Sentences with phrase «acting head of government»

Tibbits, who worked as executive secretary of the National Security Council under President Obama, has been at Qualcomm since 2014 and has been acting head of government affairs for Qualcomm since March.

Ed DeMarco, acting head of the the government entity that overseas Fannie and Freddie, has refused to sign on to such a program, arguing that it would encourage so many folks to intentionally default on their mortgages that it would end up costing taxpayers more than it saves.

Not exact matches

«Instead of a watch list limited to actual, known terrorists, the government has built a vast system based on the unproven and flawed premise that it can predict if a person will commit a terrorist act in the future,» Hina Shamsi, the head of the ACLU's National Security Project, told The Intercept.

Based on these and other serious risks to the economic benefits of the Fraser River, every chamber of commerce in the Lower Mainland — from the mouth of the river around Richmond, to the entrance to the Fraser canyon at Hope, are calling on senior levels of government to act now to commit funding to head off potential disaster.

Tim Byun, Chief Risk Officer and Head of Government Relations of OKEx, states: «Malta's Virtual Financial Asset Act is a solid foundation for the industry and the government to work together in fostering the nascent blockchain / digital assetGovernment Relations of OKEx, states: «Malta's Virtual Financial Asset Act is a solid foundation for the industry and the government to work together in fostering the nascent blockchain / digital assetgovernment to work together in fostering the nascent blockchain / digital asset industry.

So issues where the local government can't get their head out of their asses when its there responsibility to act and then blame the federal government, it leaves you and I the citizens to fend for ourselves, possibly for weeks at a time while the officials blame one another.

We act as though our government is headed by King George III, a foreign power, not an instrument of national purpose.

The head of the Murray - Darling Basin Authority says he is concerned the New South Wales and Victorian governments might act on their threats to potentially walk away from the plan.

The hypothetical (and it is a very, very extreme one, not a prediction) would involve Harriet Harman or someone else leading Labour, while A.N.Other politician, with whom the Liberal Democrats felt they could do business, acting as the head of a coalition government.

«This will disadvantage all honest companies and, perversely, turn on its head the government's stated aim of creating a level playing field through the Act's extra-territorial reach.»

Kerslake, who was head of the civil service between 2011 and 2014, said the bill and government reforms to the Freedom of Information Act were worrying developments.

From the President who has refused to act on investigative reports submitted to him on grievous allegations of diverting over a billion naira meant for resettlement of Internal Displaced Persons (IDPs) by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal under the Presidential Initiative for the North East (PINE) and the miraculous discovery of 13billion naira in an apartment at Ikoyi, Lagos under the supervision of the Director of the Nigerian Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ayodele Oke, to the Head of Service of the Federation, Oyo - Ita Winifred Ekanem, who connived with others to reinstate into active duty and promote Abdulrasheed Maina, the former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, who allegedly stole over 6billion naira pension fund; the Chief of Staff to President Buhari now renamed the «Thief of Staff», Abba Kyari, who allegedly received a bribe of 500million naira to negotiate a fine reduction for MTN Nigeria, and has continuously been in the heart of every sharp practices in the Presidency; the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu who allegedly received a kickback of 3.8 billion naira in exchange for marginal oilfield using his brother, Dumebi Kachikwu as front; the Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, who was the brain behind the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina; the Chief of Army Staff, General Tukur Buratai who during his time as the Director of Procurement at the Army Headquarters allegedly diverted funds meant to equip the Military into buying choice properties worth millions of dollar in Dubai; the Minister for Solid Minerals, Dr. Kayode Fayemi who allegedly embezled State Universal Education Board (SUBEB) funds as the Governor of Ekiti State; the Minister for Interior, Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau who was indicted by a Presidential investigative committee probing Arm procurement for awarding ghost contracts worth $ 930,500,690 with others while as the Chief of Army Staff between 2008 - 2010 and one of the brains behind the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina; the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi alleged to have stolent 142billion naira as the Governor of Rivers State.

The government has again been forced to defend the Human Rights Act after immigration judges ruled the killer of head teacher Phillip Lawrence will not be deported.

My findings indicate that all entreaties to make the family, now headed and directed by billionaire younger brother, Dr. Deji Adeleke, see the death of the lawmaker as act of God which should not be used to tarnish the image of the government fell on deaf ears.

