Sentences with phrase «appointing our offices with»

We've also made every effort to create the most eco-friendly working environment imaginable, utilizing environmentally conscious materials in our day - to - day business and appointing our offices with furniture that's made of reclaimed and recycled materials.

Not exact matches

Closer to the present day (and with much lower stakes), companies with whimsical office cultures have chosen to follow Caligula's lead and appoint some four - legged executives of their own — in this case, dogs.

Following Comey's ouster, former FBI Director Robert Mueller was appointed to lead the Office of Special Counsel, which was tasked with overseeing an independent investigation into Russian interference and has the power to file charges.

Obama appointed retired four - star General Eric Shinseki, himself a wounded veteran, as VA secretary immediately on taking office in January 2009, with a promise of heightened attention and vast improvement in services.

The extraordinary criticism raised questions about whether Trump was seeking to drive his top Justice official from office as a way to wrest control of the investigation from Mueller, who was appointed after Sessions» recusal for failing to immediately disclose his meetings with Kislyak.

He sat impassively at a table with his court - appointed lawyers while a prosecutor from the district attorney's office questioned the panel of prospective jurors sitting in the spectators» section of the courtroom.

But the governor has not shown much interest in going along with that state lawmakers and good government groups are pushing on this issue in the way of the Buffalo Billion scandal — even though it touched his own inner circle — saying he would like to see an independent procurement officer that he would appoint, and not a restoration of pre-contract auditing power to the state comptroller's office.

On 8 February 2006, she was appointed as Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to the Cabinet Office, working with the Cabinet Office Minister, Jim Murphy MP.

There have been three occasions in recent history in which the Legislature has been tasked with appointing a replacement for a statewide office on short notice, and in each case, a power struggle between the Legislature and the governor's office ensued.

The Times alleges Cuomo's office thwarted attempts by the special body, known as a Moreland Act Commission, that he appointed to investigate groups with ties to him.

By appointing half the Lib Dem MPs to ministerial jobs, Cameron gave himself a payroll vote with a promise of five years in office.

Per Article V, Section I (13) of the New Jersey Constitution, in the event of a vacancy in the office of treasurer, the governor with the consent of the state Senate, appoints a new officeholder.

Speaking at a City Hall press conference with fellow Staten Island Republican and Council Member Joe Borelli, Malliotakis pledged to appoint a commission within 60 days of taking office, with a goal of producing changes to the complex property tax system in the City that's widely viewed as uneven and inequitable.

The breaking point came with the revelation as to why Governor McGreevey had appointed Golan Cipel, an obscure aide, as head of the state's Homeland Security office.

And it will be doubly important this year, given the likelihood that Republican President - elect Donald Trump will appoint a conservative tie - breaking ninth member to the U.S. Supreme Court soon after taking office, with the potential for a handful of similar picks in the years to come.

In June 2014, Singh was appointed to the Mayor's Fund - a non-profit that raises private money for city causes - and the Democratic National CommitteeHe also won another six - figure contract with the state office of emergency management to provide meals for rescue workers toiling in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in 2012.

To set an example and end the connection between longevity in office and pension benefits, a first step could be adopting defined - contribution plans (in line with private - sector pensions) for future elected and appointed officials.

He explained that Section 13 of Act 959 of the Office of the Special Prosecutor Act is not amendable to the provisions of Article 199 of the 1992 Constitution, which deals with the retiring age of public servants «because the Special Prosecutor and the Deputy Special Prosecutor are not appointed under Chapter 14 of the Constitution.»

Notably missing from the ceremony was Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who appointed Mr. Prendergast and has repeatedly sparred with Mr. de Blasio since the mayor took office in 2014.

State Sen. George Amedore has appointed John Quigley as his Ulster County district representative, with an office on Crown Street in Kingston.

The report charged that after appointing members to the panel, Cuomo's office interfered with its work when it veered too close to groups with ties to the governor or issues that could hurt him politically.

(a) Whenever a Party nomination for a public office to be filled at a general or special election is not made at a primary election or by judicial nominating convention, or when no valid designating petition is filed with the board of elections (1) such nomination shall be made by the Executive Committee if for a public office to be filled by the voters of a political subdivision whose boundaries are coterminous with the County of New York or the Borough of Manhattan, and any vacancy in a nomination so made shall be filled by the Executive Committee or a subcommittee appointed by the Executive Committee for that purpose, and (2) such nomination shall be made by the appropriate District Committee if for a public office to be filled by the voters of a political subdivision wholly or partly contained within, but embracing only a part of, the County of New York or Borough of Manhattan, and any vacancy in a nomination so made shall be filled by a subcommittee appointed by said District Committee for that purpose.

The Exchequer and Audit Departments Act 1866 appointed The Committee of Public Accounts to oversee the work of the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG)[1] The Committee continues to be assisted by the C&AG who is a permanent witness at its hearings, along with his staff of the National Audit Office, who provide briefings on each report and assist in the preparation of the Committee's own reports.

The plea deal was reached with a special prosecutor appointed by the Albany County District Attorney's Office.

Cuomo noted the decision to not appoint a replacement is consistent with his administration's previous practices when it comes to vacancies in district attorney offices.

