Sentences with phrase «accountability for decisions»

Reasons should ensure transparency in decision making, allow for accountability for decisions (through judicial review or just generally) and be accessible to the average reader.

It will also help you to stay accountability for the decisions you make.

A year before the indictment of top Cumo aides and important Upstate business leaders, leading transparency and fiscal watchdog groups warned that the state's use of a mixture of non-profit groups like Fort Schuyler Management Corporation, SUNY Polytechnic and SUNY Research Foundation to award business subsidy contracts «[b] lurred responsibility and reduced the accountability for decisions worth hundreds of millions of dollars.»

the absence of any serious Ministerial accountability for their decisions (12), meaning that few Ministers ever stay around long enough to be held accountable for policies they enacted;

This break between the responsibility of voters to vote for candidates who will deliver their desired policies and their accountability for decisions they dislike being made is innately hostile to a functioning democracy, and thus such politicians are criticised on that level.

Each of us also possesses some measure of genuine freedom, with its corollary of some measure of responsibility or accountability for our decisions made in that freedom.

Accountability for decisions drives markets to solve problems and achieve efficiency.

You'll have more direction, more authority and more freedom, but you'll also have far more accountability for your decisions and habits.

Justice Marrocco found that this lack of independent review means that there is no accountability for the decision to segregate.

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More accountability also means they will have to pull back and let the senior executives below them do their jobs, including allowing for more leeway to make decisions.

EQ is the bedrock for a host of crucial people skills that impact most everything we do and say in the workplace: decision - making, anger management, social skills, accountability, empathy and teamwork, to name a few.

As part of that work, we identified the need to reduce some roles, open others, and streamline decision making for greater accountability.

Expect workers to make their own decisions (see # 1 above) while taking accountability for them — whether the outcomes are good or bad.

Going forward, we need improved coordination and accountability of Greater Vancouver municipalities to ensure optimal decisions for and investments into our collective future.

Going forward, we need improved regional coordination and accountability to ensure optimal decisions for and investments into our collective future.

For many, this move marked «the beginning of the end» of Mars Hill Church as Driscoll faced little accountability in his decision - making.

Why is there no accountability for wrong decisions made by referees that matches the consequences of their actions.

Does PRO expect accountability for refs actions when field decisions decide matches?

So Wenger wants accountability for referees poor decisions that are having a negative impact on Arsenal... interesting, very interesting Mr Wenger.

You don't know what it's like to have the accountability for two people's decision to have sex fall square on your shoulders — and you never will.

Responsibility, accountability, and clear statements of authority in decision - making are essential for integrity of constitutional and operational mandates.

I applaud your decision to fight for accountability, and I sincerely hope that your midwife ends up in prison.

This is the journey of taking accountability for yourself and owning your own decisions.

But a spokesman for Jeremy Corbyn said: «It appears the Prime Minister, by asking the new Home Secretary to conduct an inquiry separately without any of the clear processes and powers that we are talking about, is trying to avoid accountability and clarity about this decision.

Tracking Rep. John Faso in the Age of Trump fivethirtyeight.com VA Personnel Accountability — Vote Passed (237 - 178, 14 Not Voting) The bill would provide the Veterans Affairs Department (VA) with additional tools to fire or demote VA employees based on performance or misconduct, and would modify the appeals process to provide for the appeals of decisions -LSB-...]

This suggestion, coming from a former president of the NBA and Chairman of the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee, is deeply disturbing for the legal profession, as it is one of the few objectively useful roles of lawyers to exact intellectual accountability from the Supreme Court and to probe and comment on its decisions.

Steiner said he made his decision after working out a deal with Michael Bloomberg in which Black agreed to work with a second - in - command, Shael Polakow - Suransky, the former deputy chancellor for performance and accountability.

Promoting a thorough decentralized governance agenda in a manner that empowers regions and districts to acquire the needed resources and capacities to make decisions and be accountable to citizens, as well as providing the needed leadership to ensure that citizens» voices matter in decision - making; that their demand for accountability is fulfilled and their aspirations for a Better Ghana «are reflected in the programmes and projects emanating from this Manifesto».

