health Service, believe amalgam is a safe, effective material to treat cavities.

The studies, published online this week in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, come as the Obama administration is making a concerted effort to link efforts to tackle climate change with protecting public health.

This study finds that such onerous licensing has nothing to do with protecting public health and safety.

In the United States, the state veterinary medical boards are tasked with protecting the public by regulating the practice of veterinary medicine.

According to its website, the SRA regulates more than 120,000 solicitors in England and Wales, and is charged with protecting the public «by ensuring that solicitors meet high standards, and by acting when risks are identified.»

Should the courts and colleges, charged with protecting the public, be used in this manner by competing commercial interests?

Why, you ask, would faculty and students at the nation's preeminent law school be concerned with protecting the public's right to play online poker?

CPSC is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of injury or death associated with the use of the thousands of types of consumer products under the agency's jurisdiction.

Regulatory boards are tasked with protecting the public from incompetent and unethical practitioners and the Kentucky Board of Licensure for Marriage and Family Therapists is no different.

It appears that most of the negative comments about wholesaling seem to be efforts to protect realtors turf and little to do with protecting the public.

Not exact matches

Reuters reported on Monday, citing a Treasury source, that Italian authorities will intervene with public money if necessary to ensure the continuity of the bank and to protect clients» savings.

The reports, along with earlier research show that current limits for mobile phone radiation, «remain acceptable for protecting the public health,» Jeffrey Shuren, director of the FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health, said in an emailed statement.

Even if you don't get a flu vaccine before October, as is considered ideal, public health officials recommend that everyone — including pregnant women in any trimester — aged 6 months and older, as well as those with compromised immune systems such as small children and the elderly, get their seasonal flu shots in order to protect both themselves and those around them.

The source said the pay cap was brought in to «deal with the mess we inherited from Labour» and acknowledged the «hard work and sacrifice» made by public sector workers, saying jobs had been protected and the deficit reduced by three quarters.

A recent Abacus Data poll, done on behalf of Public Response — an agency that works with labour — indicates that a majority of Canadians, 61 %, believe unions do a good job of protecting their members» jobs.

A White House National Security Council spokesman said «While we have no comment on individual actions, protecting critical infrastructure, including the supply chains associated with such infrastructure, is a critical part of protecting Americas national security and public safety.»

The bill, passed on March 23, prevents local governments from passing any laws to protect LGBT citizens from discrimination, precluding a Charlotte ordinance that would have allowed people to use public bathrooms based on the gender they identify with rather than the one on their birth certificate.

The PCAOB said in its own statement that it «has cooperated with and appreciates the government's actions to preserve and reinforce the integrity of the PCAOB's regulatory oversight programs that protect investors who rely on the audits of public companies.»

White also touched upon what happens after startups go public, noting that these companies should be prepared to protect investors with «enhanced structures and controls for conducting their operations.»

The stories exposed self - dealing at the Nature Conservancy; sham deductions taken for protecting facades on urban buildings; and jaw - dropping write - offs for golf resorts, whose chemical - doused fairways and private membership seemed at odds with the goals of protecting natural habitat and providing «significant public benefit.»

«CHX justifies the proposal by stating» [T] he Exchange submits that the proposed rules for LTAD are designed to operate in a manner that is consistent with the Act in that they are designed to protect investors and the public interest, are not designed to permit unfair discrimination, and would not impose any unnecessary or inappropriate burden on competition.»

Rebuilds our military by eliminating the defense sequester and expanding military investment; provides Veterans with the ability to receive public VA treatment or attend the private doctor of their choice; protects our vital infrastructure from cyber-attack; establishes new screening procedures for immigration to ensure those who are admitted to our country support our people and our values

We may disclose personal information if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (1) comply with law or comply with legal process served upon us or our agents, representatives and affiliates, (2) protect and defend our rights or property or those of our users or (3) protect the personal safety of our users or the public.

While the Securities and Exchange Commission is explicitly tasked with investor protection, the CFTC's stated mission is to «protect market users and the public from fraud, manipulation, and abusive practices related to the sale of commodity futures and options and to foster open, competitive, and financially sound commodity futures and option markets.»

On Earth Day, April 22nd, 2017, Elizabeth and Sheila Malcolmson (MP, Nanaimo - Ladysmith) participated in «Protecting Our Islands,» a public meeting and fundraiser to assist with the First Nations court challenge of the Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion project.

The authors note, however, that reducing education fees, increasing funding support for people with disabilities, and increasing public support for long term care are needed to help protect the most vulnerable populations during times of economic recovery.

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The real problem with retrospective review of rules is that it prevents agencies from moving forward to protect the public from new and unregulated hazards.

We have a basic responsibility to protect people's data,» Zuckerberg said in an interview with CNN, breaking a public silence since the scandal erupted at the weekend.

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Giving three extra seats on the board to the CEO was certainly founder friendly; that the expansion happened at the same time Uber accepted a $ 3.5 billion investment from Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, which came with a board seat, suggests Benchmark viewed the board expansion as a way to protect its own interests and influence as well.

