Sentences with phrase «between public officials»

• Investigate the alleged corrupt links between public officials and illegal loggers in Ucayali and prosecute where corruption is identified.

This privately - held company and nonprofit seems to have a talent for commingling the efforts of private charter interests and public oversight conduits that creates serious conflicts of interest, causing a California state whistleblowing attorney to be ``... opposed to such activities between public officials, private interests, and public charter schools.»

(CNN)- Hours after his inauguration as Virginia's 72nd governor — and in the wake of a scandal that engulfed his predecessor — Terry McAuliffe has made ethics reform his first order of business, instituting tighter limits between public officials and lobbyists like he once was.

The «Week» makes it clear that it is important to maintain an open government, in order to ensure the proper relationship between public officials and the citizens they are pledged to serve.

Money in politics breaks the bonds between public officials and the public they serve.

What's more, this project is a big step in the right direction toward bringing transparency to Albany and promoting dialogue between public officials and the people they serve.»

«Sunshine Week» makes it clear that it is important to maintain an open government, in order to ensure the proper relationship between public officials and the citizens they are pledged to serve.

The sprawling federal probe evolved from an investigation into favor - trading between public officials and fundraisers and campaign contributors for the mayor.

The high court is essentially being asked to clarify the line between a public official legally performing a routine courtesy for a benefactor and a politician corruptly using government power in exchange for a bribe.

Not exact matches

The RCMP alleges SNC - Lavalin paid nearly $ 47.7 million to public officials in Libya between 2001 and 2011 to influence government decisions.

On Jan. 26, Acting Attorney General Sally Yates contacted White House counsel Don McGahn to raise concerns about discrepancies between the public accounting and what intelligence officials knew to be true about the contacts based on routine recordings of communications with foreign officials who are in the U.S.

The protocol for such a visit — which is also the legacy of historical relations between the Holy See and Italy — includes an exchange of public speeches, and requires that both the Pope and the President wear their designated official attire for state occasions.

Television, in particular, was found to have presented violence in simplistic terms — depicting «a visual three - way alignment of Negroes, white bystanders, and public officials or enforcement agents,» which tended to create the impression that the riots were predominantly racial confrontations between blacks and whites, while factors such as economic and political frustration were pushed into the background.

They officially separated church and state, forbade public officeholders from attending religious services «in any official capacity,» made marriage a civil act, and legalized divorce.38 (Rousseau saw the importance, in the struggle between church and state, of the authority to marry.

Many religious leaders, as well as public officials, talk of friendship between church and state, and claim that in charging the government to be neutral regarding religion the founders meant «neutral among different sects.»

There is only interpretation; and the politics of interpretation, the only kind of politics available in bad postmodernity, are the politics of destroying liberalism's venerable public / private distinction in favor of a new one between official and unofficial interpretations.

The UK Health Forum (who are observers of the Sustain alliance) examines the interaction between food and drink manufacturers and public health officials.

After consultation with Major League Baseball and city and local officials, tomorrow's game between the Orioles and the Chicago White Sox will begin at 2:05 p.m. ET and will be closed to the general public.

But in a symptom of the extreme mistrust that has festered between the two public entities, Park District officials said they worry the village's latest overtures may be bait - and - switch tactics, so the deannexation push will continue.

But Park District officials said the field represents a partnership between private and public organizations that improves Chicago parks at minimum cost to taxpayers.

Most elected officials feel that way, although a select few — Sen. Chuck Schumer, who has been known to gleefully squeeze in fundraising calls while driving in between public events, comes to mind — actually enjoy the ask.

Public solidarity between Democratic activists, elected officials, and progressive groups in New York is critical for isolating the IDC and other elected Democrats who caucus with the Republicans.

In June 2009, Sir Michael Scholar, head of the UK Statistics Authority, wrote to Harman to warn her that different headline figures used by the ONS and Government Equalities Office with regards to pay differentiation between men and women might undermine public trust in official statistics.

ALBANY — Tension between an anti-corruption commission and legislators has resulted in a public war between Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the G.O.P. - led coalition that runs the State Senate, culminating in an exchange of personal attacks yesterday between a Senate official and a Cuomo - allied party aide.

Nonetheless, state environmental officials downplayed residents» complaints and vehemently disputed local studies that found a link between elevated blood - lead levels among children and the water source switch, until, in October, Snyder conceded the situation had become a «public safety issue» and announced a $ 12m plan to transfer Flint back to its previous supply with the city of Detroit.

