Policy and Objectives Sample Clauses

Policy and Objectives. The County and the City have received, or may receive, federal financial assistance from the U. S. Department of Transportation (the “DOT”) to finance a portion of the Banks Project and, as a condition to receiving such assistance, must comply with DOT regulations under 49 CFR Part 26, “Participation by Disadvantaged Business Enterprises in
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Policy and Objectives. The County and the City recognize that small businesses contribute financially to the County and the City through the payment of local taxes and the employment of local residents, who themselves support the County and the City through the payment of local taxes. The County and the City also acknowledge that small businesses generally have an economic and competitive disadvantage with respect to County and City contract and procurement opportunities because of their size and economic status. The County and the City believe that the growth and development of these economically-disadvantaged small businesses will increase the number of qualified business competitors in the local community, will improve and strengthen the local tax base which supports the County and the City, and will have a positive impact on the local workforce. It is the policy of the County and the City to support and encourage the participation of economically-disadvantaged small businesses in their procurement and contracting activities, including such activities related to the Banks Project (the “SBE Policy”). Accordingly, as part of the Banks Inclusion Policy, the County and the City have established the Banks Small Business Program (the “SBE Program”) to encourage the participation of small businesses, directly and indirectly, in the contracts and procurements awarded by the County and/or the City related to the Banks Project. As part of the SBE Program, the County and the City also will encourage Contractors awarded Banks Project contracts to engage or use small businesses as subcontractors and/or suppliers for work to be performed under such contracts. Further, the County and the City will collect data to measure the participation of small businesses and minority and women-owned businesses in contracting and procurement activities related to the Banks Project. On an annual basis during the completion of the Banks Project, the County and the City will review this SBE Policy and the SBE Program and, if appropriate, will modify the policy and/or the program to more effectively achieve the objective of including small businesses in the contracting and procurement activities of the County and/or the City relating to the Banks Project.
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Policy and Objectives. The County and the City are equal opportunity employers. The County and the City believe that the reduction in unemployment among local residents, particularly minorities and women, constitutes a valid local government purpose. The County and the City also recognize their obligation to use contracting and procurement activities to facilitate the creation of jobs for unemployed and underemployed individuals. In addition, a portion of the Banks Project will be financed by the federal government through DOT, which requires compliance with Executive Order No. 11246, as amended (the “Executive Order”), and regulations promulgated by the U. S. Department of Labor, Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”), under 41 CFR Part 60 (the “DOL Regulations”). The Executive Order prohibits discrimination in employment and requires affirmative action by contractors and subcontractors to ensure equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, sex, religion and/or national origin in performing non-exempt federally-assisted construction contracts and subcontracts. The Executive Order and the DOL Regulations apply to a construction contractor’s or subcontractor’s employees who are engaged in on-site construction, including those construction employees who work on a non-federally assisted construction site. It is the policy of the County and the City to comply, and to require all Contractors awarded contracts or subcontracts related to the Banks Project to comply, with the Executive Order and the DOL regulations (“Banks Workforce Policy”) to the extent applicable. Therefore, in order to increase the capacity of minorities and women to participate in local construction projects, to promote the employment of minorities and women in connection with the Banks Project and to comply with the Executive Order and the DOL regulations, as part of the Banks Inclusion Policy, the County and the City have established the Banks Workforce Development Program (the “Banks Workforce Program”). Each Contractor working on the publicly-funded portion of the Banks Project shall comply with all applicable provisions of the Executive Order, the DOL Regulations and all other rules, regulations, and relevant orders of the
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Policy and Objectives. The company/employer and the union recognize that an early return to productive employment at the appropriate time can assist ill or injured workers in achieving quicker rehabilitation and allow them to maintain their personal dignity and financial stability. The company/employer and the union recognize that the Workers’ Compensation legislation and the Human Rights Statutes place an onus on the employer to accommodate injured and ill workers with the Human Rights Statutes creating the greater onus. This policy and subsequent agreement have the objective of assisting injured and ill workers by: • Supporting employees in maintaining their dignity and self-respect subsequent to being adversely affected by a disabling injury or illness; • Ensuring the well-being of affected employees and, by doing so, reduce the stresses associated with adjusting to disability, reintegration into the workplace, financial complications and other factors that adversely affect the disabled employee • Restoring the employee as much as possible to a normal life pattern while returning a valuable human resource to productive activity within the workplace; • Ensuring the involvement of the ill or injured worker, including the advice of the injured workers medical practitioner, in a voluntary return to work plan • Ensuring respect of medical confidentiality
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  • Scope and Objectives 1. This Partnership Agreement (hereinafter referred to as the “Agreement”) defines the rights and obligations of the Parties and sets forth the terms and conditions of their cooperation in the implementation of the Project.

