Sentences with phrase «concerns about the independence»

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Sunday that he is not concerned about his independence from President Donald Trump following his surprise firing of former FBI Director James Comey,

They also expressed concern about the independence of the investigation, which will be led by Eric H. Holder Jr., the former United States attorney general, and Arianna Huffington, an Uber board member.

Certain aspects of the contract appear to be specifically intended to alleviate concerns about the independence of the probe, which will focus on contracting in the state - backed «Buffalo Billion» initiative, SUNY - backed upstate nanotech deals, as well as «other matters directly related to those programs» as determined solely by Schwartz, the contract says.

«I was not concerned about independence because I never would've signed on if I thought or even suspected otherwise,» says Fitzpatrick, the Onondaga County district attorney and one of Moreland's co-chairs.

I have some serious concerns about the independence of the body.

So 23 percent of Florida non-participating schools said that concerns about independence, character and identify played a major role in their decision to keep out of the program, whereas 46 % of Louisiana schools said it played a major role.

Overall 72 % of Louisiana non-participants expressed concerns about their independence under the program.

Open Medicine, the Canadian, open - access, peer - reviewed medical journal that launched two years ago as a consequence of some concerns about the independence of medical publishing, has pushed the boundaries yet again.

Not exact matches

Twenty - First Century Fox said it could legally separate Sky News within the wider Sky group to allay the concerns of a British regulator about the news service's continuing independence under Rupert Murdoch's ownership.

Millennials struggle as they work to build their own financial independence while also dealing with concerns about their parents» finances.»

Rite Aid's board should prepare to take some heat over concerns about board member independence and other issues at its annual shareholders meeting this week.

«Those comments are in themselves a «rush to judgement», are damaging to our client's reputation, and reinforce Mr. Whitmarsh's concerns about the lack of independence, artificial deadline and restrictive scope of the PSA's review,» it said.

You may be concerned about an appetite slump, which is totally normal as Ms. Independence now wants to decide when (and what) she will eat.

Written on September 19th - the day after the «No» victory in the Scottish independence referendum - the initial elation was quickly giving way to concerns about the future.

Concerns have been already raised about judicial independence and media freedom.

European Commission President Jean - Claude Juncker and First Vice-President Frans Timmermans issued a joint statement expressing their concerns about the latest developments in Romania regarding the independence of the country's judicial system and its capacity to fight corruption.

The government has not adequately addressed concerns about the UK's national security strategy (NSS) ahead of the Scottish independence referendum, a parliamentary committee found today.

In 2013, the Times Union reported that the commissioners in a closed - door vote split 9 to 5 to approve Tagliafierro, amid concerns from some commissioners about her independence from the Cuomo administration.

The letter read in part, «I would like to share with you serious concern regarding the reasons that motivated this decision, notably the repeated failure of the FIU Nigeria to address concerns regarding the protection of confidential information as well as concerns about the legal basis and the FIU's independence vis - à - vis the Nigerian Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

The candidates for Colonie town clerk will head to court next week after one of them raised concerns about a surge in the number of absentee ballots cast in the Independence Party primary.

Alex Vitale, a sociology professor at Brooklyn College, told POLITICO New York, «I think his flippant comments about police stem not from any particular bias but from a lack of concern about propriety and independence.»

A national search for a new director had been undertaken after some JCOPE board members said they were concerned about the board's independence from Cuomo.

«This raises serious concerns about the Commission's independence and calls into question the validity of the process.»

But Burke, who now teaches at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, remains concerned about the move, in light of previous actions by Pruitt that he thinks have weakened EPA's Scientific Advisory Board and put the independence of the agency's chemical assessment program at risk.

Registration fees for plug - in vehicles also fly in the face of policies intended to promote their use due to concerns about energy independence, energy efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions, Dumortier said.

The Wolf / Kisida / Rhinesmith survey found that most private schools that opted not to accept voucher students were very concerned about threats to their «independence, character, or identity.»

