Sentences with phrase «by public servants in»

Given the importance of decisions taken by public servants in the lives of members of the public, their integrity is a legitimate concern....

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In a statement, President Obama said of the astronaut and public servant, «John always had the right stuff, inspiring generations of scientists, engineers and astronauts who will take us to Mars and beyond — not just to visit, but to stay... The last of America's first astronauts has left us, but propelled by their example we know that our future here on Earth compels us to keep reaching for the heavens.

It will speed them up by giving them CEO - style leadership that will demand accountability from ministers and public servants, while bringing in a broader strategic view that only the head of the Cabinet can provide.

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).

Now there's invisible words in the text The unfaithful PUblic Servants with their power grab by the killer kourts strive with the men, the fathers, and deserve death according to the text, 60 mil times over.

Non-Christian nations tend to have a rough time establishing democracy, because they have no foundation of teaching self sacrifice and unselfish service and other moral values and a public servant in a democracy must not be motivated by greed.

This paper was discussed, and further examples of data breaks across the public sector were explored, at a seminar at LSE in April, attended by senior civil servants and academics.

«She has been an outstanding public servant for many years in both local and state government, and she will be missed by all of her colleagues.

This means that while public services — such as the replacement of a lost national identity card or primary or secondary education — have official costs (in the formal economy) they often are now accompanied by supplementary costs that are pocketed by the civil servant as a means to supplement lost salary (informal economy), this is one manifestation of the barter within a cash economy.

Indeed, until it was reformed in 1989, Section 2 of the Official Secrets Act 1911 made it a criminal offence for any civil servant or public contractor to reveal any information he or she had learned in the course of his or her work: an offence that successive governments continued to prosecute well into the 1980s, despite recommendations published in 1972 by the Franks Committee calling for reform.

While I am unable to end the furlough, I will act in solidarity with my fellow public servants whose lives are being disrupted by these shortsighted decisions.

Recognised as having a keen mind, he is better known for his character, humility, pastoral skill, and his simplicit - living in a basic apartment rather than an archepiscopal palace, travelling by public transport rather than chauffeured car and cooking for himself rather than employing domestic servants.

Please join me in supporting this dedicated public servant by visiting her website at www.buerkleforcongress.com and following her on Facebook and Twitter.

Special advisers are paid for by the public but unlike permanent civil servants they are appointed by parties and ministers and allowed to be partisan in their advice.

They and their 5 children lived in a house with what a grand jury called «alarming structural and safety issues» but were blocked from addressing the problems by out - to - lunch, and often outright hostile, public and quasi-public servants.

Action by up to 10 unions will be finalised at next week's TUC conference in London, said Mark Serwotka, general secretary of the civil servants» Public and Commercial Services union.

Hafner noted that, in addition to investigating crimes, grand juries can investigate «any misconduct, nonfeasance or neglect in public office, by a public servant, whether criminal or otherwise.»

Defense attorney Michael Feldberg countered by describing the 74 - year - old Democrat as a dedicated public servant, and argued there was no proof his client pocketed the money in exchange for taking official action.

As I've said before — isn't it disturbing that your ideas of what makes a good public servant are so colored by your apparent affinity for Niccolo Machiavelli who is known for proposing that «a prince is praised for the illusion of being reliable in keeping his word.

Mr Speaker, if the citizens of this country could see the time and care taken in making these decisions; the carefully - targeted nature of all our interventions; and the strict controls in place to ensure that the law and our democratic values are upheld; and if they could witness the integrity and professionalism of the men and women of the intelligence agencies, who are among the very finest public servants our nation has, then I believe that they would be reassured by how we go about this essential work.

Technology that would help civil servants collaborate and track issues would be very helpful if it was implemented well, was willingly adopted by those civil servants, and used by people who had the public's best interest in mind.

«If ministers continue to dig their heels in they will face industrial action by three million civil servants, health workers, teachers and other public servants that will not just last one day, but will be sustained for weeks and months.

The lack of appetite from civil servants to become part of a «mutual» is proved today by the announcement the next in line for part - privatisation is a small team wedded to the Cabinet Office's ideology, the Public and Commercial Services union said.

In a statement released by his campaign, Owens praised Scozzafava for her dedication as a public servant, but said his focus in the final days remains on showing voters the contrast between himself and HoffmaIn a statement released by his campaign, Owens praised Scozzafava for her dedication as a public servant, but said his focus in the final days remains on showing voters the contrast between himself and Hoffmain the final days remains on showing voters the contrast between himself and Hoffman.

