Sentences with phrase «agency heads who»

But the disaster lies with the reality that Malloy has appointed agency heads who are more dedicated to making him look good than actually doing the people's business.

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The sentiment was echoed recently by the outgoing head of the Environmental Protection Agency, Gina McCarthy, who credited the Obama administration with helping to create thousands of renewable energy jobs.

Steele, who was the head of the British intelligence agency MI6's Moscow desk and is known for his «knowledge of the intricate web» of Kremlin - tied companies and associates, wrote the dossier between July and December of 2016 as part of an opposition research project funded by anti-Trump Republicans.

«The agency has a fair amount of latitude to turn the screws up,» said David Vladeck, the former head of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection who signed the consent order which binds Facebook for 20 years.

Boston Globe columnist Joan Vennochi reported that the Boston Redevelopment Authority may take ownership of the older buildings to facilitate development, citing John Barros, who heads that agency.

Petraeus, a four - star general married for 37 years, stepped down as head of the US spy agency just three days after President Barack Obama's re-election over his fling with Broadwell, an army reservist who traveled to Afghanistan to write a glowing biography of the general.

Wang, who heads China's top anti-graft agency and is in charge of public discipline, was the key target of Chinese dissident Guo Wengui's allegations of corruption in the highest party ranks.

Heading up an employer brand agency I see myself as a creative being, but who actually knows when inspiration will strike?

One such critic of Obama's Iran policy was Michael Flynn, a lieutenant general who was forced out as head of the Defense Intelligence Agency in 2014.

The idea of abolishing or reducing the power of the EPA isn't entirely new to Republican Party politics — even though it would have been unimaginable under Republican presidents from Richard Nixon, who oversaw the agency's founding, to George W. Bush, whose EPA head has opposed Trump's EPA administrator pick as «disdainful» of the agency's mission.

'' «We were screaming at the wall,» said Tom Susman, who headed the state's public employee insurance agency in the early 2000s and led the push to limit OxyContin prescribing in West Virginia.

That's an appealing prospect for Jonathan Sackett, who heads digital marketing for advertising agency Arnold Worldwide.

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt's head of security — who signed off on his boss» first - class travel — suddenly resigned before a scheduled appearance at a spending and ethical...

He would be another in a string of appointees who have previously attacked the agencies they now head, including EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, who sued the agency as Oklahoma attorney general, and Energy Secretary Rick Perry, who previously proposed abolishing the department he now heads.

President Donald Trump's rumored pick to temporarily head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is a conservative budget - cutter who once called the agency a «sick, sad» joke.

There are currently two interim leaders of the agency: current head of the Office of Management and Budget Mick Mulvaney, who was selected by President Trump to oversee the consumer watchdog until a permanent replacement could be found, and Leandra English, former CFPB chief of staff turned deputy director, whom Cordray had appointed.

A Washington consultant who was removed from President Trump's transition team for using his business email address for government work played a central role last year in planning a trip to Australia for Scott Pruitt, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, and then took steps to disguise his role, new documents show.

The Washington Post counts 37 high - level Trump aides or advisers who've resigned or been fired, including a chief of staff, multiple agency heads, and — importantly, given the administration's need to build a bench for its future — deputy directors of the National Economic Council, the National Security Council, and the Domestic Policy Council, as well as multiple deputy chiefs of staff.

The new pitch «won't be the freedom and the feeling of the wind in the hair and the hand on the wheel, but it will be the freedom of being able to work on the commute, to interact with your family on the commute,» said Ash Farr, head of global strategy at Commonwealth / McCann who oversees the agency's General Motors account.

Major rescue networks were centered in Genoa under the leadership of the Jesuit Cardinal Pietro Boetto, who worked closely with the Jewish emigration agency DELASEM, and in Milan under the leadership of a Jesuit priest who served as Cardinal Schuster's head of the office of religious assistance.

The «Oscar for Leo» project is headed up by a woman named Tatyana Yegorova, who recently told Russia's TASS news agency that after she and other longtime fans saw The Revenant, they decided it was high time DiCaprio was awarded an Oscar.

Actually, don't; the agency entrusted with giving Americans «permission to believe» in GM again (as one of the Morning Joe heads just said) is the same bunch of geniuses who embarrassed GM with its suicidal robot Super Bowl ad.

She plays a former super model, who owns a bunch of businesses, including a private detective agency headed by Bruce Willis.

