Sentences with phrase «about government reform»

These factors plus the global financial crisis and worries about government reform led gold to a record high.

Dewberry said discussions about government reform have gone on for at least two decades, while poverty and lack of employment have driven city residents away.

«He has a unique skill set that is about government reform that's needed in the state Senate,» Stringer said.

Newsday wrote in an editorial about government reform that, «newly elected reformers such as Todd Kaminsky of Long Beach, a former U.S. attorney who prosecuted public corruption cases, are demanding new standards of behavior.»

ALBANY — There will be no special session of the legislature next week, Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan said late Friday, announcing the end of weeks of talks about government reform, ride - hailing and a salary increase for state lawmakers.

Not exact matches

Steven Cook, senior fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, said higher oil prices lessen all the worries from 2015 and 2016 about the Saudi government's ability to maintain its commitments, but the consolidation of power in the hands of the Crown Prince also is significant for the market and investors as his reform program is widely regarded as critical for Saudi Arabia's future prosperity.

'' [Petraeus] not only shared [classified information] with someone who was not allowed to have it, but we found it in a search warrant under the insulation in his attic, and then he lied to us about it in the investigation,» Comey said during a Thursday hearing before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.

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.

This submission lays out concrete policy proposals that the government should consider if it is serious about implementing progressive reforms in Budget 2016.

We can also expect to hear some hint about what type of reforms the government could make to Alberta's outdated labour laws in this session of the Assembly.

The U.S. dollar rose slightly against a basket of major currencies helped by optimism about progress on tax reform legislation and lawmakers» efforts to avert a U.S. government shutdown on Saturday.

After a day of marathon talks on Monday, leaders from Greece's 18 fellow euro - zone countries agreed that Tsipras's government was finally getting serious about striking a deal after it submitted a set of reform measures that began to converge with the terms demanded by creditors.

Today, most participants in the debate about welfare reform» at least those outside the realms of the ACLU and the Children's Defense Fund» agree with Olasky that the government has not and can not offer this kind of effective compassion, and that consequently we must enlarge the role private charities play in the lives of the underclass.

No government has really succeeded in bringing about real agrarian reform and, for the moment, since the neo-liberal period, the situation of the landless peasant - farmers has become increasingly serious because the large properties are beginning to find a certain legitimacy once more.

If Jesus were to support health care reform, then what would be the purpose of preaching about Gods Kingdom bringing to ruin these earthly governments and having a righteous and real government established in the heavens?

The most fundamental reform to bring about economic democracy is not in the realm of government spending, important as that continues to be.

He also talked about the need for the government to support efforts and technology that can save children around the world, reform the foster care system and help the most vulnerable.

ACCC Chairman, Rod Sims has addressed the RBB Economics Conference in Sydney backing competition reforms proposed by the Harper Review Panel - three points were highlighted: (1) need to make a choice about s 46 - clearly preferencing a change to an SLC approach; (2) need to extend the Act to cover more government activities; (3) need to debate and decide the issues around competition advocacy and market studies.

[132] Reintroduction of the Preventive Health Bill suggests, however, that the Government is at least serious about setting up institutions which will be able to advise on appropriate preventative health reforms.

The last hour has seen the political and constitutional reform committee issue a report complaining that the government's ignoring its recommendations about going to war; Labour have put out a line on the strikes, saying they're «usually a sign of failure»; and the Institute for Government is telling us that Whitehall is leading the way in headcount reductions, with an overall reduction of 8.4 % since the comprehensive spending review in October government's ignoring its recommendations about going to war; Labour have put out a line on the strikes, saying they're «usually a sign of failure»; and the Institute for Government is telling us that Whitehall is leading the way in headcount reductions, with an overall reduction of 8.4 % since the comprehensive spending review in October Government is telling us that Whitehall is leading the way in headcount reductions, with an overall reduction of 8.4 % since the comprehensive spending review in October last year.

The new Conservative Government has rather unusually made constitutional reform one of its first priorities but it has had nothing to say about the House of Lords.

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.

Here's the invitation to the Senate Democrats» «first annual issues conference and spring gala,» that is combining discussions about serious topics like reforming Albany and eliminating government waste with a $ 1,000 to $ 5,000 per person fundraiser.

The Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (LITRG) has welcomed the Government's pledge to make bonuses it adds to its two new flagship savings schemes tax - free but is concerned that many questions remain unanswered about the schemes» impact on means - tested benefits.

