Sentences with phrase «as a watchdog for»

Young already had a history of acting as a watchdog for crew safety and firing off blunt memorandums when the Challenger exploded shortly after takeoff in January 1986, killing all seven aboard.

The American Civil Liberties Union has been in the forefront of fighting for tolerance and has served as the watchdog for signs that the nation's historic and numerically dominant faith - Christianity - is receiving preferential treatment.

This way, younger MPs can be expected to act as watchdogs for age - based discriminations.

Objective — To make an effective elected second chamber, composed of mature experienced individuals with collective experience of all aspects of British life, whose principal task is to improve legislative bills during their passage through parliament into law, and whose secondary task is to scrutinize the actions of the government and act as a watchdog for the rights of the British people, should the Government or lower house appear to act in such a way as to undermine these rights.

The ombudsman function of the office, some say, is not being embraced enough by Ms. James — even sympathetic Democrats privately question whether Ms. James, a colleague of Mr. de Blasio's when they served in the City Council together, will ever be able to seriously act as a watchdog for Mr. de Blasio.

The Committee on Standards in Public Life is an independent body designed as a watchdog for parliamentarians» activities.

James, the first woman of color to hold citywide elected office in New York City, has served as the people's advocate and as a watchdog for city government for the last several years.

And as a preventative, Quercetin acts as a watchdog for abnormally signaling cell pathways which could potentially turn cancerous.

While the Secretary dismantles the Department's role as a watchdog for student civil rights, she has remained silent in the face of new reports of discrimination, violence and shameful neglect in the nation's public schools.

I've seen «Writer Beware» as a watchdog for authors.

Originating in England, they served as watchdogs for thousands of years.

A giant breed, he was bred in England as a watchdog for more than 2,000 years.

Originating in China, this breed's name translates to «lion,» which is apt for a critter created to provide companionship and act as a watchdog for royals during the Ming dynasty.

The Lhasa Apso was originally bred as a watchdog for Tibetan palaces and monasteries; it was hard for an intruder to sneak in past the watchful, yipping pooches.

Groups like Public Citizen are taking strides to better protect the public from harm by acting as a watchdog for consumers.

As the head of Baron & Budd's asbestos and pharmaceutical litigation teams, Baron has helped build the firm's reputation as a watchdog for consumer protection.

Not exact matches

Others, such as consumer watchdog Public Citizen and the preventive medicine advocacy group Trust for America's Health (TFAH), had very different takes, arguing Cures mostly benefits pharma companies at the expense of other important public health initiatives.

«A man's legitimacy as an ally to women is only fully expressed when he is an intentional exemplar and fierce watchdog for the behavior of other men,» write Johnson and Smith.

Britain's competition watchdog has fined Pfizer a record 84.2 million pounds ($ 107 million) for its role in ramping up the cost of an epilepsy drug by as much as 2,600 %.

As part of financial reform, President Obama tasked one consumer watchdog with «looking out for regular people in the financial system.»

As such, the financial watchdog is concerned that the platform could be used for money laundering activities.

Pruitt has had a «consistent disregard for transparency from the time he was attorney general to his time as EPA administrator,» the leader of a watchdog group said.

AggregateIQ is now among 30 companies being investigated by the UK's data watchdog, the ICO, as part of an ongoing (and now almost year - long) investigation into the use of data analytics for political purposes.

(Incidentally, the UK's data protection watchdog is conducting just such an audit of Cambridge Analytica right now, after obtaining a warrant to enter its London offices last month — as part of an ongoing, year - long investigation into social media data being used for political ad targeting.)

The watchdog based its decision on the fact that it does not consider digital currencies to be a substitute for money, as they are not legal tender in the country.

Mark Carney watches above the world's sixth - biggest economic climate as governor of the Financial institution of England and heads a international banking watchdog, but somehow nonetheless finds time to train for a marathon.

The investor watchdog talks to ThinkAdvisor about why SEC Chair White is a «bad SEC chair for investors» and why the Social Security trust fund isn't as important as many think.