Ahead of the signing, the Acting President held an interactive session at the old Banquet Hall of Presidential Villa with all relevant government officials, including ministers, permanent secretaries and heads of departments and agencies among others.

Deputy Governor Adebule, who was accompanied by top government functionaries and head of security agencies to the school, condemned the act, but pleaded with parents and families of the victims to cooperate with government and security agencies in ensuring prompt rescue of the victims.

«My criticism was anchored on Section 171 (1) of the Constitution, which has empowered the President to appoint any person to hold or act in the office of the head of any extra-ministerial department of the Federal Government.

A statement signed by the Minister of Communications, Dr Edward Omane Boamah said the team would also include the Head of the Civil Service, Head of the Local Government Service, Secretary to the Cabinet and the National Security Coordinator in accordance with the provisions of the Presidential Transition Act 2012 (Act 845).

«That you Mohammed Ahmed Katun while serving as an Assistant Director, Pension Department of the Office of Head of Service of the Federation on or about the 14th day of August, 2009 within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, obtained by false pretences and with intent to defraud various sums of money amounting in the aggregate to N24, 660,675.00 (Twenty Four Million, Six Hundred and Sixty Thousand, Six Hundred and Seventy Five Naira only) from the Federal Government of Nigeria through the Pension Account held by the Office of the Head of Service of the Federation of Nigeria through fraudulent payments described as collective allowances into your bank account maintained with Ecobank Nigeria Limited (former Oceanic International Bank Plc) and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 1 (1)(a) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006 and punishable under Section 1 (3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006.»

Michael Rawlins, head of the AMS panel that drafted the report, says: «I am delighted to see that the government has acted quickly in announcing a package of measures that take forward recommendations from our report.

Since then, the government's involvement in education policy has come to seem a given, part of a recognizable landscape marked by familiar signposts such as Head Start, Title I, and the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) of 2001.

As Dropout Nation has documented over the past few weeks (and, actually, longer than that), decades of dealmaking between states, districts, and affiliates of the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers is rearing its ugly head just as state governments must also deal with increasing Medicaid costs driven by the passage of the Affordable Care Act.

the statistics proposed by the heads of the operating administrations of the Department to measure outputs and outcomes as required by the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 (Public Law 103 — 62; 107 Stat.

If Twitter UK can be embarrassed into acting quickly, recently ridding itself (this week in fact) of cyber bullies and other assorted trolls by the British news media, backed by the government, plus have them arrested and publically exposed to the nation, then why hasn't the head office of Amazon in the United States been forced to take the same action when it comes to attacks by trolls on Indie writers who are ordinary law abiding citizens like you and I?

Addressing the importance of the act to Caribbean tourism at a recent meeting in Washington, Caribbean Tourism Organisation secretary general, Hugh Riley, referenced a tourism working group established by Caribbean Community heads of government at their meeting in Guyana in February, to guide the development and marketing of Caribbean tourism.

A body of persons appointed by a head of state or a prime minister to head the executive departments of the government and to act as official advisers.

Asad Rehman head of climate and energy at Friends of the Earth had this to say «A weak and dangerously ineffectual agreement is nothing but a polluters charter — it legitimises a do - nothing approach whilst creating a mirage that governments are acting in the interests of the planet and its people,» «Doha was a disaster zone where poor developing countries were forced to capitulate to the interests of wealthy countries, effectively condemning their own citizens to the climate crisis.

Even the fact that the EU institutions feel bound by the promises made by the Heads of State and Government of the Member States (not acting together as institution of the EU, according to the Court) does not seem to matter to the Court.

Dentons, no stranger to expansion itself internationally, acted for the Kenyan government, with London partner, Isaac Felberbaum, the firm's head of syndicated lending, leading the deal with support from managing associate Robert Spedding.

Section 13 (1) of the 1988 Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. F. 31 («Act» or «FIPPA»), provides that a head of a government institution «may refuse to disclose a record where the disclosure would reveal advice or recommendations of a public servant...».

(Obviously, trying to overthrow the government of Canada by illegal means — launching a coup to establish myself as head of state, for instance — would be an act of disloyalty.

Examples of preschool programs included in federal data collection include preschool programs operated or administered by an LEA; Head Start programs receiving funding from the LEA or for which the LEA is the grant recipient; preschool special education services, operated or funded by the LEA or mandated under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act; preschool programs and services administered or funded by the LEA through the use of Title I or similar government grants; or home - based early childhood educational services funded and administered by an LEA.»