He periodically visited cities around the state to give speeches about his agenda, but in between, days could pass without a single public appearance by the state's top elected official.

Some public officials have suggested that Exelon's ability to operate FitzPatrick may be contingent upon the shared services and jobs they can realize between the neighboring plants of Nine Mile and Ginna in the Rochester area.

The grand jury investigation — which Fitzpatrick defended as necessary because of the mayor's lack of cooperation — marks the latest spat in an rare public war between Onondaga County's top law enforcement officials.

Mr. Cupoli, the Assembly's choice, is a former Chief economist at SEMATECH and Professor of NanoEconomics at SUNY Albany's College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, a school that Mr. Cuomo and state officials have touted as an example of a successful partnership between a public university and private business.

And even as multiple wells in nearby Hoosick Falls tested positive for elevated and potentially dangerous levels of the same toxic chemical more than a year ago, state health department employees suggested a delay in reporting results and did not initially recommend a wider outreach to the public, according to emails between state, county and federal officials, some of which were obtained through a Freedom of Information Law request to the federal Environmental Protection Agency.

The agency also misled the public and federal officials by saying inspections for lead paint hazards were happening between 2012 and 2016 when they weren't.

Uber had spent more than $ 1 million between July and December 2016, lobbying both state and local officials, according to the New York State Joint Commission on Public Ethics.

SAUGERTIES >> Town officials have scheduled a June 18 public information session with a representative of Pilgrim Pipeline to discuss the company's proposal to build a pipeline between Albany and New Jersey.

Public criticism from the state Budget Division has many occupants of City Hall scratching their heads after years of dialogue between Albany officials and the state.

Tensions are said to be mounting again between Canadian officials and New York State over the Peace Bridge, months after the cross-border dispute was supposedly settled in a much - heralded public ceremony.

Though visitation and circulation has dropped at Erie County's public libraries between 2012 and 2015, officials are seeking to expand their system of 37 branches, with the hope of landing a state grant to help cover the costs.

Part of the problem comes down to the lack of communication between city officials and the public.

Some officials of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA), have admitted culpability in the malfeasance involving the public auctioning off some 24 vehicles belonging to the Ministry between 2011 and 2013, as captured in the 2015 Auditor General's report.

It is extremely rare for a public official to issue a warning of this kind to a politician of Mr Grayling's standing close to a general election — although Sir Michael issued a similar warning last June to the Equalities minister Harriet Harman, about exaggerating the pay gap between men and women.

Thursday night, word began circulating of a «framework» agreement reached between the so - called «three men in a room» — Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan — that would satisfy at least the minimum requirements for both: The Democratic - dominated Assembly would agree to the first passage of legislation paving the way for a constitutional amendment that would allow for the stripping of public pensions from elected officials and other top officials convicted of public corruption, and the Republican - led Senate would approve a one - year extension of mayoral control of New York City's schools.

When offered a choice between the Libeskind or THINK plans, the official LMDC poll showed that the public preferred «Neither».

ALBANY — Public criticism from the state Budget Division has many occupants of City Hall scratching their heads after years of dialogue between Albany officials and the state.

«This is about making sure the communication between the utility companies, the public, and government officials during Hurricane Sandy is greatly improved for any future natural disaster.»

The second part of the Leveson inquiry, looking into the relationship between journalists and the police, was supposed to take place at the conclusion of court cases involving alleged phone hacking and inappropriate payments to public officials.

With public financing in the budget this year, the reform groups called on the elected officials to make sure it remains in the final budget agreement between the governor and legislature.

Ratcheting up the pressure in a bitter battle between New York City and the state over health care costs, the city's public hospital system is planning on suing New York State officials over a payment of some $ 380 million in federal funding it says the state is unlawfully withholding.

With collaboration between the Department of Health, SUNY Poly's nanobioscience department and biotech companies, officials envisioned it serving as «a model for public health innovation to other states and nations.»

The Campaign Finance Board limits the mayor's official 2017 campaign fund to spending $ 328,000 in public funds between January 1,2014 and December 31, 2016, with any spending in excess of those amounts to be «charged against the first limit applicable.»

The following table ranks each state based on total convictions and convictions per 10,000 residents of public officials in federal corruption cases between 1976 and 2010.

Henning said it's possible that other conduct mentioned in the report — such as transactions between the governor's office and companies like real estate developer Extell — could fall under mail and wire fraud statutes, which make it a crime for any public official to be «taking money and misrepresenting how it was used,» he said.