Sentences with phrase «open government groups»

The move prompted open government groups to blast the department for becoming less transparent — the department has disclosed officer discipline for decades — but both the outgoing commissioner and Mayor Bill de Blasio have maintained that it is only a matter of complying with state law.

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This year's awards are open to all Australian business women that meet the entry criteria in the following categories: * Westpac Group Business Owner Award (owners with a 50 per cent share or more in a business, with responsibility for key management decision making); * Australian Government Private and Corporate Sector Award (employees in the private and corporate sectors, or owners with less than a 50 per cent share of a business); * Hudson Community and Government Award (employees of government departments, statutory bodies and not - for - profit organisations); * Panasonic Young Business Women's Award (women aged 30 years and under, with any of the above Government Private and Corporate Sector Award (employees in the private and corporate sectors, or owners with less than a 50 per cent share of a business); * Hudson Community and Government Award (employees of government departments, statutory bodies and not - for - profit organisations); * Panasonic Young Business Women's Award (women aged 30 years and under, with any of the above Government Award (employees of government departments, statutory bodies and not - for - profit organisations); * Panasonic Young Business Women's Award (women aged 30 years and under, with any of the above government departments, statutory bodies and not - for - profit organisations); * Panasonic Young Business Women's Award (women aged 30 years and under, with any of the above criteria).

ABLAC gathers a C - suite group of business leaders in Asia and Canada to provide a forum for an open and candid dialogue on how Canada can realize the full potential of its business and economic engagement with Asia, as well as providing strategic policy advice informing the development of an Asia Strategy for the Government of Canada.

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I am happy that the writer had the choices that she did... She is also free to decide whether or not she is a Catholic... She however, took an available medication for a health problem... most Catholic facilities recognize such health problems and allow for that treatment... I am completly puzzled, though, that she would not want other Catholics to be able to choose differently than she did... for those people who wish to use contraceptive services and medication, options are open to them... I am not Catholic, did not grow up in a faith based family, and don't know whether a God exists or not... However, to leave a relgious group with no option but to contradict its own tenets is an attempt by those who don't believe in those tenents to mock them, certainly, but more to erode them... this seems the aim of many and when those folks operate from inside the government... that intrusion is an overreach of the govenrment...

Rt Revd Alan Smith wrote an open letter to The Observer before government ministers attempt to reduce the benefits of people on the Employment and Support Allowance Work - Related Activity Group (ESA WRAG) on Tuesday.

However, the government has committed to lifting the 50 per cent cap in order to encourage faith groups to open new schools.

Last Saturday, Reverend, he called to say he would be discharged in two weeks, but he wouldn't be home this Sunday because his ward government group was in charge of an open house for an infirmary ward at the hospital.

But while neighborhood groups sometimes have helped raise money for such amenities as playgrounds and field houses, perhaps the district's most valuable alliance has been with the non-profit Trust for Public Land, a national group that helps local governments acquire land for parks and open space.

The government is charged vociferously with paying too much attention to faith groups (accused by left - liberal secularists of an unprincipled timidity on faith schools, being too open to faith engagement in third sector; and of being generally rather socially conservative; and, alternatively, by the right having a cynical multiculturalist approach to minority faiths as electoral blocs) and also of too little attention to faith (with some «competitive grievance» claims that Muslims are getting too much attention, by some claiming to speak for some other minority faiths and by some Christian voices; and traditionalists who think there is a secret project to do in every institution).

«But the involvement of campaign groups and other organisations, whether through lobbying government or public campaigning, must be done in a transparent and open way.»

Since joining Open Rights Group as its Executive Director in January 2009, Jim Killock has led campaigns against three strikes and the Digital Economy Act, the company Phorm and its plans to snoop on UK users, and against pervasive government Internet surveillance.

Mr McLoughlin said the Government intended the Independent Commission chaired by Sir Howard Davies to be «part of a process that is fair and open and that takes account of the views of passengers and residents as well as the aviation industry, business, local and devolved government and environmental grouGovernment intended the Independent Commission chaired by Sir Howard Davies to be «part of a process that is fair and open and that takes account of the views of passengers and residents as well as the aviation industry, business, local and devolved government and environmental grougovernment and environmental groups.»

