Sentences with phrase «as a civil servant with»

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As a civil servant, I prepared cabinet ministers and senior level officials with itineraries, scheduling meetings, speaking notes, and media relations.

The main man in this regard was Mr. Paul Boothe, an unassuming, consummate federal civil servant who proved in the heat of battle that he could negotiate with the best of them. If only all our public officials were as determined and skilful in their efforts to pro-actively win real investment and real opportunities for our industries. The St. Catharines announcement is in large part the fruition of the efforts by Boothe (and all the other stakeholders in last year's rescue, including the provincial government and the CAW) to negotiate a package that was much more than a bailout. Rather, it was a recipe for a reaffirmed Canadian presence by these two lynchpin manufacturers (GM and Chrysler).

Some charities may think the government link a great deal, but Ms. Arrison suggests they think again: «By accepting responsibility for a program dictated by government agencies, charities will slide down a slippery slope with the end result being they will be regarded as civil servants — not as part of a vibrant community that voluntarily strengthens civil society.

I am not a pastor or in any position of leadership within the church but as a full time civil servant I would get the sack if I did not do my job competently or I have the option to leave if I become disillusioned with the job.

On the BoG Board, Keli Gadzekpo, a co-founder of Databank with Mr. Ofori Atta, is a Board Member, even as eight Senior Civil Servants at the Ministry of Finance have been replaced with people from Databank by Ofori - Atta.

Should «administration costs» be equated (as they used to be) with the costs of employing civil servants and running government offices as distinct from the money paid out in grants, government contracts or welfare benefits?

He won't do emails — insisting, instead, on working with a fountain pen as he goes through his red box each morning issuing marching orders to civil servants by writing on their papers.

[5] Indeed, in his most recent piece, Roberts claims that «UK civil servants are now said to be presenting ministers with a more binary choice: accept political compromises similar to aspects of the European Economic Area (EEA), or settle for a much more limited trade deal such as the recent EU - Canada free trade agreement (CETA).»

Cabinet Office minister Chloe Smith suggested an exodus of civil servants away from Whitehall could be necessary as the coalition presses on with its deficit reduction agenda.

The announcement comes as pressure grows on ministers to scrap a deal struck with civil servants in October, which allows existing workers to retire on a full pension at the age of 60, although new employees would have to work until 65.

It is totally unacceptable that civil and public servants doing vital jobs, such as coastguard watch assistants, should earn just above the minimum wage and be faced with pay cuts in real terms.

In subsequent written correspondence with civil servants, the BHA stated that «Our concern is for the government to make absolutely clear that there is no chance it will ever accept [creationist Free School] bids, or allow any state - funded school to teach creationism as science, anywhere in the curriculum, and this is only possible through a change in the law... we would support any adjustment to the model funding agreement to add a statement [to this effect]... Could we request that the next time the [Free School] model funding agreement is reviewed, our desire for this point's inclusion is considered?»

While Raynsford is willing to challenge what he sees as some of the big shortcomings of modern government, Substance Not Spin is also peppered with praise for the civil servants he worked alongside.

He said it was a «great disappointment» for him as «for six years I have had the incredible privilege of working inside the Whitehall machine with civil servants helping ministers to make decisions».

«I hereby call on President Buhari to restore faith in Nigeria's civil service and its security and military forces by immediately replacing Ibrahim Magu as the acting Chairman of the EFCC and imposing punitive measures on him to deter other civil servants with a similar streak.»

The chairman said what the workers were demanding for was their rights as civil servants in accordance with labour laws.

Noodle had the power of politics behind her, as Duncan and his team (the parliamentary one, I'm assured; civil servants had nothing to do with this party matter) produced a manifesto for her.

Most states have chosen not to follow the federal example with regard to judges and have either imposed a constitutional retirement age, as in the case of Colorado, where Colorado Constitution, Article IV, Section 23 (1) requires judges to retire at age 72, and / or have a commission overseeing judges (and sometimes other civil servants) that can require them to retire due to disabilities which often arise from old age.

Brussels - based civil servants work at UKREP - effectively a UK embassy in Brussels - as they prepare the groundwork for the PM and ministers when they work and negotiate with the European Union.

«As organised labour, we therefore find it difficult to place the faith of these people who are constantly feeding the public with lies in order to deceive when the truth of the matter is that Kogi State civil servants and pensioners are dying of starvation and treatable diseases, walking the street of Lokoja as beggars because their salaries and allowances have not been paid for a period of three to twenty - two months by the government of Yahaya BellAs organised labour, we therefore find it difficult to place the faith of these people who are constantly feeding the public with lies in order to deceive when the truth of the matter is that Kogi State civil servants and pensioners are dying of starvation and treatable diseases, walking the street of Lokoja as beggars because their salaries and allowances have not been paid for a period of three to twenty - two months by the government of Yahaya Bellas beggars because their salaries and allowances have not been paid for a period of three to twenty - two months by the government of Yahaya Bello.

