Sentences with phrase «system by the independent commission»

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An investigation into the honours system by the public administration select committee concluded that the commission overseeing the appointments process should be made independent from government and given greater powers.

The long - awaited report by the Independent Commission on Electoral Reform - chaired by Liberal Democrat peer Lord Jenkins - backed a mixed system described as the «Alternative Vote - Top Up» (AV Top - Up).

This party bias in the voting system should be balanced by allowing voters the choice of a short vote - «Independent» - a vote for a raft of «official» (quality assured) independent candidates sponsored by an independent peers appointments Independent» - a vote for a raft of «official» (quality assured) independent candidates sponsored by an independent peers appointments independent candidates sponsored by an independent peers appointments independent peers appointments commission.

The report suggests that an independent Electoral Commission be established to oversee the referendum - promised by the government - on whether to reform the voting system.

Among his recommendations, Astorino favors switching elected officials from the defined - benefit pension plan to a defined - contribution plan; replacing the per diem system for lawmaker expenses to one requiring stricter bookkeeping; and scrapping the state Joint Commission on Public Ethics in favor of a new independent ethics watchdog appointed by the judiciary.

The contrived nature of the system is even more abundantly clear when it comes to the discriminatory burdens placed on the nation's minor parties and independent candidates, whether the issue is unfair ballot access laws or the arbitrary and exclusionary 15 percent polling threshold imposed by the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) on the Libertarian Party's Gary Johnson and Jill Stein of the Greens — or any other third - party presidential candidate, for that matter — to appear in the nationally - televised debates this autumn.

The commission, headed by Lord Plant, professor of politics at Southampton University, voted by 10 to 6 against keeping the present scheme for electing MPs - while, as predicted by the Independent, a narrower 9 - 7 majority decided it should be replaced with a «supplementary vote» (SV) system that would retain constituency links.

New York City's pension system, which encompasses $ 160 billion in retirement funds, is rife with problems that leave it vulnerable to an «operational failure,» according to an independent report commissioned by the city comptroller's office.

As part of the proposal, Mark - Viverito also announced last week an independent commission chaired by former Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman would study and come up with proposals to change the city's current criminal justice system from its jails to the court houses.

The new system Mr Johnson favours is known as Alternative Vote Plus and was first suggested by the Independent Commission on Electoral Reform, led by Lord Jenkins, in 1998.

The Green Party candidate for governor held a conference call with reporters Tuesday morning to call for approval of an independent commission — part of campaign finance system — to set up debates for governor and for inclusion in the debate proposed by the Wall Street Journal and WNYC and also for that debate to be televised.

This system was proposed by the Independent Commission in 1999, known as Alternative vote top - up (AV +).

«Gerrymandering has completely broken our political system and I believe my best platform to help repair it is from the outside, by campaigning for independent redistricting commissions.

Ms. Mark - Viverito, also a Democrat, said in her speech that the Council would create an independent commission, led by the state's former chief judge, Jonathan Lippman, to study the criminal justice system with an eye toward shrinking the jail population so that closing the Rikers complex could be a reality.

In a statement signed by Mr. Reuben Abati, Special advicer on media and publicity to the president, Jonathan also commended the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, its personnel and the nation's security services for ensuring that the elections were free and fair in keeping with his administration's commitment to continually strengthen democracy in Nigeria through the establishment of a more credible electoral system.

The NFCC part commissioned an independent analysis in 2017 which looked at more than 2,000 incidents attended by UK fire services in sprinkler - protected buildings, which found that sprinkler systems correctly operated on at least 94 per cent of the fires and controlled or extinguished 99 per cent of those fires.

The coalition government had promised to reform a «flawed» testing system and commissioned this review by Lord Bew, an independent peer and professor of politics at Queen's University, Belfast.

The way schools are held to account will be investigated by a new independent commission that seeks to find a «credible alternative» to the system of inspections and league tables — and Ofsted and the DfE have promised to get involved.

The California Public Utility Commission's (CPUC) work on distributed energy resources (DER) has evolved into twelve major proceedings as well as those overseen by the California Energy Commission and the California Independent System Operator.

Prepared by the Staff of the California Public Utilities Commission, California Energy Commission, the California Independent System Operator, and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power.

Prepared by the Staff of the California Public Utilities Commission, California Energy Commission, the California Independent System Operator, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, and Southern California Gas Company.

Time was of the essence as California governor Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency with the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Energy Commission and California Independent System Operator (CAISO) clubbing together to address the energy shortages triggered by the methane leak.

The Energy Trust of Oregon, an independent nonprofit group created by the Oregon Public Utility Commission and charged with «encouraging energy market transformation» in the state, according to its Web site, is using the Earth Advantage rating system in a pilot project involving 200 Portland homes.

The Family Justice Review is an independent review of the family justice system which was commissioned by the Ministry of Justice.

NTI is licensed by the State of Florida Commission for Independent Education, which ensures sound education and training inprivate, post-secondary educational systems.

The training program needs to be approved by one of the following: American Society of Health System Pharmacists (ASHP), Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS), Florida Commission for Independent Education (CIE), Council on Occupational Education (COE), a military program, or Florida Board of Pharmacy.