While nonparticipating schools cited a number of concerns that were major factors in their decision not to participate, concerns about possible future regulations were the most cited across all three states, followed by concerns about the effect of participation on schools» independence, character, or identity.

She said officials had heard concerns from grandmothers who said their grandchildren can't read the cards they send, as well as worries about whether students could read documents like the Declaration of Independence.

The UK's Holloway, whose highest regard is for creative independence (and media representation of the widest field, not just of the highlights), knows how to get a rise out of those of us concerned about standards in self - publishing:

You may come into this because of nationalistic concerns about energy security and maintaining national place in the world — frankly, I cringe every time the words «energy independence» are mentioned as the top motivation for developing greater renewable energy — but ultimately this has to be about greater social change, both at the societal and personal level.

Its report said: «There is mounting evidence that many EU - focused think - tanks are heavily funded by corporations and this raises serious concerns about their agenda and their independence.»

At the May 1 AAAS Forum on S&T Policy, presidential science adviser John Holdren empasized the importance of maintaining NSF's independence in making research funding decisions, and earlier in the week the National Science Board raised concerns about some aspects of the bill.

MC: That might be the cause, but on the other hand you look at public opinion polls about issues that are of concern to the American public, and climate change just isn't near the top of those lists, and maybe they made a calculated decision that a more sellable approach would be to focus on energy independence and self - sufficiency, because that's something that people have already bought.

Though the group ended its relationship with Chesapeake in 2010... the news raises concerns about influence industry may have had on the Sierra Club's independence... Michael Brune, the Sierra Club's executive director since 2010, told me.

Considerable concern has been voiced by Bars overseas about the potential compromising of independence, and UK firms have been worried about possible exclusion from overseas markets as a result.

I'm less concerned about particular people holding certain positions (TechRights» Dr. Roy Schestowitz covers those issues in detail) than fundamental, structural deficiencies that have allowed judicial independence at the EPO to wither.

Notwithstanding this limited understanding of the concept of independence, many of the interviewees did express concern about undue client influence.

Those changes in 2007 led to a public complaint from the Canadian Judicial Council about the lack of consultation and concerns over the perceived independence of these committees.

There is widespread concern, he says, about «potential threats to judicial independence, and to fair and impartial courts» at the state level.

Recent controversies over the ending of the BAE Systems fraud investigation and the attorney general's potential deciding role in the cash - for - peerages investigation have «compromised or appeared to compromise» the position and raised serious concerns about how independence and impartiality in the role can be guaranteed, says the report by the Constitutional Affairs Committee.

On their face, however, they do raise three issues that seem prima facie of concern: 1) the legitimacy of having rulings by the Federal Court about its process without any submissions made on the Committee's behalf; 2) the legitimacy of the Federal Court reviewing the Committee's conduct on an interlocutory basis; and 3) the legitimacy of the Federal Court intervening in a process designed to respect judicial independence, and to provide a mechanism for implementing s. 99 of the Constitution.

According to the broad version, the independence of the bar means that lawyers «are free from incursions from any source, including from public authorities»:... The narrower, more focused version, is anchored in concern about state interference with the lawyer's commitment to the client's cause.

Chief Justice Beverly McLachlin has expressed concerns about any new process undermining the independence of the court.

There were concerns because ATSIC was one and was shut down by the government and there are concerns about how much independence a statutory body really has.

In its submission to this Committee on the Native Title [Amendment] Bill 2006, the Commission raised concerns about the impact of the 2007 amendments which could erode the security of status and administrative independence of NTRBs.

They also investigated the interaction between age and other factors known to associate with reproductive intentions, such as concerns about fecundity, finding a suitable partner, independence, career trade - offs and economic limitations (see § 6l, n).

[32][33][34] Specific issues that have emerged have included an increasing questioning of the longstanding notion of therapeutic neutrality, [35][36][37] a concern with questions of justice and self - determination, [38] connectedness and independence, [39] «functioning» versus «authenticity», [7] and questions about the degree of the therapist's «pro - marriage / family» versus «pro-individual» commitment.