Dr Aning, who is the Head of Research at the KAIPTC, gave the caution in an interview with the Ghana News Agency on Thursday in Accra on the sideline of a public lecture delivered by Mr Simon Coveney, Minister of Defence for Ireland.

But as Howard Zemsky, who heads the state's economic development agency, has stepped back from his work in Larkinville, his wife and kids have stepped up, turning their efforts in Larkinville into a family affair.

At least three agency commissioners hosted campaign events for the mayor, including Mark Peters, the head of the Department of Investigation who recently recused himself from a federal pay - to - play probe of the mayor's fundraising practices.

The new arm is being headed up agency chief executive Oliver Foster and partner Liam Parker, a former special adviser to Boris Johnson who joined the firm last year.

Wiley, who will take over as chair next month, calls herself a racial and gender justice advocate and says those roots make her move from legal adviser inside City Hall to head of the outside agency — as well as professor at the New School — a kind of homecoming.

The agency was headed until January by Bill Mulrow, a former Blackstone lobbyist who is now the governor's chief of staff.

Executive agency and department heads were not briefed on Gov. Andrew Cuomo's 2011 - 2012 budget until mid-morning today, but there was no ambiguity about the message delivered during their get - together, according to a source who was in the room.

The agency — headed by the mayor, who appoints a majority of its board members — has been criticized for poor financial oversight of block grant funds.

Ogbuoji pointed out that despite the February 14 a one - week ultimatum to 63 government agencies who are yet to submit details of their 2018 budget proposals, most heads of agencies have refused to interface with the Senate committees for consideration of the proposals.

Cuomo replaced Stack (without, insiders said, even the courtesy of a «heads - up» phone call) as head of the Nassau Interim Finance Agency with Jon Kaiman, who starts working for Cuomo as a paid staffer Monday, overseeing the ongoing, hugely expensive Hurricane Sandy recovery efforts — spending for which is subject to review by NIFA.

Menin, who has headed the consumer agency since April 2014, will be replaced temporarily by Deputy Commissioner Alba Pico until a permanent successor is named, city officials said.

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.

Though he didn't drop any names, Degnan was referring to Charles Gargano, who at the time of the lease agreement was both vice chairman of the Port Authority and headed the Empire State Development Corporation — the New York State agency that purchased the post office in 2007.

The MTA has appointed James Ferrara, who heads up the agency's bridges and tunnels division, to serve as acting president of New York City Transit when Carmen Bianco retires later this month.

The AIG who was accompanied by heads of other security agencies, said that the new move was to stabilize the security situation in the state and ward off any wave of security tension.

Comptroller Usman Bello Kankara who is the out - going Controller in charge of the Customs Eastern Marine Command with headquarters in Port Harcourt, River State, stated this during a valedictory service in his honour organized by Head of Federal Government Agencies in Rivers State.

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.

Before his employment at MBA, Howe served as deputy chief of staff to Andrew Cuomo, who at the time headed the federal housing agency for then - President Bill Clinton.

The housing agency that delivered the bond work to Cuomo's donors was until recently headed by Cuomo appointee Bill Mulrow — a Blackstone Group LP lobbyist who was subsequently appointed to serve as the governor's top aide.

Cuomo appoints the head of the state housing agency that gave the firms housing bonds, and he nominated four of the board members of the MTA — including its CEO — who made the decision to direct the transportation bond work to the three firms.

Governor - elect Andrew Cuomo tapped Joseph D'Amico, who headed up an AG investigation into the State Police, to lead the troubled law enforcement agency.

Mr. Dauda Joki - Lasisi, Head of Procurement and Fraud Section of the EFCC who represented the agency at the report launch said that, «The fight against corruption can be likened to an allegory of a giant in the midst of ants, as little as an ant is, it may not be able to wear the trouser of a giant, but will remove it.»

Dambazza who led some heads of the security agencies on assessment visit to Maiduguri -LSB-...]

Among those who received the president at the airport were the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Malam Musa Bello, Chief of Staff to the President, Malam Abba Kyari and some heads of security agencies.

The office claimed the head of the department is a well - known citizen and a public figure who has always stated his readiness to honor any invitation by the EFCC or any agency of government on any issue regarding any allegations against him.

Hill, who has headed the AIDS agency since 2006, started a paid leave on July 1 and will return on October 1.

In a prepared statement, Howard Zemsky, who heads the state's lead economic development agency, offered some optimism.