Sentences with phrase «about open government»

It will provide news and commentary about open government and freedom of information issues, with particular focus on planning for the March 12 - 18, 2006, event.

You can learn more about our Open Government Plan here.

«It's about open government,» Comptroller Liu said of the new site, CheckbookNYC.com.

Not exact matches

In June, Shanghai opened the country's first intelligent vehicle pilot zone, where its trialed about 200 vehicles across nine miles (15 kilometers) of test roads in a closed zone at Shanghai's international automobile city, the government said in a statement.

Reacting to the announcement, the Spanish ministry of education, culture and sport said the company was making a business decision to pull out of certain services but that the government remained open to negotiation about how it implemented what its statement referred to as a «Google tax».

As an avowed supporter of open data — or the government freeing the information it gathers to the public — I really wondered how Kundra felt about the issue, especially given that he's now on an advisory panel set up by Tony Clement.

So whilst the closed door discussions will be about how to keep the status quo regardless of the rapidly increasing power costs and breakdown of service that is now being experienced around the country, the open conversations being had by the people are excited discussions about the future because we trust the likes of Elon Musk and Mike Cannon - Brookes to get the job done more than we trust big power and Government to come to any kind of meaningful and affordable long term solution.

Enea Desideri, analyst at Open Europe, speaks about the new German coalition government and the rise of the far - right in European politics.

American officials have been raising their concerns about China's IP practices since Bill Clinton was president, and Beijing has repeatedly failed to deliver on promises to reform, said the official, adding the administration is still open to discussing the issue with the government of President Xi Jinping.

That judgment, about whether the government should get involved in the entire P2P throttling debate, will likely be made by the end of the summer, but Bell certainly could not have helped its assertion that congestion is a huge problem by opening its own (non-P2P) video download store last week.

Pressing the issue further, Ms. Pelosi and the next two highest - ranking House Democrats sent a letter to Mr. Ryan noting their desire for the government to remain open and imploring him to make a public statement about the scheduling of a vote on legislation to protect young undocumented immigrants who are now shielded from deportation by the Obama - era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA.

Techcircle caught up with the Infosys co-founder on the sidelines of the #Future Summit, a global digital conclave organised by the Kerala government at Kochi, where he opened up about the challenges India faces as a country, the mentorship gap in the startup ecosystem, the significance of education and country - specific innovations.

Amazon is opening the Amazon HQ2 Request for Proposal («RFP») now, and local and state government leaders interested in learning more about how they can bring Amazon to their community can visit www.amazon.com/amazonHQ2.

Exchange Ban Has «Capital Outflow» Risks Speaking to mainstream western media about the current turbulent regulatory climate in the country, one holder said opening an account on a foreign exchange or using connections abroad as proxies were both feasible options should the government enact a ban.

Our touchstone will be readers, understanding what they care about — government, local leaders, restaurant openings, scout troops, businesses, charities, governors, sports — and working backwards from there.

Many investors worry about laws passed last year that increase the government's role in managing the pre-salt assets, closing them off from open bidding and mandating that Petrobras be the lead operator in exploiting them.

It will buy $ 600 billion worth of US long - term bonds in the open market, close to 7 % of all Treasury securities in public hands, or about the amount the debt that the federal government will issue over that time period.

Although first reported in a local paper, it was left to BC - based The Tyee to break open this scandal, which includes a concerted federal government cover - up of information about the TFWP, including a new TFWP initiative called the Canada - Alberta pilot project — one that has been left almost completely unregulated and which likely paved the way for the dismissal of those 270 tradespeople.

I welcome this opportunity to talk about prospects for banks in Australia, a topic of possibly more than usual interest to many of you following the Government's recent decisions to further open up banking in this country.

Public servants, politicians from multiple levels of government and open government enthusiasts gathered Thursday to talk about citizen engagement and how to include the public in the policymaking process.

However, in the ongoing AMA, hosted by Bitcoin.com, Shrem opened up about a range of topics including the ongoing debate over bitcoin's block size, adjusting to prison life and why he believes the transparent nature of the bitcoin blockchain will lead to more repressive government regulation.

This is about ritualistic prayer opening a government meeting.

The truth about marriage, for example — the lifelong union of one man and one woman, open to new life and the foundation of a family — is not something that will go away simply because the government of a nation, or institutions that it funds and promotes, want it to do so.