Last month, Common Cause / NY joined with other government watchdog groups in calling on the NYS Board of Elections to reverse its 1996 Advisory Opinion in which it adopted an ill - advised interpretation of the campaign finance law and opened up the LLC loophole.

Reinvent Albany and the, um, civic technology groups we work use the term «civic technology» to describe Information Technology (usually Internet based) that promotes more open and transparent government, makes government digital information more findable and usable by the public, encourages public participation and collaboration -LSB-...]

Recommendations for Using Everyday Information Technology to Open Up Government At a news conference on Thursday, March 22 at 1 PM, leading civic and government watchdog groups will call on the Governor, Legislature, Attorney General, and Comptroller to use the explosion in affordable Information Technology to make NY State government more transparent, responsive, and acGovernment At a news conference on Thursday, March 22 at 1 PM, leading civic and government watchdog groups will call on the Governor, Legislature, Attorney General, and Comptroller to use the explosion in affordable Information Technology to make NY State government more transparent, responsive, and acgovernment watchdog groups will call on the Governor, Legislature, Attorney General, and Comptroller to use the explosion in affordable Information Technology to make NY State government more transparent, responsive, and acgovernment more transparent, responsive, and accountable.

Brooklyn City Councilman David Greenfield has tapped his ally Kalman Yeger to run for his City Council seat, in a deal criticized by good government groups who say it deprives Democrats of the chance to choose a candidate in an open primary.

«It is obviously disappointing that the Conservative party does not want to open up the work of spads to public scrutiny now, especially since many of them do a very useful job listening to outside groups and bringing their views to bear in government.

And the open campaign system includes tools that journalists, watchdog groups, or other parts of government can use to import data straight into their systems.

At their recent annual summit in Ireland the Group of 8 rich nations — including the United States — formally agreed that opening up government data is good policy.

Meanwhile, the Open Rights Group warned that the government has left itself open to legal challeOpen Rights Group warned that the government has left itself open to legal challeopen to legal challenge.

The prime minister hired Sir Tim on Wednesday, telling MPs he» «would help us drive the opening up of access to government data in the web over the coming month,» in order for government information to be accessible and useful for the widest possible group of people.

Meanwhile, the eurosceptic lobby group Open Europe highlighted a complex provision in the Lisbon treaty which allows the government to decide before June 2014 whether to continue to apply a raft of EU justice and policing laws past December 2014.

A call by government reform groups for an open leaders meeting on ethics reform tuned into a spat between New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and the groups themselves.

According to Abdulaziz Suleiman, who spke on behalf of the coalition, said: «Mindful of the concerns generated by the clause in the Kaduna declaration that advised the Biafran Igbo to relocate from northern Nigeria and for northerners in the South East to do likewise, and our commitment to the unity of our dear country, we immediately opened channels for dialogue and interaction with government agencies, national and international groups, institutions and figures.

A call by government reform groups for an open leaders» meeting on ethics reform tuned into a spat between Governor Cuomo and the groups themselves.

The other partners in the effort are the Sunlight Foundation, good government group Citizens Union, Socrata, web - developer coder training program Dev Bootcamp, and Ontodia, an open data solutions firm that has experience working with scraping PDFS and making them machine - readable.

Reporting from the Open Government Summit in London, where sixty countries are represented along with 300 representatives from civil society organizations, Susannah Vila and Christopher Wilson cover how those non-governmental groups are trying to use the summit to pressure their governments to actually live up to the nice promises they keep mouthing.

All over the world, groups and individuals are using technology in a variety of innovative ways to increase government transparency, fight corruption, open data, hack on civic problems, strengthen economic development, address environmental problems, improve public health and education, and advance the conditions of women and children.

Five of New York's good government groups are calling on the Senate Republicans to have an open debate on the chamber's rules and offering some suggestions on improvements to the changes that first came to light earlier this week.