  • Purpose and Objectives The purposes and objectives of this Agreement are:

  • Goals and Objectives The Parties acknowledge and agree that the specific goals and objectives of the Parties in entering into this Agreement are to:

  • Aims and Objectives 1.9.1 The aims and objectives of this Agreement are to:

  • BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The partnership proposed by the Cooperator was selected due to merit review evaluations from the 2017 Notice of Funding Opportunity P17AS00037. The Cooperator demonstrated expertise in disciplines and subject areas of relevance to cooperative research and training. The Cooperator met the program interests of NPS with expertise, facilities, experience, diversity of programs, and history of collaborative research projects. The Cooperator helps the NPS-CESU to meet its objectives to:  Provide research, technical assistance and education to NPS for land management, and research;  Develop a program of research, technical assistance and education that involves the biological, physical, social, and cultural sciences needed to address resources issues and interdisciplinary problem-solving at multiple scales and in an ecosystem context at the local, regional, and national level; and  Place special emphasis on the working collaboration among NPS, universities, and their related partner institutions. Title: Provide research, technical assistance and education for resource management and research The CESU network seeks to provide scientifically-based information on the nature and status of selected biological, physical, and cultural resources occurring within the parks in a form that increases its utility for making management decisions, conducting scientific research, educating the public, developing effective monitoring programs, and developing management strategies for resource protection. Studying the resources present in NPS parks benefits the Cooperator’s goal of advancing knowledge through scientific discovery, integration, application, and teaching, which lead toward a holistic understanding of our environmental and natural resources. The Cooperator is a public research university, sharing research, educational, and technological strengths with other institutions. Through inter-institutional collaboration, combined with the unique contributions of each constituent institution, the Cooperator strives to contribute substantially to the cultural, economic, environmental, scientific, social and technological advancement of the nation. The NPS expects there to be substantial involvement between itself and the Cooperator in carrying out the activities contemplated in this Agreement. The primary purpose of this study is not the acquisition of property or services for the direct benefit or use by the Federal Government, but rather to accomplish a public purpose of support or stimulation authorized the Legislative Authorities in ARTICLE II. This agreement fulfills the Public Purpose of support and economic stimulation for the following reasons:  Projects will engage recipients, partners, communities, and/or visitors in shared environmental stewardship.  Projects will promote greater public and private participation in historic preservation programs and activities. The project builds resource stewardship ethics in its participants.  The information, products and/or services identified or developed by projects will be shared through a variety of strategies to increase public awareness, knowledge and support for historic preservation and stewardship of the nation’s cultural and historical heritage.  Projects will support the Government’s objective to provide opportunities for youth to learn about the environment by spending time working on projects in National Parks. The NPS receives the indirect benefit of completing conservation projects.  Projects will motivate youth participants to become involved in the natural, cultural and /or historical resource protection of their communities and beyond.  Students gain “real world” or hands-on experience outside of the classroom of natural, cultural and/or historical resource projects.  The scientific community and/or researchers external to NPS gains by new knowledge provided through research and related results dissemination of natural, cultural and/or historical resource information.  Projects assist in the creation, promotion, facilitation, and/or improvement of the public’s understanding of natural, cultural, historic, recreational and other aspects of areas such as ecological conservation areas, and state and local parks. For performance under this cooperative agreement, the regulations set forth in 2 CFR, Part 200, supersedes OMB Circulars A–21 (2 CFR 220), A–87 (2 CFR 225), A–110, and A–122 (2 CFR 230); Circulars A–89, A–102, and A–133; and the guidance in Circular A–50 on Single Audit Act follow–up apply. The Cooperator shall adhere to 2 CFR, Part 200 in its entirety in addition to any terms and conditions of the master agreement not superseded by 2 CFR 200, as well as the terms and conditions set forth in this agreement. In the event of a conflict between the original terms of the master agreement and 2 CFR, Part 200, relating to this task agreement, 2 CFR, Part 200 shall take precedence.

  • Principles and Objectives 9.1.1 This Article recognizes and reflects the following principles:

  • IRO Independence and Objectivity The IRO must perform the Claims Review in a professionally independent and objective fashion, as defined in the most recent Government Auditing Standards issued by the United States Government Accountability Office.

