Sentences with phrase «civil servant knows»

Unfortunately, this knowledge is often denigrated by «blood - and - guts» exporters who wrongly claim that civil servants know little about the day - to - day realities of exporting.

Ricardo Morales, the only NYC official fired in the just - concluded federal and state probes into de Blasio, says he was axed for one reason — to let other civil servants know that they had better keep their traps shut, or else.

Not exact matches

Those of whom we know anything seem rather to have been petits bourgeois: four of them were «partners» in a small family firm owning and operating fishing - boats and employing labour [Luke 5:1 - 9]; one had been a minor civil servant [Mark 2:14].

Some were students or civil servant exam takers, but no matter what their function, the Indians began to influence English food.

In the early 1970s he joined Rothschild's Central Policy Review Staff at No 10 in the Heath government where he learnt to admire Heath and make contacts and friends with a generation of the ablest young civil servants who would rise to power and influence from which he benefitted.

«The procurement of contracts are often done centrally, by civil servants in Whitehall who don't know what's best for a particular prison.

Certainly I hate whichever minister or civil servant in Whitehall came up with the idea of refusing to fund search - and - rescue teams in the Mediterranean — an act which they must have known was equivalent to signing their death sentence.

And no, I'm not bashing civil servants — everyone in my family took tests and sat on lists and didn't get «appointed» based on who they know.

«If people don't know what you're doing, they don't know what you're doing wrong,» Sir Humphrey Appleby once said - but civil servants will soon have fewer places to hide.

You know Osun State is a civil service state and the bulk of our people are dependent on the salaries of the civil servants who are yet to receive their October salary.

The glaring hole is that the policy depends on the good - faith diligence of thousands of civil servants — who have no way of knowing what lawsuits or FOIL requests might be coming six months or a year down the road.

Mr. Emanuel Ezeka, a retired civil servant said it would appear that the judiciary is encouraging PDP to factionalize in the state, which encouraged the party to field multiple candidates during elections because members of the party knew that either way, the party would be declared winner.

«Once again, the Organised Labour wish to let the reading public know that the leadership of NLC, TUC and JPSNC in the state are not on ego trip with the government neither are we political civil servants but only calling the attention of the government to the deplorable situation of civil servants because of non-payment of salaries and allowances.

«With an independent civil servant the press lobby knew they were going to get the unvarnished truth without any political gloss or spin,» he explained.

Let it be known at this juncture that we also condemned the destructive act of the students, therefore, we are not against the fact that the management want to sanction them through payment of damages, all we are saying is that N25, 000 [TwentyFive Thousand Naira] is too much for our parents to bear considering the fact that the school is dominated by ward (s) of Ondo State Civil Servants who have not received salary since November 2015, and most of these parents have 2 to 4 children in this same university, therefore, where do we expect them to get such a huge amount of money?

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.

A consummate public servant and intellectual, he started his working career as a lecturer with the then University of Sokoto now known as Usman Dan Fodio University, Sokoto, before joining the Kaduna State Civil Service.

As a former civil servant and forester, he has sat around EU negotiating tables and knows how to fight for the best deal for Wales.

«Sir Andrew himself now appears to know more about the workings (and failings) of the immigration system than most civil servants in the Home Office.

Stephen Twigg, the shadow education secretary who has written to Mr Gove's most senior civil servant demanding to know why the Education Secretary had ignored the panel, said: «The fact that Michael Gove has ignored the advice of independent experts and ploughed ahead with selling off school playing fields shows he is shamefully out of touch.

Immigration minister Caroline Nokes vowed to investigate allegations that senior civil servants received the perk for hitting targets to remove foreigners with no right to be in Britain.

Despite the post-coalition electoral calculations — the Guardian notes them here — this is a centralisers» reshuffle, a victory for senior civil servants and crocodile - strangling Australian election strategists over what remains of the party faithful and over armchair political strategists in the newspapers, for the No 10 machine over the Whitehall baronies.

In fact, Dominic Cummings, his now well - known former advisor, has said recently that Gove would have moved even «faster, further, better» had it had not been for «dysfunctional» civil servants and incompetence at Number 10.

