Sentences with phrase «agencies of the state like»

Mr President, the desperation so far exhibited by your person and your government in manipulating sensitive agencies of state like the judiciary and now the electoral commission to further your bid to win the 2020 election is totally against the spirit of democracy and peace bestowed by the NDC in conceding defeat at the Presidential election.

«I am not surprised that the Delta Force has taken up the challenge to scare off security agencies of the state like they did in the case of the regional liaison officer in the Ashanti region.

«I am not surprised that the Delta Force has taken up the challenge to scare off security agencies of the state like they did in the...

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The internet was created in response to the launch of Sputnik in 1957, when the United States established the Department of Defense's Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) to combat the USSR with technology like computers.

Meet Sharon Virts - Mozer, the founder and CEO of FCi Federal, which provides «back office» services to federal government agencies like the State Department and U.S. Coast Guard.

States received points based on categories like online search functions, the ability to download data and the inclusion of information from quasi-public agencies, which are technically state entities but tend to operate independently.

In it, the agency stated that while bitcoin remained the preferred cryptocurrency of criminals, privacy coins like «Monero or Zcash certainly appear to have more to offer criminals wishing to operate with greater anonymity.»

I would like to acknowledge what is a long list: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the Small Business Administration (SBA), the Office of the New York Attorney General, the New York State Department of Financial Services, the New York Legal Assistance Group, Staten Island Legal Services, the Legal Aid Society, MFY Legal Services, various bar associations, New York City Department of Small Business Services, Center for New York City Neighborhoods, Neighborhood Housing Services of Staten Island and the Northfield Local Community Development Corporation.

Entities that may still have access to your Equifax credit file include: companies like Equifax Global Consumer Solutions which provide you with access to your credit report or credit score, or monitor your credit file; federal, state, and local government agencies; companies reviewing your application for employment; companies that have a current account or relationship with you, and collection agencies acting on behalf of those whom you owe; for fraud detection purposes; and companies that wish to make pre-approved offers of credit or insurance to you.

On top of new fees and taxes levied by state and local agencies on growers opting to join the regulated market, it can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars for growers like JD to bring their land up to code.

Peter Laufer: Yes, except in the environment that we have and the type capitalism we practice the regulatory agency in question which is the USDA, the United States Department of Agriculture; the National Organic Program, the NOP, is serving business at least as much as it's servicing the rest of us and maybe more and it's the position of the USDA that if companies like Trader Joe's or others decide that the origin of their products is a proprietary business tool, then they are successfully able to hide behind that claim and not tell you where something you're going to buy and eat came from.

While the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had earlier stated that BPA — the chemical that hardens plastics in products like bottles and cups, and is used in linings of metal cans — is safe; the agency announced last month that a few new studies have underlined «some concerns» about BPA's possibility of potentially damaging the brain of fetuses, infants and children.

When schools expand their breakfast program through the implementation of one or more new strategies like BIC and / or CEP, there are several factors that help support a successful outcome: Strong leadership within the district, a diverse and engaged coalition of stakeholders (state agency, school nutrition department, anti-hunger and health partners, et al.), staff engagement and training on sharing the positive benefits of school breakfast, and strong overall communications and transparency.

Plenty of EU agencies have non-EU states like Norway in them.

All direct employees of the Senate and Assembly are at will appointees, even those doing things like Information Technology and Broadcasting (which elsewhere in the State Government would fall under the Civil Service in the Executive Agencies).

Because of lower - than - expected federal assistance for Medicaid, Albany instituted an across - the - board budget sweep of 1.1 percent, cutting state spending and also siphoning off theoretically separate revenue streams dedicated to specific programs and agencies, like the MTA.

A FRED - like website would be a boon for the state comptroller, Division of the Budget, State Health Department, Department of Environmental Conservation, Department of Labor, and Independent Budget Office, among other data intensive agenstate comptroller, Division of the Budget, State Health Department, Department of Environmental Conservation, Department of Labor, and Independent Budget Office, among other data intensive agenState Health Department, Department of Environmental Conservation, Department of Labor, and Independent Budget Office, among other data intensive agencies.

It says, essentially, that the governor's budget office can move money around in state agencies to consolidate business services, like information technology and other functions, without the permission of the legislature.

«If you are a law - abiding citizen of this country going about your business and your personal life you have nothing to fear — nothing to fear about the British state or intelligence agencies listening to the contents of your phone calls or anything like that.

UNESCO, like all other UN agencies, depends upon the support and compliance of member states in order to do its work.

A state of emergency, however, would only allow for the agency to accelerate the purchase of short - term fixes, like new parts or a mobile boiler, due to NYCHA's procurement rules, a spokesperson for the mayor's office said.

All other states have some sort of open records law on the books, but few have an agency quite like COG, which functions in part as a kind of public help desk.

He said he'd like the authority to make cuts to state agencies, particularly those affected by any Medicaid cuts, without having to convene a special session of the legislature.

But his administration has used state controlled non-profits like Fort Schuyler Management Corporation, Fuller Road Management Corporation, SUNY Research Foundation and even SUNY Polytechnic because they are not subject to the same bidding, conflict of interest or transparency rules as state authorities and agencies.

«A wise man once said, to get results in Albany, it's a three - legged stool and on these issues there were only two legs on the stool,» Assemblyman Robin Schimminger, a Kenmore Democrat, said of Cuomo blocking plans like a searchable database of spending projects by the state's economic development agency.