He declared he wanted the health service to be «100 % publically owned», adding: «We should be saying we want public services to be provided in the public sector by public servants.»

The committee set up by the Ondo State government on Payment of Arrears of Salaries of Public Servants in the state has said the government would...

You know that moral fibre thats supposed to be instilled in our public servants to do whats rigth by the people, not whats rigth for the PLP!

A Ghanaian lawyer, Elikplim L. Agbemava, has commenced an action at the Supreme Court seeking clarification on some of the benefits enjoyed by Article 71 office holders as well as other public servants in that category.

And we've proved in government we stand up for fairness by blocking Tory plans to: run schools for profit, to pay public servants less simply because they work in Wales, and to allow employees to be fired without cause; while in Wales we have opposed Tory plans to make patients pay to use the NHS.

«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.

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.

Staffers hired by de Blasio received an average raise of $ 7,000 in FY 2016 — nearly double the $ 3,600 average raise of public servants who joined City Hall before de Blasio took office.

And if senior civil servants believe that they shouldn't be in the public spotlight - for example, by being grilled by Select Committees - they shouldn't write public tributes, not even to Margaret Thatcher.

Such cases continue to have a negative effect on public trust in the government and the take - up of private or third sector employment by former ministers and public servants is being looked into by the Commons public administration select committee.

The Senate President disclosed this in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Yusuph Olaniyonu, stressed the importance of responsive leadership — stating that both elected and appointed public servants must see their offices as a responsibility to better the lives of the people that they represent using the legislative and policy instruments at their disposal.

He recognizes the privileges that come from growing up in a family of high - profile public servants and the opportunities provided by a large, well - connected family.

What you will not find in her report is a weighing of the governor's mendacity in the context of other whoppers by contemporary public servants.

Saraki in a statement by his Special Adviser, Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu, in Abuja, described the late former governor as a committed public servant who served the country in many capacities with distinction.

«In celebration of this victory over agents of tyranny, all public servants in Ekiti State are enjoined to converge on Fajuyi, Ado Ekiti by 10 am tomorrow, Thursday, October 12, 2017 to welcome the Commissioner for Finance and the Accountant General back to the StatIn celebration of this victory over agents of tyranny, all public servants in Ekiti State are enjoined to converge on Fajuyi, Ado Ekiti by 10 am tomorrow, Thursday, October 12, 2017 to welcome the Commissioner for Finance and the Accountant General back to the Statin Ekiti State are enjoined to converge on Fajuyi, Ado Ekiti by 10 am tomorrow, Thursday, October 12, 2017 to welcome the Commissioner for Finance and the Accountant General back to the State.

But, in addition, every year there are countless successful and attempted assassinations of other politicians, business people and public servants in countries as diverse as Britain, Germany, India and Algeria which are quickly forgotten by all but close relatives and friends.

NSF, which in contrast to most other agencies has no intramural researchers of its own, relies on rotators to provide a welcome (even necessary) injection of scientific perspective; an agency run by lifetime public servants could easily lose touch with what's happening in the trenches.

By law The Ministry of Labour and Social Protection has drawn up a draft regulation regarding public servants involved in corrupt practices.

In 1992, Floridians decided they wanted to be governed by public servants, not career politicians.

Duane was also a recipient of the George C. Marshall Award, sponsored by the Marshall Foundation in honor of one of America's truly selfless public servants.

My dream was to become a public servant by being involved in community activism, politics and civil rights advocacy.

«Public Servants in the Future Imperfect» is organized by the New Museum's Department of Education and Public Engagement and A Blade of Grass.

He has contributed to and edited publications, including Beyond the Aesthetic and the Anti-Aesthetic and Public Servants: Art and the Crisis of the Common Good, and is in the process of editing a volume about Tania Bruguera's The Francis Effect, a project co-produced by the Guggenheim Museum, the Santa Monica Museum of Art, and SMU.

Most recently, the state of Indiana has taken the castle doctrine even one step further, becoming the first state to specifically permit its residents to use deadly force in response to the «unlawful intrusion by another individual or a public servant.»

He was awarded the Army Commendation Medal for meritorious service in homeland security after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and was named Public Servant of the Year by the United Chamber of Commerce in 2004.

Spotlight on Outstanding Public Servants: Akerman LLP has been selected as the recipient of the 2015 Chief Justice's Law Firm Commendation Award by the Florida Supreme Court and The Florida Bar — the highest recognition of pro bono legal service awarded in the state to a law firm.