Sentences with phrase «current government officials»

Walsh's team consists of past and current government officials, non-for-profit leaders, clergy members, neighborhood organizers and people from the private sector.

The project has also involved interviews with former and current government officials, representatives from the UN and NGOs, and medical experts.

Not exact matches

His department also announced sanctions on four more current and former Venezuela government officials, according to a statement posted on Treasury's website.

As the marches began, government officials prepared for more talks at a central Athens hotel with representatives of bailout creditors as the two sides were near an agreement to maintain draconian spending controls beyond the current rescue program.

Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, and other high - ranking current or former U.S. government officials have visited or praised Gülen - related persons and entities.

The talks stalled a few years later because the Saudi government backed away from its pledge not to pursue enrichment and reprocessing, according to current and former officials.

The Saudi government wants nuclear power to free up more oil for export, but current and former American officials suspect the country's leaders also want to keep up with the enrichment capabilities of their rival, Iran.

Every day it appears more likely that if she isn't corrupt, she's the only current or former government official associated with Petrobras who isn't.

Government officials, while not as actively hostile to business as their fellow Greek - speakers in Athens, is not accelerating the country towards a cutting - edge future (in fact, the current administration managed to accidently blow up the country's main power plant in a massive and deadly accident last year).

Three people familiar with the matter — including a current and a former government official — said the FBI has known for more than a year the details of Fancy Bear's attempts to break into Gmail inboxes.

[2] The board of directors of her company is a Who's Who of distinguished former and current technology, academic, and government officials.

WASHINGTON The U.S. decision to expel 60 alleged spies is unlikely to cripple Russian spying in the United States because others have wormed and hacked their way into American companies, schools, and even the government, current and former U.S. officials said.

The Treasury Department announced Monday that the government borrowed a record $ 488 billion in the January - March quarter, but officials expect borrowing needs will decline sharply for the current April - June quarter.

Downward pressure would be exerted on the rating if (1) there is a significant deterioration in the government's balance sheet (2) a substantial erosion of official financial buffers that undermines confidence in the country's external stability; (3) the manifestation of significant political and / or social tensions that could hinder the country's medium - term growth prospects beyond Moody's current expectations.

I think that if interest rates begin to rise too soon, officials will believe that «Abenomics», the current government stimulus program, has not had time to work yet, so they will be convinced to push forward with a second round of yen printing.

Premier Notley's speech will mark her first official address in British Columbia since the swearing in of the current provincial government, and will reflect the theme of this year's forum, which is Accessing New Markets: Navigating the Way Forward.

However, negative GDP growth will not surface in regular government reporting until at least next year, now that it is clear that Katrina's impact has been neutralized in official reporting, and that political manipulation of the GDP, employment and CPI is rampant.Risks of the current circumstance evolving eventually into a hyperinflationary depression remain extraordinarily high.»

This man» a former official of the Second Republic (the previous civilian government, overthrown by the military in 1983) who was once imprisoned by the current regime» told me that in many places in the north, where he often tries cases, Nigerian civil law has become a dead letter: judges regularly turn cases over to the sharia courts even if only one party to the case is a Muslim.

ALEXANDRIA, VA (March 13, 2018)-- NABCA's 25th Annual Legal Symposium on Alcohol Beverage Law and Regulation offers attorneys, government officials and industry professionals the chance to remain current about the latest legal issues in alcohol beverage management.

Populist leaders are successful because they sow distrust in current government policies / officials (think Obama's «change», «yes we can» or Trump's «drain the swamp» messages).

«There is a new group in NDC which is now calling for the prosecution of past officials by the current NPP government.

The data is unambiguous on current economic conditions - GDP growth in the last quarter of 2015 was a meager 2.11 % with full year growth of 2.79 % according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS); inflation rose sharply to 11.4 % in February with prospects of reaching 12 % by March; capital markets have remained bearish; according to UNCTAD Nigeria's FDI fell by 27.7 % to $ 3.4 billion in 2015, and on current trends may fall even more precipitously in 2016; the de facto exchange rate of the Naira for most producers and consumers is now N322 / $ even though CBN maintains a nominal N197 / $ for privileged persons; several economic sectors - construction, government, manufacturing, oil and gas and hotels and restaurants are in recession or barely out of it; government's official foreign reserves is down to $ 27.8 bn; and unemployment and under - employment rates have worsened 10.4 % and 18.7 % by the end of 2015.

«If residents feel like government officials are gaming the system in some way, they have every right to ask if current standards, practices and oversight are sufficient,» said Brandon Muir, who leads the Manhattan good - government organization Reclaim New York.

Broadly, the plan would seek to upend the current structure of state government through a shortened legislative session as well as term limits on statewide elected officials as well as members of the Senate and Assembly.

In the letter dated 14 July 2017 and signed by SERAP executive director Adetokunbo Mumuni the organization said that, «Public interest is not well served when government officials such as former governors, deputies supplement their emoluments in their current positions with life pensions and emoluments drawn from their states» meagre resources, and thereby prioritising their private or personal interests over and above the greatest happiness of the greatest number.»

