Sentences with phrase «by civil servants with»

The US plans to impose tight quotas on the judges who hear them are ill thought out — likely by civil servants with little or no understanding of the practical challenges of working in immigration appeal and court work.

Not exact matches

«It's quite easy to bulk up capacity by recruiting low to mid-level civil servants, often generalists with a few years experience,» the Institute For Government's Joe Owen told BI.

When Russia decriminalized domestic violence in February 2017, civil servants tasked with protecting women in the country's far east were dismayed by the new vulnerability of their wards.

Business owners» views on tax fairness is also demonstrated in their reactions to certain statements: More than three - quarters (77 %) agree with the statement «Government civil servants get the biggest breaks by far because of their tax - supported pensions.»

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 societBy 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 societby 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.

For peoples subject to, or allied with, the Roman state, this change in the form of government did not make a great deal of difference, except that in the early years of the empire the power struggles which accompanied the decline of the republic seemed to have come to an end, and tax - collection by private companies, often accompanied by extortion, was replaced by tax - collection by civil servants.

With recent staff changes in the DfT, the BMF also warn that it also means that there is now no one senior from the DfT, either civil servant or minister, who was involved at the outset of the review, a review set up to address a revised testing regime that had seen new tests introduced by the DSA and hundreds of test centres close.

Blaming the Pension problem on the legitimate Civil Servants in the State, Counties, Municipalities and non-faculty School District employees is a fiction being promoted by the «Insiders» and their Business Council allies, the latter whom saw their defined contribution pension funds tank and with it those in retiree status or near retiree status losing half of their nest eggs.

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.

Real democracy could take # 200 billion (30 %) off the cost of running the UK by replacing our unproductive politicians and senior civil servants by a few elected co-ordinators with emergency powers only.

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.

But various experts — for instance former civil servant Jim Gallagher — disagree, suggesting that questions about policy can and should be treated differently from questions about funding, with only the latter voted on by MPs from across the UK.

The government has to recognise that this erosion of confidence can only be halted by having enough civil and public servants with the right resources to do the job.

Government could use parliamentary committees to look at proposals and identify problems in advance — pre-legislative scrutiny in practice doesn't match its current remit, and there is a need to bring back «in - house» a lot of work that was traditionally done by civil servants but has been outsourced, with an unhealthy relationship between the private sector and consultants.

These illegal and violent acts which took place in a Rambo fashion taking many civil servants by surprise is generating fear and drawing unwanted international attention to the country with speed gaining notoriety and creating the impression that we are a nation of lawless people without any strong and responsible leadership.

«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 opportunity to innovate, to do things differently, to experiment with the ideas you've had instead of being told by civil servants in Whitehall that it isn't the way things are done.

In the meantime, State agencies that deal with these matters, if the useless hacks are replaced by civil servants and former civil servants with expertise and decades of experience, including in the Legal offices, will attend to this just fine.

You are mere humble civil servants ripe for the squashing by someone with better comedic timing.

«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 Bello.

«Meanwhile, we use this medium to thank the ever resolute civil servants for their faith and belief in the leadership of the organised labour by complying 100 % with the directive to stay away from government offices and facilities where they work without pay.

The sureties must be civil servants not below grade level 14 and resident in Abuja with traceable addresses to be verified by the court or the EFCC.

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.

Tory MPs, civil servants, EU diplomats and White House officials have all run out of patience with Boris Johnson, according to a scathing column by The Times» Rachel Sylvester which has been devoured across Westminster.

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.

He tweeted:» GYB has mobilized his thugs backed by his paid police men to barricade the entry to Lokoja from Abuja with the intention of attacking Sen Dino Melaye and the rice meant for the suffering kogi civil servants.

Bejide, according to a statement by the Director General, Ambassador Dare Bejide Campaign Organisation, Dr. Kunle Folayan, stated this at a meeting with some retired state and federal civil servants and businessmen in Ado Ekiti.

From the examples chosen a pattern emerges that requires a period of sober reflection by any minister or civil servant involved in the planning of major technological projects, for far from the comfort of scientific truth underpinning their decisions, the reality is that the degree of uncertainty involved would appear to reduce the process to a sophisticated form of gambling, with awesome consequences awaiting a wrong decision.

Ames student Fruit - Fly Experiment (AFEx), for which the payload and hardware was planned, designed, built and tested by a team of master's - level and bachelor's - level students with guidance and mentorship from NASA civil servant scientists and engineers at Ames.

Though a child of the colonial civil servant caste, Denis is by sentiment and inclination one of the last viable working - class filmmakers in the white - collar west, and so it is only appropriate that her film should be capped off with an appearance by Depardieu, the hulking star of Maurice Pialat's Loulou (1980), that bruising film of interclass love.

by Roland Laird with Taneshia Nash Laird Illustrated by Elihu «Adofo» Bay Foreword by Charles Johnson Sterling Publishing Paperback, $ 14.95 240 pages, illustrated ISBN: 978 -1-4027-6226-0 Book Review by Kam Williams «One of the invaluable features of Still I Rise, the first cartoon history of black America, is the wealth of information it provides about the marginalized — and often suppressed — political, economic and cultural contributions black people have made on this continent since the 17th C... Using pictures, it transports us back through time, enabling us to see how dependent American colonists were on the agricultural sophistication of African slaves and indentured servants; how blacks fought and died for freedom during the Revolutionary and Civil Wars; and how, in ways both small and large, black genius shaped the evolution of democracy, the arts and sciences, and the English language in America, despite staggering racial and social obstacles.

«Even in countries with strong national policies and laws,» says co-author Susan Garnett Russell, «several factors result in an implementation gap including lack of capacity in government schools, low levels of capacity among civil servants, autonomy of local and school administrators, and discrimination and xenophobia by the host communities.»

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.

Judges rarely get ill, with considerably fewer sick days recorded compared to the average for civil servants, according to evidence supplied by the judiciary to the Senior Salaries Review Board.

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.

Mr. Justice Denny Thomas of the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench did not merely accept the arguments of the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees when he slapped an injunction on the Government of Alberta yesterday, indefinitely suspending a law that could have forced 22,000 civil servants to live with a contract imposed on them by legislative fiat.

By contrast, especially in recent years, the tendency in majoritarian countries has been for governments to prefer to work with their own politically appointed advisers and to ignore the unpalatable advice of technically neutral civil servants where this is judged to interfere with the chances of electoral success or political expediency.

The real puppet - masters of our governments are called deputy ministers, unelected civil servants of long standing who are relied upon by ministers and prime ministers alike for guidance re policy intitatives... they hold much influence from a mercenary point of view within the maleable minds of the coming and going elected officials, The same situation exists with CREA vis a vis (I couldn't resist Alberta Legal) the revolving door of «leaders» without real power.