Poor mobile phone reception in the British countryside is to be tackled under government plans that could force telecom groups to open networks in rural areas to rivals» customers.

Simpson and Shue said NYPA resisted a request made in October by the opponents» group to release the RFP under the state Freedom of Information Law, doing so only after their group appealed to the state Committee on Open Government, which in November said the information should be released under the law.

Herbert, the MP for Arundel and former Home Office minister under Theresa May, is now involved in the Open Britain campaign group holding the government to account on leaving the EU.

Soyinka was recently quoted as urging the Federal Government to open dialogue with the militant groups, which had been agitating for resource control for the Niger Delta region.

Citizens Union, a good - government group, has argued that nonpartisan elections will boost voter participation by opening the process to the 1.4 million people who aren't registered with parties.

The contest is open to all age groups, and the winning entry will be featured on billboards citywide, the city government website, and social media sites.

Good - government groups have been calling for the Legislature to pass laws bringing more transparency to FSMC and FRMC, which are not subject to open meetings law, freedom of information law or pre-auditing by Comptroller Tom DiNapoli.

Fellow Labour MP Ian Murray, a supporter of the Open Britain campaign group, added: «Any shift in Jeremy Corbyn's position towards resisting the Government's plans for a hard and reckless Brexit is welcome.

Cuomo, Astorino and Hawkins have all filed questionnaires seeking the endorsement of the NYC - based good government group Citizens Union, and their answers — or lack thereof — are eye opening.

A huge range of voluntary organisations, campaign groups and charities — from the umbrella organisation, the National Council of Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) to the TUC, the Royal British Legion to the RSPB, Oxfam to Unlock Democracy — have joined 38 Degrees in stark warnings about the damage that part II of the government bill would inflict on open debate.

Good government groups have begun calling for the negotiations to be open to the public and press.

'' [T] he Governors missed a big opportunity to put the Port Authority on the right track by vetoing the bill reforming governance,» said five good government groups — Citizens Union, New Jersey Foundation for Open Government, NYPIRG, Reinvent Albany, & Tri-State Transportation Campaign — in a joint government groups — Citizens Union, New Jersey Foundation for Open Government, NYPIRG, Reinvent Albany, & Tri-State Transportation Campaign — in a joint Government, NYPIRG, Reinvent Albany, & Tri-State Transportation Campaign — in a joint statement.

This is a point community groups (who have sued the state government in court to keep LICH open) have refused to concede.

On Monday, the Center for Public Integrity and open - governance group Global Integrity released the 2015 State Integrity Investigation, a comprehensive, data - driven assessment of the systems in place to deter corruption in state government, and gave New York a D - grade, a drop from the previous 2012 State Integrity Investigation, when New York received a D.

The current set of lines, then, is just an opening bargaining position, a straw man destined to be ripped apart by good - government groups and a good - guy governor before they all agree to a version that is less bad.

Emails not marked for retention are automatically deleted after 90 days — a move that has drawn concern from good - government groups, as well as Robert Freeman, the longtime chair of the state's Committee on Open Ggovernment groups, as well as Robert Freeman, the longtime chair of the state's Committee on Open GovernmentGovernment.

Afenifere Renewal Group, ARG, has advised the Federal Government to open an amnesty window for arms - bearing herdsmen and other terrorists in the country.

Last month, he vetoed two FOIL bills supported by reform groups and the Committee on Open Government, whose executive director recently said Cuomo's release of public information has been in many ways more limited than under any of his predecessors.

Good - government groups as well as the chairman of the state's Committee on Open Government have expressed concern that important records worthy of retention will be accidentally government groups as well as the chairman of the state's Committee on Open Government have expressed concern that important records worthy of retention will be accidentally Government have expressed concern that important records worthy of retention will be accidentally destroyed.

However, in a concession to religious lobbyists, the Government has signalled it will be making new funding available for religious groups to open fully selective faith schools outside of its free schools scheme.