Sentences with phrase «by central government departments»

Based on the Government Buying Standards for food and nutrition, the Plan seeks to achieve consistent standards for all food procured by Central Government departments, as well as providing best practice recommendations for food providers and procurers.

So, in this post I've looked at how many judicial review (JR) cases were received by central government departments («ministers») over the past few years.

Not exact matches

«Nearly everything was dictated by the central government, with a sort of military occupation of the area by the Civil Protection Department which alienated the townspeople,» he said.

«CN Rail has expressed a desire to transport bitumen by rail,» said the memo, sent from Wayne Wouters, the Clerk of the Privy Council Office, the central department in government serving Harper's office and cabinet.

Michael Pusey argues that the central policy departments of the Australian Federal government of the 1980s and 1990s have been dominated by economists who think like this.

However, there is also provision for a «Ministerial veto», whereby the Information Commissioner's notice can be overridden, in respect of requests relating to central Government departments and the Welsh National Assembly, by a certificate signed by a Cabinet Minister, or the Welsh or Northern Irish First Minister.

Statistics on handling of requests for information under the Freedom of Information Act by 43 central government bodies, including all major departments of state.

Central government departments received fewer than 500 JR cases each year, broken down by department as follows:

New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong, and musician, A-plus, have been invited by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), to answer questions on some corruption claims they made against some government officials.

When given the opportunity to select multiple government agencies or individuals that bore at least some responsibility for failing to prevent the bombing, federal agencies were assigned the greatest blame with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and U.S. Department of Homeland Security found at fault by 56 percent and 50 percent of respondents, respectively, followed by the Central Intelligence Agency at 42 percent.

He tailored this local government practice to the education sector by creating performance dashboards for central office departments and by facilitating weekly performance meetings between department chiefs and the DCPS chancellor.

Some state governments are concerned that certain line departments are duplicating work on climate change by directly responding to central ministry requests to implement specific national missions under the National Action Plan for Climate Change (NAPCC), bypassing nodal agencies that have prepared the climate plans.

Any identity card containing photograph of the applicant issued by any Department of the State or Central government, Regulatory Authority, Public Sector Undertaking, or Public Financial Institutions.

Any pension or family pension orders issued by Central or State government departments.

[46] The sources relied upon by the Government include: the Australian Institute for Health and Welfare, The evaluation of income management in the Northern Territory (2010); Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Report on the Northern Territory Emergency Response Redesign Consultations (2009); Cultural and Indigenous Research Centre Australia (CIRCA), Report on the NTER Redesign Engagement Strategy and Implementation, (2009); Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Final Stores Post Licensing Monitoring Report (2009); Central Land Council, NTER: Perspectives from Six Communities (2008); and analysis of Centrelink data (Rita Markwell, Adviser to Minister Macklin, Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs Email sent to stakeholders, 18 December 2009).