  • Goals and Objectives of the Agreement Agreement Goals The goals of this Agreement are to: ● Reduce wildfire risk related to the tree mortality crisis; ● Provide a financial model for funding and scaling proactive forestry management and wildfire remediation; ● Produce renewable bioenergy to spur uptake of tariffs in support of Senate Bill 1122 Bio Market Agreement Tariff (BioMat) for renewable bioenergy projects, and to meet California’s other statutory energy goals; ● Create clean energy jobs throughout the state; ● Reduce energy costs by generating cheap net-metered energy; ● Accelerate the deployment of distributed biomass gasification in California; and ● Mitigate climate change through the avoidance of conventional energy generation and the sequestration of fixed carbon from biomass waste. Ratepayer Benefits:2 This Agreement will result in the ratepayer benefits of greater electricity reliability, lower costs, and increased safety by creating a strong market demand for forestry biomass waste and generating cheap energy. This demand will increase safety by creating an economic driver to support forest thinning, thus reducing the risk of catastrophic wildfire and the associated damage to investor-owned utility (IOU) infrastructure, such as transmission lines and remote substations. Preventing this damage to or destruction of ratepayer-supported infrastructure lowers costs for ratepayers. Additionally, the ability of IOUs to use a higher- capacity Powertainer provides a much larger offset against the yearly billion-dollar vegetation management costs borne by IOUs (and hence by ratepayers). The PT+’s significant increase in waste processing capacity also significantly speeds up and improves the economics of wildfire risk reduction, magnifying the benefits listed above. The PT+ will directly increase PG&E’s grid reliability by reducing peak loading by up to 250 kilowatt (kW), and has the potential to increase grid reliability significantly when deployed at scale. The technology will provide on-demand, non- weather dependent, renewable energy. The uniquely flexible nature of this energy will offer grid managers new tools to enhance grid stability and reliability. The technology can be used to provide local capacity in hard-to-serve areas, while reducing peak demand. Technological Advancement and Breakthroughs:3 This Agreement will lead to technological advancement and breakthroughs to overcome barriers to the achievement of California’s statutory energy goals by substantially reducing the LCOE of distributed gasification, helping drive uptake of the undersubscribed BioMAT program and increasing the potential for mass commercial deployment of distributed biomass gasification technology, particularly through net energy metering. This breakthrough will help California achieve its goal of developing bioenergy markets (Bioenergy Action Plan 2012) and fulfil its ambitious renewable portfolio standard (SB X1-2, 2011-2012; SB350, 2015). The PT+ will also help overcome barriers to achieving California’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction (AB 32, 2006) and air quality improvement goals. It reduces greenhouse gas and criteria pollutants over three primary pathways: 1) The PT+’s increased capacity and Combined Heat and Power (CHP) module expand the displacement of emissions from conventional generation; 2) the biochar offtake enables the sequestration of hundreds of tons carbon that would otherwise have been released into the atmosphere; and 3) its increased processing capacity avoids GHG and criteria emissions by reducing the risk of GHG emissions from wildfire and other forms of disposal, such as open pile burning or decomposition. The carbon sequestration potential of the biochar offtake is particularly groundbreaking because very few technologies exist that can essentially sequester atmospheric carbon, which is what the PT+ enables when paired with the natural forest ecosystem––an innovative and groundbreaking bio-energy technology, with carbon capture and storage. Additionally, as noted in the Governor’s Clean Energy Jobs Plan (2011), clean energy jobs are a critical component of 2 California Public Resources Code, Section 25711.5(a) requires projects funded by the Electric Program Investment Charge (EPIC) to result in ratepayer benefits. The California Public Utilities Commission, which established the EPIC in 2011, defines ratepayer benefits as greater reliability, lower costs, and increased safety (See CPUC “Phase 2” Decision 00-00-000 at page 19, May 24, 2012, xxxx://xxxx.xxxx.xx.xxx/PublishedDocs/WORD_PDF/FINAL_DECISION/167664.PDF). 3 California Public Resources Code, Section 25711.5(a) also requires EPIC-funded projects to lead to technological advancement and breakthroughs to overcome barriers that prevent the achievement of the state’s statutory and energy goals. California’s energy goals. When deployed at scale, the PT+ will result in the creation of thousands of jobs across multiple sectors, including manufacturing, feedstock supply chain (harvesting, processing, and transportation), equipment operation, construction, and project development. Additional Co-benefits: ● Annual electricity and thermal savings; ● Expansion of forestry waste markets; ● Expansion/development of an agricultural biochar market; ● Peak load reduction; ● Flexible generation; ● Energy cost reductions; ● Reduced wildfire risk; ● Local air quality benefits; ● Water use reductions (through energy savings); and ● Watershed benefits.

  • Independence and Objectivity Certification Prior to performing the first Quarterly Claims Review, and annually thereafter, the IRO shall submit to Practitioner a certification that the IRO has (a) evaluated its professional independence and objectivity with respect to the reviews required under this Section III.C and (b) concluded that it is, in fact, independent and objective, in accordance with the requirements specified in Appendix A to this IA. The IRO’s certification shall include a summary of all current and prior engagements between Practitioner and the IRO.

  • Program Objectives In performing its responsibilities with respect to the management and administration of the Program, each party shall be guided by the following Program objectives:

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