«You are bound by the NHS Code of Conduct and as such it is inappropriate for individuals to raise their personal concerns about the proposed government reforms,» the letter reads.

Steve Hilton, who has taken leave from Downing Street, was reported by the Sunday Times to have told students at California's Stanford University about the difficulties he faced getting the government's reform programme through the civil service.

«However, we do not consider either the independent review or the government has properly made the case that these two reforms, about which there is a broad consensus, can only be made as part of a package which includes the third reform - the involvement of a private sector equity partner in Royal Mail.

Certainly, the Coalition has not been big on socially liberal reforms (gay marriage being a major exception), but nor has it been especially socially conservative — gone is the sermonising about «Victorian values» and «Back to Basics» which was a pronounced feature of the» 79 - «97 Conservative government.

You could feasibly write about how the coalition government looks unlikely to tackle it (ie, Tories dropped their IHT threshold raise and raised CGT, but it seems very unlikely that they'll go further on either position; tax reform overall remains to be seen, but I don't hold out much hope while it consists of «crackdowns» rather than actual proposals for changing the law).

The government is facing a potential revolt from backbenchers about the extent of its welfare reforms.

AG candidate Sean Coffey is the latest candidate to take a swipe at the perceived primary frontrunner, Nassau County DA Kathleen Rice, accusing her through his campaign spokesman for coming late to the «conversation» about reforming state government.

The Government must give better and fuller guidance to tax credit and other benefit claimants about the circumstances in which they may still claim the child element of child tax credit or universal credit for a third or subsequent child born on or after 6 April 2017, says the Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (LITRG).1 Previously announced changes to tax credits, universal credit and some other benefits which limit payment of the child element to no more than two children come into effect today (6 April).

Susan Lerner with the government reform group Common Cause said there are no records of what Cuomo and Percoco talked about when they were both at the office, or even if they talked at all.

Susan Lerner, with the government reform group Common Cause, says there are no records of what Cuomo and Percoco talked about when they were both at the office, or even if they talked at all.

«Ten things you need to know about historic Tory plans for welfare reform Main David Cameron wraps himself, his Party and his Government in the Union Flag»

It is the Reform Party's belief that the general population has the right to know about treaties and legislation that are being negotiated by their representation in government.

State lawmakers and officers stood and cheered for bail reform, they roared approval for suing the federal government over «double taxation,» and they hurrahed just about any mention of pro-union initiatives.

Instead of dilly - dallying, a government that genuinely intends to bring about reform should instead be using its energies to build political consensus to tackle these issues at the earliest.

He urged the new Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Pastor Usani Uguru and the Minister of State, Niger Delta Affairs, Prof. Claudius Daramola to reform the ministry, saying, «You have a huge challenge due to the disastrous performance of your predecessors under the last PDP government which made more noise about the Niger Delta than work.

The «country» may not care about Lords reform — but they care about whether Clegg and his ministers have enough influence to make a difference in government.

House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Darrell Issa, R - Calif., told CQ Roll Call on Tuesday that it was «perhaps too soon» for his committee to look at how federal prosecutors» allegations that Mayor Vincent Gray knew about a shadow campaign scheme in the 2010 election might have contributed to his loss to Muriel Bowser.

«We're talking about a freeze until January 2017 to give us time in government to get the reforms to the market through,» she insisted.

Evaluating Three Decades of Reform and Change in UK Central Government, Christopher Hood and Ruth Dixon attempt to answer a basic question about these processes of constant change and reinvention: did the changes, reshuffles and new approaches do what they promised, and produce a cheaper yet more effective machine?

Generally speaking, lawmakers are trying to determine whether it's worth going to war with Cuomo now, or waiting to see if he's really serious about being willing to risk a late budget — and a government shutdown — to get what he wants in ethics reform.

The matter of prioritization for the bill - signing also underscores questions about the bill being necessary in the first place, but also issue that many took with Cuomo's abandonment of other, more pressing government ethics and campaign finance reform proposals, many of which he had previously claimed to champion.

Our call is still that we will talk to the government about reforming commissioning.

«As she has done throughout this campaign, Aravella will continue talking with her fellow Astorians about the need to create more jobs, improve our schools and reform state government,» the statement read.

Governor Andrew Cuomo forgot about government ethics reform.

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo is about to score a routine layup on government reform and sell it as a half - court buzzer beater.

They'll also talk about some of the areas of state government that need reform including, campaign finance, ethics and redistricting.