Rather he said, it was part of the state vehicles which was left for the current government to be used for official duties.

The current UK government's official position is given in a report published in November 2017: The Government takes its international commitments very seriously and will only take steps toward ratification when we are absolutely satisfied that the UK complies with all articles of the Cgovernment's official position is given in a report published in November 2017: The Government takes its international commitments very seriously and will only take steps toward ratification when we are absolutely satisfied that the UK complies with all articles of the CGovernment takes its international commitments very seriously and will only take steps toward ratification when we are absolutely satisfied that the UK complies with all articles of the Convention.

He emphatically stated that it has therefore become necessary to set the records straight and also to admonish the officials of current government of Nana Addo to be very honest in their public dealings and also learn to give credit where it is due.

The State Department has agreed to a conservative legal group's request to question several current and former government officials — including top Clinton aide Huma Abedin — about the creation of the former secretary of state's private email system.

A successful businessperson, who has never held public office, but has worked in finance and is running to help steer New York through the current financial crisis, or A career elected official who is running on his experience in politics and government and knows how to create efficient state budgets,» the business person beat the career elected official 53 - 30.

For those who do not know, there are Fulani District Chief Executives, there are Fulani Members of Parliament, Fulani government officials and indeed, the current 2nd lady of Ghana, Her Excellency Samira Bawumia is a proud Fulani.

It further stated that it was needless to emphasize the serious impact the current frequent travels abroad by Ministers and public officials are having on Government finances.

In his concluding remarks at the vetting of the Special Prosecutor nominee, Martin Amidu, the Tamale South legislator said although his side of the House wishes the nominee well, he must not only focus on prosecuting past government officials, but current officials who engage in corrupt practices.

His independence was evident when he recently attended the No Labels political convention in New Hampshire that attracted eight presidential candidates and numerous current and former government officials.

Washington (CNN)- House Republicans continued to demand answers Wednesday on the Benghazi attack, one day the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee issued a congressional subpoena to current and former State Department officials over the issue.

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Since then, Gallo has inveighed against alleged «party elites» and accused fellow elected officials — including Assemblyman Kevin Cahill, Common Council President James Noble, former council majority leader Tom Hoffay and current Council Majority Leader Matt Dunn — of forming a «shadow government» to thwart his policies and eventually unseat him.

In the letter dated 14 July 2017 and signed by SERAP executive director Adetokunbo Mumuni the organisation said that, «Public interest is not well served when government officials such as former governors, deputies supplement their emoluments in their current positions with life pensions and emoluments drawn from their states» meagre resources and thereby prioritising their private or personal interests over and above the greatest happiness of the greatest number.»

(CNN)- President Barack Obama is expected to sign legislation Friday afternoon funding the federal government for the remainder of the current fiscal year, according to a senior administration official.

Another wave of corruption allegations could provide further momentum for government watchdog groups and elected officials — including Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo — who are pushing for the Legislature to pass new anticorruption measures during the current legislative session.

According to state officials, the cost of such a shift would be $ 2.3 billion in lost Medicaid payments from local governments, if and when it takes effect in 2020, assuming of course the legislation passes both houses of Congress in its current form.

Conservationists applaud improvements in the reef's health and resilience, but caution that current government policies do far too little to counter global warming, which officials and scientists both agree is the greatest threat to the reef's long - term survival.

Individual obstetricians and their professional organizations should protest the injustice, describe the health and financial costs of the current consent process, and prevail on government health care officials to change the regulations.

But government officials also value the information about long - term trends in public attitudes that can be gleaned from the current survey.

Some corporate leaders, current and former Republican lawmakers and government officials and leaders of conservative think tanks, meanwhile, praised Tillerson's nomination.

In his current posting as a commercial counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, the envoy is regularly called on to speak with Ukrainian government officials, address groups of business leaders in Russia, and give interviews to the press in those countries.

So here, in this collection, I have drawn from various sources and experiences over time and around the world, ideas from inspectors and their reports, leadership training course tutors and candidates, school improvement ambassadors, union officials, faculty leaders, headteachers and principals in all their guises, governors, government officials, civil servants, councillors, parents, students, current, aspiring, ex and retired teachers, in the public, private, Academy, Charter, free, not - for - profit, voluntary and charitable sectors.

The appointees, each an expert and prominent voice in the field, included current and former education officials from all levels of government, academic and policy researchers, civil rights leaders, the presidents of the national teachers» unions, education policy advocates and associations, and public interest lawyers.

It has been a long and difficult uphill climb by local animal advocates to convince county government officials of the necessity of both an outside group to run the shelter, and the need for a new building to replace the current shelter which is an outdated breeding ground for many problems.

Government officials recognized that the then - current system was disjointed: A county agency provided service to some areas, and a nonprofit managed needs in others.