Established in 1778, the Office of the Secretary of State is a historically distinguished position that has been held by some of New York's most esteemed public servants, beginning with Revolutionary War General John Scotts, to John Adams Dix, who served as U.S. Treasury Secretary, a Civil War General, and the 24th Governor of New York.

He infuriated the Conservatives while in opposition and frustrated many civil servants, leading one to suggest with snide bitterness that «Ed Balls is nearly as clever as he thinks he is».

This report will show clearly the dangers being courted by Buhari's attitude, as well as the need to quickly fill the remaining six slots that would empower INEC with the full complement of its Board as stipulated by the Constitution — over 20 states of the federation do not have RECs as at today, thereby opening the Commission to the mercy of malleable civil servants.

According to Faleke, «We came to the presidency to let the federal government know what is happening in Kogi state as regards the fortunes of the party, the way it is dwindling day by day as regards the civil servant, the welfare of the people and their relationship with the state government.

A consummate public servant and intellectual, he started his working career as a lecturer with the then University of Sokoto now known as Usman Dan Fodio University, Sokoto, before joining the Kaduna State Civil Service.

The Communities and Local Government Secretary, Eric Pickles, has started a scheme of offering modest rewards - such as shopping vouchers - for DCLG civil servants who come up with innovative, thrifty ideas that saves taxpayers» money.

As with this week's other row, over Michael Gove's political advisers using private email channels to circumvent FoI inquiries about their free schools policy, we can see that civil servants have difficult jobs which both politicians and the media can make much harder.

Mr McCann was grew up in East Kilbride and became a civil servant with the Overseas Development Administration before being elected as a councillor in South Lanarkshire in 1999.

The state chairman of CAN, Rev. Akpen Leva, expressed satisfaction with the level of compliance, saying the association had ordered a sit - at - home protest for all private organisations, including artisans, market women, commercial drivers and others, except civil servants, as the seven - day praying and fasting commenced on Monday.

Political appointees are treated with suspicion, as wayfarers, as the civil servants seek to protect their own territory.

The science policy community with which I now deal on a daily basis consists of people as diverse as politicians, civil servants, practising scientists, administrators, journalists, university vice chancellors, businesspeople, and students.

That would be Wikus van der Merwe (Sharlto Copley), the none - too - bright bureaucrat who begins as the villain of the piece, the civil servant charged with the task of evicting the prawns, all 1.8 million of them, from their current ghetto to an even more outlying district far removed from the offended citizenry.

There's also Luke Wilson guest - starring as Sheriff Hartwell — a handsome, charming civil servant whom Scully is enamored with (while Mulder regards him as a buck - toothed hillbilly)-- and a hilarious scene where Mulder drowsily recites a line from Isaac Hayes» Shaft.

As with any other civil servant, individual performance is measured by a series of personal objectives that are reviewed annually.»

In a move rife with political implications, the Senate Rules committee Wednesday voted to reject one of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's nominees to the California State Board of Education because of her status as a civil servant employed by the state.

The revelation comes as the senior civil servants prepare to take on extra work, with the government's education and adoption bill giving them responsibility for improving schools considered to be coasting (see page 5).

In «The Museum of Final Journeys,» the narrator remembers his early years as a civil servant in a changing country and a private museum filled to the brim with fine art and sculpture moldering away in the middle of the woods.

Get the best deal Wayne Carle, a 46 - year - old civil servant, has embarked on a total of 16 cruises in as many years with his wife Tammy.

His home, shared with wife Annemarie Norton — a former ballet dancer, is a reflection of the individual as collector and can only be compared to the very personal collection of Herbert and Dorothy Vogel, the American civil servants who were equally inspired to compile such an intimate group of works.

To help in turn the GC cope with a similar issue, the first EU specialised «judicial panel» was set up in 2005: Known as the EU Civil Service Tribunal (CST), the jurisdiction is exclusively limited to disputes between the EU and its civil servants and consists of 7 juCivil Service Tribunal (CST), the jurisdiction is exclusively limited to disputes between the EU and its civil servants and consists of 7 jucivil servants and consists of 7 judges.

It was established in this treaty that the persons who reside in the territory of Lithuania on the day of its ratification and «who themselves or whose parents permanently reside in Lithuania or who were entered into the communities of settlements, towns or estates in the territory of Lithuania», as well as the persons who had resided in Lithuania for not less than ten years by 1914 and who had permanent jobs, «excluding the former civil and military servants, of non-Lithuanian origin, with their families» are recognised as citizens of the State of Lithuania.

Why is it that a document that, as a British civil servant once described it, is nothing more than an archaic piece of paper with no intrinsic value, should attract such attention?

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The Defence Engineering and Science Group (DESG) graduate scheme trains recruits to work as civil servants within the Ministry of Defence to equip and support the armed forces with technology.

He has just finished his college degree cum laude with the GI Bill, and is now in the Maryland National Guard, and pursing a career as a Civil Servant as well.