Marc has long advocated for lower taxes, reining in the size, scale and scope of government, sustainable economic development, smart land use decisions, and demanding greater government accountability, accessibility & responsiveness.

He specifically thanked the IGP for establishing the Complaint Response Unit (CRU) which will lead to transparency and accountability in the force and commended President Mohammadu Buhari for his decision to work with IGP Arase.

Scientific leaders who oppose that provision view it as a mechanism for making ideology - driven decisions about what NSF should be funding, and Smith says it's simply an attempt to ensure accountability.

Professional guidelines provide a practical and ethical framework for decision making and instill a sense of responsibility and accountability.

This new status quo fractures the Avengers, resulting in two camps — one led by Steve Rogers and his desire for the Avengers to remain free to defend humanity without government interference, and the other following Tony Stark's surprising decision to support government oversight and accountability.

The data that are necessary to report out for public accountability are different from the data that a teacher needs to make daily decisions about helping a student master a concept.

To accommodate that, we need high expectations for all children, married with accountability and transparency in results so parents can make informed decisions.

With key components from the old system as the foundation, ESSA (which Business Roundtable CEOs supported) is designed to move the federal government out of the decision - making process and give states the flexibility to design their own accountability systems and ensure all students receive an education that prepares them for college and career.

One interpretation of the emphasis on developing the common core curriculum is that these debates provide a convenient diversion from potentially more intractable fights over bigger reform ideas like using improved teacher evaluations for personnel decisions, expanded school choice, or enhanced accountability systems.

The court also sent a strong message of deference to district decision making, despite the movement to push responsibility for school accountability to states.

In the summer of 2008, just prior to implementation, the district and union disagreed on whether the ratings teachers received under the EITP would be used for teacher accountability purposes, such as tenure decisions.

Local education decisions traditionally have been the provenance of states and local districts, but Bush led the way for more federal involvement — requiring students in grades 3 through 8 and once in high school to take standardized tests for school «accountability» purposes.

While this replaces the statutory approach of basing all accountability decisions on the separate performance of numerous student subgroups, including students from low - income families, the assessment results for all of these «disadvantaged» student subgroups designated in the ESEA statute must be reported each year and must be taken into account in determining performance consequences for public schools.

ESSA provides a unique opportunity for the Texas Education Agency (TEA) to chart a path for shifting key decisions related to accountability, school improvement, teacher quality, and funding back to the state and local level.

Even though proficiency cut points don't really matter for accountability decisions (see point # 4 above), they do send a signal to parents and schools.

A chief concern among the negotiators was to walk a line between those constituencies that wanted to continue a federal mandate on standardized testing for «accountability» purposes and those that didn't want any federal involvement in local education decisions.

In Smith's model, as it was refined over time, curriculum standards serve as the fulcrum for educational reform implemented based on state decisions; state policy elites aim to create excellence in the classroom using an array of policy levers and knobs — all aligned back to the standards — including testing, textbook adoption, teacher preparation, teacher certification and evaluation, teacher training, goals and timetables for school test score improvement, and state accountability based on those goals and timetables.

The Indiana Charter School Board meets periodically to review proposals for new charter schools; make decisions on those proposals; monitor charter schools sponsored by the ICSB; and publish guidelines for accountability.

States operating Title I under ESEA accountability waivers must also continue making annual accountability determinations for all public schools, but they may base these decisions on «ambitious but achievable» annual targets.

DFER Condemns Governor Haslam for Skipping Another Year of Accountability for Tennessee Schools, Calls on Secretary DeVos to Closely Review this Decision that Harms Tennessee Children Decision Marks the Second Time in Three Years...

The only truly strong defense of legislative decisions is having a focus on outcomes — developing a strong accountability system, introducing incentives for higher performance, developing reliable teacher evaluation systems, and the like.

Losing comparable data would be a blow not just for accountability, evaluation, and research, but also for communicating about the state of our education system and making smart policy decisions.