«It will be a legal framework which will reasonably give that office holder protection and security of tenure and an appointing mechanism that will produce a Ghanaian of extraordinary integrity in whom we can repose confidence, so that when Minister A from the NPP is caught in corrupt conduct and another person from the NDC is engaged in corruption, both will be dealt with in accordance with the law,» he stated.

He was appointed as deputy director for preparedness with the state Office of Emergency Management.

«Cuomo was all too eager to launch a Moreland Commission to investigate LIPA after Hurricane Sandy in order to channel New Yorkers» frustrations with storm readiness away from his office, but if he really has the interests of New Yorkers in mind, and not politics, he'll appoint a Moreland Commission to scrub Medicaid clean from top to bottom and put in place a restructured, clean and affordable Medicaid system for New York,» GOP Chairman Ed Cox said.

Acting Commissioner Daniel Werfel has appointed David Fisher, a former senior official with the Government Accountability Office, as chief risk officer and senior adviser.

Degnan is likely to leave office by January of next year, along with the governor who appointed him.

«Mr. Korona was hired as a machine supervisor and appointed to the important post of Deputy Commissioner of the Office of Emergency Management where he was entrusted with the safety of Nassau residents in times of crisis,» said Brosh.

On - topic questions include: whether de Blasio and McCray's partnership is modeled on the Clintons, how the Mayor's Fund will be financed including whether they plan to ask Michael Bloomberg to contribute money, the anticipated size of McCray's staff and office location, whether McCray will regularly issue a public schedule, how de Blasio decided to appoint McCray, whether she will continue to be active in other efforts related to the administration such as the pre-K initiative, whether McCray is ready for increased public and press scrutiny and how others who disagree with any actions or decisions by McCray at the Mayor's Fund can address those with the mayor.

So that leaves Heastie and the members of his conference with a tough choice: Appoint the qualified woman from downstate, clear the field for a bunch of other men with political ambitions, or let the qualified woman already in office serve her time and let every interested candidate fight it out at the ballot box.

The source said Cuomo's office has been flooded with experienced racing hands interested in being appointed to the board.

While write in ballots totaled an impressive 453 (it is unclear how many of them belong to Samuels because the Board of Elections does not tabulate them on election night unless they are numerous enough to be a deciding factor) Samuels found himself swamped on election day by the expected Democratic tidal wave, carrying appointed incumbent Richard Heppner to his first elected term with 1580 votes, and Lorin Rose into office with 1338 votes.

They were demanding that Dr. Akambong must leave the office with immediate effect to pave way for the newly appointed CEO.

The major suspects are politicians, with most of them elected and appointed into public offices.

Last spring, he was appointed high steward of Kingston Upon Hull, an office that is more than 400 years old and comes with the kind of ornate costume and feathered hat that Herbert Morrison, his grandfather, would surely have refused to countenance when he held the post back in the 1950s.

On Thursday, she wrote a letter to Gov. Andrew Cuomo asking him to appoint a special counsel to probe Vance amid reports he has received $ 178,000 from attorneys or members of their firms with clients who were under investigation by his office.

And as a leader on government reform, Todd was appointed by Assembly Speaker Heastie to a committee tasked with finding a director for the new Assembly Ethics and Compliance office.

Staten Island Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis, the GOP mayoral candidate, is calling on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to appoint a special counsel to investigate Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance amid reports that he has received $ 178,000 from lawyers or members of their firms with clients who were under investigation by the DA's office.

For instance, the minority leader is sometimes statutorily authorized to appoint individuals to certain federal entities; he or she and the majority leader each name three Members to serve as Private Calendar objectors; he or she is consulted with respect to reconvening the House per the usual formulation of conditional concurrent adjournment resolutions; he or she is a traditional member of the House Office Building Commission; he or she is a member of the United States Capitol Preservation Commission; and he or she may, after consultation with the Speaker, convene an early organizational party caucus or conference.

According to the law establishing the Office of Special Prosecutor, a board must be appointed to assist with policy direction.

Three state agency heads appointed by the governor plus four more nominated by the governor with the approval of the state Senate run the EFC, meaning that the governor's office effectively runs the agency.

He stated, «In keeping with his oath of office, Mr. President accordingly appointed Justice Walter Onnoghen as acting CJN.

Vance said he was initially concerned with the lack of communication from the governor's office about the decision to appoint a special prosecutor.

Instead of appointing Clarke to the Foreign Office, he replaced the incumbent, Jack Straw, with the environment secretary, Margaret Beckett, who expressed her own surprise at the move by reportedly saying: «Fuck, I'm stunned.»

New York City's First Lady Chirlane McCray opened up about what has led her to consider higher office in 2021 and the challenges that come with her job during her first - ever gaggle with the media amid heightened scrutiny of her role in appointing top City Hall staffers.

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Santa Clara County Democratic Party Central Committee is committed to doubling the number of Democratic women in local elected and appointed office in Santa Clara County by the year 2020, the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, through the creation of a Director position on the Executive Board dedicated to working with clubs, Directors and any other interested parties to implement this commitment and to be appointed by the Party Chair, and that this appointment will be made in collaboration with DAWN; and

Following that election, Letwin remained Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Cameron also appointed him as a full member of the new Conservative government's Cabinet with responsibility for overall charge and oversight of the Cabinet Office.