Important factors that may affect the Company's business and operations and that may cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to, operating in a highly competitive industry; changes in the retail landscape or the loss of key retail customers; the Company's ability to maintain, extend and expand its reputation and brand image; the impacts of the Company's international operations; the Company's ability to leverage its brand value; the Company's ability to predict, identify and interpret changes in consumer preferences and demand; the Company's ability to drive revenue growth in its key product categories, increase its market share, or add products; an impairment of the carrying value of goodwill or other indefinite - lived intangible assets; volatility in commodity, energy and other input costs; changes in the Company's management team or other key personnel; the Company's ability to realize the anticipated benefits from its cost savings initiatives; changes in relationships with significant customers and suppliers; the execution of the Company's international expansion strategy; tax law changes or interpretations; legal claims or other regulatory enforcement actions; product recalls or product liability claims; unanticipated business disruptions; the Company's ability to complete or realize the benefits from potential and completed acquisitions, alliances, divestitures or joint ventures; economic and political conditions in the United States and in various other nations in which we operate; the volatility of capital markets; increased pension, labor and people - related expenses; volatility in the market value of all or a portion of the derivatives we use; exchange rate fluctuations; risks associated with information technology and systems, including service interruptions, misappropriation of data or breaches of security; the Company's ability to protect intellectual property rights; impacts of natural events in the locations in which we or the Company's customers, suppliers or regulators operate; the Company's indebtedness and ability to pay such indebtedness; the Company's ownership structure; the impact of future sales of its common stock in the public markets; the Company's ability to continue to pay a regular dividend; changes in laws and regulations; restatements of the Company's consolidated financial statements; and other factors.

In Compliance with Laws: We may disclose your information to a third party: (a) if we believe that disclosure is reasonably necessary to comply with any applicable law, regulation, legal process, or governmental request; (b) to enforce our agreements and policies; (c) to protect the security or integrity of the Startup Grind Service; (d) to protect Startup Grind, our customers, or the public from harm or illegal activities; (e) to respond to an emergency which we believe in the good faith requires us to disclose information to assist in preventing the death or serious bodily injury of any person; or (f) as otherwise directed by you.

Specifically, Defendants made false and / or misleading statements and / or failed to disclose that: (i) the Company was engaged in predatory lending practices that saddled subprime borrowers and / or those with poor or limited credit histories with high - interest rate debt that they could not repay; (ii) many of the Company's customers were using Qudian - provided loans to repay their existing loans, thereby inflating the Company's revenues and active borrower numbers and increasing the likelihood of defaults; (iii) the Company was providing online loans to college students despite a governmental ban on the practice; (iv) the Company was engaged overly aggressive and improper collection practices; (v) the Company had understated the number of its non-performing loans in the Registration Statement and Prospectus; (vi) because of the Company's improper lending, underwriting and collection practices it was subject to a heightened risk of adverse actions by Chinese regulators; (vii) the Company's largest sales platform and strategic partner, Alipay, and Ant Financial, could unilaterally cap the APR for loans provided by Qudian; (viii) the Company had failed to implement necessary safeguards to protect customer data; (ix) data for nearly one million Company customers had been leaked for sale to the black market, including names, addresses, phone numbers, loan information, accounts and, in some cases, passwords to CHIS, the state - backed higher - education qualification verification institution in China, subjecting the Company to undisclosed risks of penalties and financial and reputational harm; and (x) as a result of the foregoing, Qudian's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.

Routley said the B.C. Liberals need to be up front with British Columbians about what other sensitive personal records are sitting unprotected in a warehouse somewhere, and they need to assure the public that their private information will be protected going forward.

Only after intense public criticism, the Liberals came up with «five conditions» that must be met in order to approve the project — conditions which largely already exist in law, and do little to actually protect B.C.'s interests.

Open discussions with China on these issues would help reassure the public and demonstrate Ottawa's efforts to protect Canadian values and culture.

VICTORIA — New Democrat health spokesperson Judy Darcy is urging Health Minister Terry Lake to make sure that public health care is protected by investigating private medical clinics and compliance with the Medicare Protection Act.

Based on ideals of public consensus and trust, GBX's rigorous listing process will strive to allow the community to flourish whilst protecting participants with AML / KYC, corporate governance and best practices.

«No matter the fate of Bill 214, I expect swift and meaningful action from the government and all Members of the Assembly to protect our democracy from those who are more concerned with winning than ensuring the voice of the people is heard and the public interest is served.»

For decades, successive governments have worked to improve the way Canada develops and manages regulations, with the aim of protecting the public interest and supporting business competitiveness.

The court held that courts have to look through form to substance to protect the public from schemes to attract «risk capital» with which a company can develop a business for profit.

Ouisa Capital encourages FINRA to use its position in the regulation of securities to help pursue the increase of issuer thresholds under Regulation CF.. We encourage FINRA to raise with the SEC the possibility of increasing the issuer threshold on a twelve month pilot basis to evaluate whether the increase achieves the desired effect of increasing capital formation while protecting the investing public from unscrupulous issuers that could use Regulation CF for nefarious purposes.

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We work with industry leaders, legislators, and regulators to create the kind of public policy that improves vehicle safety, encourages technological innovation, and protects our planet.

My goal would be to both ensure that those who depend on the program are protected, while also balancing the growing cost of Social Security with other pressing priorities — from programs for children, the vulnerable, public investments, and shoring up our education and worker retraining systems.

Ultimately, we are promoting a more sustainable fashion system to improve the environment and, crucially — which comes hand - inhand with this — protecting the public health of millions of people.

I agree with Elissa Torretta's letter: The rule of law is a public good for many reasons, including protecting immigrants from exploitation.