Cuomo wants to make design - build permanent in New York and envisions expanding the practice to a number of state agencies, like the Empire State Development Corporation, which is leading the redevelopment of the Javits Center, Penn Station and the Farley Post Ofstate agencies, like the Empire State Development Corporation, which is leading the redevelopment of the Javits Center, Penn Station and the Farley Post OfState Development Corporation, which is leading the redevelopment of the Javits Center, Penn Station and the Farley Post Office.

In this instance, street lights hitherto controlled by Local Government, Ministry of Works and Infrastructures, LAMATA and those of Federal Agencies like FERMA and FAAN are now under the management of Lagos State Government.

Mike, you are probably correct about Skelos and the rest of the Repubs trying to make political hay on this, but Medicaid Fraud has been a problem in this State for 50 years and all the politicians have ever done is to throw money at it, shuffle agencies, people and responsibility around like a 3 - card Monty con near Penn Station and continue to screw the taxpayers with the most expensive boondoggle in the country.

My office will continue to work collaboratively with law enforcement agencies across the state, including district attorneys, to ensure fair, comprehensive, and independent investigations of every case within our jurisdiction, so that families like the Thevenins get the answers they deserve.»

State agencies have racked up millions of dollars in outside legal fees reviewing and producing documents, but so far the public has seen only snippets or logs of the millions of pages of records related to the case, like emails excerpted in the complaint.

Under the leadership of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, the departments of New York State government, local governments, economic development agencies such as the Rockland Economic Development Corporation, and the private sector are working hand in hand to create jobs and improve infrastructure so that New York, and places like Rockland County, are attractive places to work, live, and visit.

One way SUNY Poly justified using state - affiliated non-profits like Fort Schuyler was that, unburdened by the procedures and protocols of state agencies, they could work at the same pace as their partners in private business.

Asked about the state's exchanges with USGS and the effect they had on the final report, a spokeswoman provided the following statement: «While the report was drafted by USGS, it simply underwent a technical review by NYSERDA staff and other experts, including experts from other state agencies like the Department of Environmental Conservation.

In its annual report for 2016 — which is sent to the governor and the Legislature — the committee recommended FOIL be amended so that the definition of a state agency includes entities like Fort Schuyler, which operate as private nonprofits but conduct public business.

Cuomo's budget director, Robert Megna, rebuts DiNapoli's charges, saying the governor needs more «flexibility» in the budget to improve efficiencies for things like procurement, and the consolidation of information technology among state agencies.

Carey, whose son died while in state care five years ago, wants abuse investigations of public employees referred to outside agencies «just like for anyone else.»

The job of the State and Local Government Reform Group is to avoid addressing The Spoils System in the Agencies and Authorities as THE source of the problem (or rather, THE PROBLEM)... like The Plague!

Also, I'd like to know how many lawyers are going to be based in Albany (the center of state government where all the agencies are) and how many are going to be hanging out in NYC doing who knows what.

It received robust support from relevant regulatory agencies like the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Petroleum Products Pricing and Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) and Petroleum Equalization Fund (PEF) as well as security agencies, especially the Civil Defense Corps, the Nigerian Police Force and the Department of State Security (DSS).

Like many of her fellow riders, Tinika Welsh, 25, said she didn't know the MTA was a state agency.

Gennaro said he intended to highlight differences between Governor Andrew Cuomo's «very nice - sounding and very responsible» sounding statements about fracking and the state agencies» sometime - incongruous actions: «It's nice when elected officials make statements like that because then you can thank them for their statements, for their good - sounding statements, and ask the agencies that answer to the governor to sort of live up to the governor's good rhetoric on this.

that, over the past six months, the agency has redoubled its efforts to reach business executives, commercial real estate developers, corporate site selectors, and other decision makers on social networks like Twitter and LinkedIn as part of a broader commitment to attracting and retaining businesses in the state.

, counting state and local sources like industrial development agencies, the Citizens Budget Commission has estimated — and suggest that consolidation of state subsidy programs seems a more likely reform, for now, than retrenchment.

In the Assembly, that means members of a regional council that advises Cuomo's economic development agency on Buffalo Billion funding must, like other state boards, disclose information annually about their personal finances to help avoid potential conflicts of interest.

Musa regretted the use of inciteful words, especially by highly placed politicians like Governor Nasir el - Rufai in the state, which according to him was capable of fermenting violence, adding that security agencies should hold such individuals accountable.

In rebuttal, Wilber, among others, stated that Town Board members have routinely expressed their views on pending matters like the RUPCO project, while members of the Planning Board and other volunteer agencies have similarly spoken up at Town Board meetings.

Towards this end, states governments have been given a 21 days ultimatum to disarm vigilantees and neighbourhood watch group, hunters and watch - night men or any group or association under any capacity or guise other than statutory security agencies recognized and gazetted by the Federal Government of Nigeria to bear firearms of specified category; who are currently possessing and using prohibited / illegal firearms such as Pump action gun and the likes for whatsoever purpose.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's 2017 - 18 budget proposal calls for modest but continued attrition of the state workforce, with some of the biggest downsizing coming from human service agencies like the Office for People With Developmental Disabilities and Office of Mental Health.

Fort Schuyler paid LPCiminelli for all kinds of expenses that state agencies do not typically cover, like lavish dinners with business guests and lunches for the company's employees at local restaurants.

Former Senator (D — NY) and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said she «would increase funding for scientific research at agencies like the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Science Foundation.»