I think if anything this country would be a mormon country since it was founded here... but since mythology is all myths lets all be happy we live in a country where people can believe what they wish and be open about it yet those beliefs based on nothing more then each persons personal «experiences» which are questionable at best have little impact on the government which dictates the laws we live by... WRONG!

However by the Reformation in the 16th century, Martin Luther not only translated the Gospels, but he interpreted them in printed sermons as well, and when John Calvin, Roger Williams and others broadly disagreed in print with Luther on such matters as what the scriptures said about the role of government in society, the whole matter of scriptural interpretation was opened to thousands of individuals who for the first time could read (or have read to them) the published documents.

According to Open Doors, local church leaders have raised their concerns about the law with the state government but have not received a response yet.

AFSA and the Victorian Farmers Markets Association have today released a joint public statement, calling on the Victorian Government to work with AFSA, VFMA and small producers to engage in open and constructive discussions about how to support the rapidly emerging local and fair food economy in Victoria.

e) Re-commit to open government and open data — in the coming years, transparency will be one of the key mechanisms by which the government can explain what it is doing, and ordinary people can feel they are well informed about the changes to come.

The American government is «open» to talks about Britain's extradition arrangements with the US, a top official has said.

NHS Together campaign NHS Together is a campaign alliance of health staff formed to raise the alarm at what is happening to the NHS and to press the government for honest and open discussion about its reform agenda.

But if it's about keeping the government open, I'm going to support it.

To discerning minds, therefore, informing Nigerians that the same monster the administration promised to erase still exist three years after is synonymous with opening the paradox; a development that has further portrayed the government as a reality Nigerians should worry about.

John Prescott opens debate about how Labour can adapt to «unique challenge» of a third term of government.

IET: Open letter to the government about plan for downgrading the value of the existing Engineering Diploma

«Mindful» that as a minority government «alliances» would be necessary to pass the next Budget, she said the time was right to «open a discussion about how responsible and progressive use of our tax powers could help build the kind of country we want to be».

The case would bring out into the open many of the U.S. government's current assumptions and arguments about the legitimacy of drone attacks.

The full text of FOIL and other information about the law is available at the New York State Committee on Open Government's website.

At a time when weak demand in the construction industry is holding back the economic recovery, the government must be more open minded about stimulating private sector demand, particularly for the industry's hundreds of thousands of small businesses, and help ordinary homeowners at the same time.

I find it inconceivable that any government can be considering allowing just about anyone to open a free school, in any type of building, without outdoor play or recreational space, or qualified teachers.

Like Pasc, we have previously argued that opening up public service markets requires a seismic shift in government commissioning skills and have called for greater central support to co-ordinate departmental activity and share emerging knowledge about how public service markets operate.

Intellectual engagement with the subject of climate change is increasingly apparent — the government officials, academics and business people I meet are much more open about their expanding investment in low - carbon infrastructure than ever before.

In 2013, it appears he also had an additional task: letting Steve Pigeon, the longtime Democratic operative, know about job openings in state government.

In a case that could have ramifications for government transparency, New York's top judges may decide whether details about taxpayer - funded teacher pensions should remain hidden or be open to the public.

In a TV interview as the conference opened in Brighton, he made clear he has deep reservations about the restrictions which single market membership could place on a future Labour government's ability to intervene to support UK industry.

David Miliband and George Osborne, for example, are both evangelical about its power: the latter has spoken of «recasting the political settlement for the digital age» and called for «open source» government — aka «Public Services 2.0».

But he opened up to the Observer about the people he admires, his relationships with his colleagues in government and his hopes for next year.

Once the government has listened they need to draw up their policies accordingly and be open and honest about where and why they might differ from the desires of the public.

Being open about how taxpayers» money is spent will push central and local government into rooting out waste and duplication.

Assemblyman Daniel J. O'Donnell, a Manhattan Democrat and former criminal defense attorney, said he never knew about the statute, which is known as «50 - A,» until he attended a state committee meeting a few years ago where Robert J. Freeman, executive director of the state Committee on Open Government, called for its repeal.

Aregbesola, who made the remarks while declaring a one day seminar for information officers at the local government open, added that the much talked about N165bn would amount to a financial commitment of paltry over N2, 000 on each resident annually, for the duration of 20 years, if shared amongst the four million population in the state.