A whistleblower is accusing some key financial regulators of allowing sensitive broker information to become readily accessible, even as industry watchdogs emphasized the need for companies to protect client data.

Sir Michael, the head of education watchdog, Ofsted has also claimed poverty is too often used as an excuse for educational failure among white working - class families.

With the support of the American Center for Law and Justice, as well as other Christian watchdog organizations, efforts to ensure Christians are legally able to practice their faith in Russia continue.

As many of you know Gluten Free Watchdog has been sending various «glutenase» enzyme supplements to the lab for gluten testing.

She is the senior editor for sister websites OrganicAuthority.com and EcoSalon.com, and works as a research associate and editor with the Cornucopia Institute, the organic industry watchdog group.

The independent watchdog, which oversees the relationship between British supermarkets and their suppliers, also urged Westminster to grant GCA the power to fine retailers, some of whom have been accused of squeezing suppliers by driving the cost of milk down to as little as 89p for a four - pint bottle.

I have just sent an e mail to the BBC for the Watchdog programme as they have a bit called Rogue Traders where they investigate dodgy people ripping off there customers.i want.

She is the senior editor for sister websites OrganicAuthority.com and EcoSalon.com, and works as a research associate and editor with the Cornucopia Institute, the organic industry watchdog group.

The Albany - based think tank and fiscal watchdog group Empire Center for Public Policy launched in 2005 as a project of the Manhattan Institute is being «re-launched» as an independent organization, the organization's president E.J. McMahon announced.

However it is important to note that only a small proportion of civil society groups are involved in the protests; namely those groups that are based in Bujumbura who are focused on governance and human rights issues and regard themselves as watchdog responsible for holding the government to account.

In that vein, Joe Rospars has likened the Obama analytics team to the Government Accountability Agency, which acts as an auditor and watchdog for the federal government.

Spitzer, who portrayed himself as a Wall Street watchdog when he ran for office, resigned in March 2008 amid a prostitution scandal.

For example, he could name a blue - ribbon commission to look over the redistricting committee's shoulder, to act as a watchdog and fact gatherer at the public hearings.

The subway - workers union and transit watchdogs are questioning whether the MTA can meet its goal of hiring some 2,700 new maintenance staff as part of its new plan to fix the subways, pointing to problems recruiting for these specialized jobs.

To play a leading role in the promotion of high quality patient care and to act as an independent watchdog for better regulation of safe healthcare.

Mark - Viverito's call for Ponte to quit came after an investigation last month by the city's anti-graft watchdog agency found that he had been out of town for a quarter of 2016 as violence and corruption plagued the Rikers Island jail complex.

The suit could serve as a test case for her year - old unit, which has faced questions about its independence from Cuomo, and its ability to be an effective watchdog over what in the past has been a sparsely enforced election laws.

A general view of the offices of Cambridge Analytica (CA) in central London, as the data watchdog is to apply for a warrant to search computers and servers used by CA amid concerns at Westminster about the firm's activities.

For fiscal watchdogs, the so - called pension sweeteners can be problematic: chipping away at savings achieved in new pension tiers that were approved as a way to save the state money in the long - term.

Ironically, Albany's ethics watchdog, JCOPE, which critics say is too close to the governor — if not controlled outright by him — is reportedly investigating allegations that Libous used his political clout to secure a job as a politically - connected Hudson Valley law firm for his son.

Bill Hammond, health policy analyst for the fiscal watchdog group The Empire Center, says the possible funding cut should not really come as a surprise to Cuomo.

As competition for gambling dollars has intensified, the state's fiscal watchdog is warning that New York's Off - Track Betting corporations could face fiscal insolvency.

While Gov. Andrew Cuomo has lauded the program as a departure from the secretive «pork barrel» spending of the past — «It's a waste of money, we did it for a lot of years, it failed,» he told Politico New York in February — the program has come scrutiny by lawmakers and fiscal watchdog groups as at best, overly optimistic and at worst, lacking oversight and tainted by scandals that have marred other economic initiatives, including the Buffalo Billion.