We lowered our long-term rating on the U.S. because we believe that the prolonged controversy over raising the statutory debt ceiling and the related fiscal policy debate indicate that further near-term progress containing the growth in public spending, especially on entitlements, or on reaching an agreement on raising revenues is less likely than we previously assumed and will remain a contentious and fitful process.
In that capacity, she oversees the work of the Employment Litigation and Educational Opportunities Sections of the Civil Rights Division and spearheads interagency policy projects related to combating discrimination and promoting equality of opportunity in education and employment.
The economy and stocks and fiscal policy and global trade are related, but not to be conflated.
The inspector general would function on a macro level weighing in on policy, while the court monitor would enforce nuts-and-bolts changes related to the stop-and-frisk policy.
The slow and bumpy recovery of the global economy, weak global demand and elevated risks related to regulatory policy changes continue to reinforce the wait-and-see attitude of many multinationals toward investment abroad, UNCTAD said in a statement on their website yesterday.
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Should the same company really be allowed to set policy and then bet against people related to that policy, because of the potential for that to happen?
That debate "shall not be limited by topic and shall include an equal number of questions related to foreign policy and homeland security on the one hand and economic and domestic policy on the other, " the agreement says.
In addition, UNESCO contributes technical advice and convenes and participates in international and regional meetings and fora that address issues of policy related to the life sciences and their applications.
None of this means that all problems over mosques and other policy issues related to Islam are solved.
Terrell McSweeny has advised three Presidential candidates on domestic policy and related matters.
Mr. Wu will be assisting FTC Chairman Liebowitz on legal and policy matters related consumer protection and competition in the Internet and mobile markets.
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Conduct analytical and research activities and provide policy and legal advice to Members states in areas related to the promotion and monitoring of the right to education.
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The economic and political aftershocks extending around the globe will profoundly shake and alter broad aspects of U.S. and international policy far into the future, and particularly those related to energy strategies.
Accordingly, fair values, earnings, and gains or losses resulting from the sale of such securities and currencies are incidental to the open market operations and do not motivate decisions related to policy or open market activities.
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All of these issues present a number of critical challenges that will remain well beyond 2012 and whose solution requires a comprehensive, balanced and phased approach which takes into account aspects related to technology, financing and investment as well as policy and institutions.
Historically, the emergence of modern medicine coincided with the rise of activist government in the U.S. Both had their roots in the late 1800s and early 1900s, and the health-related industries became prime targets for utopian policy-makers intent on safeguarding the public from insecurity and harm.
Again, I agree with Butterworth that in an ideal world, journalists, politicians, and the public would all be more technically literate and, therefore, more able to assess the technical claims being made in public policy debates related to technology, science, and medicine.
The tool addresses topics related to internal media policy and strategies, as well as to capacity building.
The outcome of these efforts is the issuance of three reports that examine certain questions related to HIV testing policy and access to care.
To conclude the event, the roles and priorities of UNESCO and other related international organisations in the subsequent policy making process will be identified.
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Last fall, the Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP) commissioned the Institute of Medicine (IOM), the health arm of the independent National Academy of Sciences, to study certain questions related to HIV testing policy and access to care.
At the end of 2012, all of the disparate cruise industry policy- and marketing-related organizations all over the world banded together to issue global safety recommendations and ultimately merged into one cohesive organization under the umbrella of the Cruise Lines International Association.
This seminar will also bring together professionals working in the preservation and promotion of sites and places of memory related to slavery, decision makers involved in developing public policy on this issue and researchers, as well as specialists from Africa, Americas, Caribbean, Indian Ocean, Europe.
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This is just one of the many ways the UKNC provides expert advice to Government on UNESCO-related matters and develops UK input into UNESCO policy-making.
"The office oversees policy related to WHMO functions and Department of Defense assets and ensures that White House requirements are met with the highest standards of quality, " the website states.
But Mr Draghi repeated, several times, that the programme would continue to be temporary, limited in scale, and entirely related to improving the functioning of monetary policy (ie. not about saving governments' skins).
In its 2012 study "State Film Studies: Not Much Bang For Too Many Bucks, " the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities found that film-related jobs tend to go to out-of-staters who jet in, then leave.
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The main expected outcomes of the HLG in Dakar are key policy recommendations for adoption and implementations by policy-makers in order to accelerate progress towards achieving the EFA and other related development goals.
Many other Obama appointees who will be in a position to influence science- and technology-related issues are ideological, radical and poorly qualified to offer sound, unbiased advice on policy.
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