Oone of the country's most important jobs is held by a little - known 49 - year old civil servant called Robert Stheeman.

Civil servants, businessmen and artisans were stranded on the road as at 9.30 am, some who could no longer bear the long wait in the traffic trekked to their offices and other destinations.

Labour MP David Lammy, a leading campaigner on Windrush, tweeted: «Amber Rudd resigned because she didn't know what was going on in her own department and she had clearly lost the confidence of her own civil servants.

Today a signification portion of Ghana's debts is still sitting on the soil of this great nation as plush houses, luxury vehicles, fat bank balances and assorted fixed assets for a few privileged past and present civil servants, government appointees and crooked businessmen known as «BIG MEN».

But many of those fortunate enough to have a resumé line listing a Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award know little of the eponymous scientist and civil servant whose death on 6 October, a week before her 83rd birthday, ended an exceptional and still - active career encompassing high attainment in both research and service to the nation and the world.

At least one former NSF rotator, meanwhile, has learned that the apparent benefits of keeping one's salary and position and not having to become a civil servant leaves them defenseless if tensions arise in the workplace (see Part 2, «Scientists on Loan to NSF Have No Protection if Job Conduct Is Questioned»).

Chief civil servant General Ismay (Michael Gambon) regarded Mountbatten's bonhomie as a great virtue to soften relations between Muslim political leader Jinnah (Denzil Smith) who wanted an independent Pakistan and almost all other Indian leaders, including Gandhi (Neeraj Kabi), who wanted unity, but hidden forces made negotiation more difficult than Mountbatten knew.

«Mister Johnson,» now directed by Bruce Beresford in his first film since «Driving Miss Daisy,» tells the story of an African civil servant, known to all as Mister Johnson, who works as a clerk in the office of the British district administrator.

Also known as «government jobs,» civil servant positions are eligible for the federal program for student loan forgiveness.

A civil servant by day and sketch comedian by night, Adrienne makes promotional fliers and helps maintain the website for SAAC, including the News page — if you have a story or story idea, let her know!

«It's a great feeling to know you are responsible for them and watch them grow and then get adopted into a loving home,» says Roberts, a retired civil servant from Randolph Air Force Base.

As a former professor, senior civil servant and current CEO, I know that solving large problems involves the thoughtful, careful application of science, but I have come to respect the fact — a word I don't use lightly — that there are often a multitude of non-science issues that keep possible solutions from ever leaving the computer or test bench....

«The story of British hydrologist and civil servant H.E. Hurst who earned the nickname «Abu Nil», Father of the Nile, for his 62 year career of measuring and studying the river is now fairly well known.

So in spite of the civil servants advising ministers, «no, we shouldn't subsidise solar», we ended up having this policy.

Civil servants are no worse off than anyone else.

To help in turn the GC cope with a similar issue, the first EU specialised «judicial panel» was set up in 2005: Known as the EU Civil Service Tribunal (CST), the jurisdiction is exclusively limited to disputes between the EU and its civil servants and consists of 7 juCivil Service Tribunal (CST), the jurisdiction is exclusively limited to disputes between the EU and its civil servants and consists of 7 jucivil servants and consists of 7 judges.

The civil servant's job is to answer questions on behalf of the Prime Minister, and to alert them to governmental happenings that Number 10 feels they should know about.

IOE Director General, Lesley Batchelor OBE, said: «The results of the survey will inform and influence government and civil servants and we urge businesses to harness trade associations and business groups to continue to make their voice heard, tell them what they need to ensure that they can compete effectively in the global market — and let them know which regulations are stopping them from doing it properly or are impeding their companies» growth.

Male DJ always imagines senior civil servants from Department of Confusing Affairs have sneaked into his court to spy on him, and if he had a mistress no doubt hopes she would appear before him.

It will also do so if courts blur the lines between federal and state or provincial authority, making it more difficult for citizens to know what government is responsible for what law or social programme, or give private unaccountable actors, such as civil servants» unions, power to influence public affairs.

While there are some interesting technical points for lawyers and civil servants, most employers will want to know what it means in practice.

I didn't know any civil servants and my university had not prepared me for the assessment centre, so I wasn't too sure what I was really applying for.