Sentences with phrase «disclosure of public authorities»

DiNapoli's plan calls on the state to bring more transparency and accountability to state finances by eliminating discretionary lump sum appropriations, restricting «backdoor spending» by public authorities, requiring more disclosure of public authorities» spending and financing, and making the state budget more understandable and accessible.

His proposal also requires more disclosure of public authorities» spending and financing activities.»

Not exact matches

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Among the Buffalo Billion related questions were the review of Joe Percoco's disclosure form revealing outside income from Buffalo Billion vendors, details of Cuomo's last conversation with Percoco, the recent disclosure by Solar City of a reduction in the expected number of jobs, why the Public Authorities Control Board delayed a decision of funding certain payments related to Solar City and whether public money funding the Buffalo Billion was treated «as sacred» and if so, why an investigation is occuPublic Authorities Control Board delayed a decision of funding certain payments related to Solar City and whether public money funding the Buffalo Billion was treated «as sacred» and if so, why an investigation is occupublic money funding the Buffalo Billion was treated «as sacred» and if so, why an investigation is occurring.

Today, we applaud the New Jersey Assembly for voting in favor of two reform bills that would significantly improve public disclosure and accountability at the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey: S2181 / A3417 and S2183 / A3350.

DiNapoli's proposal would require state - funded public authority projects to be «scored and ranked using measurable and objective criteria,» he said, as well as greater disclosure of those authorities» activities.

Authorities say Silver shifted state healthcare funding to a pool that he directly controlled so that he was able to distribute the cash «at his discretion, with no public disclosure of the disbursements,» the documents say.

Section 77 of the Freedom of Information Act makes it an offence for public authorities to act so as to prevent intentionally the disclosure of requested information.

Before a single child's information is turned over to any 3rd party, policymakers should give assurance to parents and educators that no harm will come to Tennessee school children by adopting the following principles: The state and districts should be required to publish any and all existing data sharing agreements in printed and electronic form, and include a thorough explanation of its purpose and provisions, and make it available to parents and local school authorities statewide; The Department of Education should hold hearings throughout the state or testify before the legislature to explain any existing data agreement, and answer questions from the public or their representatives, obtain informed comment, and gauge public reaction; All parents should have the right to be notified of the impending disclosure of their children's data, and provide them with a right to consent or have the right to withhold their children's information from being shared; The state should have to define what rights families or individuals will have to obtain relief if harmed by improper use or release of their child's private information, including how claims can be made; and finally, any legislation must ensure that the privacy interest of public school children and their families are put above the interests of any 3rd Party and its agents and subsidiaries.

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) is committed to protecting current and former Federal employees and applicants for employment from interference and retaliation when making protected disclosures, or «whistleblowing,» which includes disclosing information related to a violation of law, rule, or regulation; gross mismanagement; gross waste of funds; abuse of authority; or a substantial and specific danger to public health or safety.

It occurs to me that a bottomless pit of public money is available to resist unwelcome efforts to obtain disclosures from public authorities — not only on climate issues, but especially for them.

Section 77 of the Freedom of Information Act makes it an offence for public authorities to act so as to prevent intentionally the disclosure of requested information..

The FOI Act makes it an offence for public authorities to act so as to prevent intentionally the disclosure of requested information.

(a) a request for information has been made to a public authority, and (b) under section 1 of this Act or section 7 of the Data Protection Act 1998, the applicant would have been entitled (subject to payment of any fee) to communication of any information in accordance with that section, any person to whom this subsection applies is guilty of an offence if he alters, defaces, blocks, erases, destroys or conceals any record held by the public authority, with the intention of preventing the disclosure by that authority of all, or any part, of the information to the communication of which the applicant would have been entitled.

any person to whom this subsection applies is guilty of an offence if he alters, defaces, blocks, erases, destroys or conceals any record held by the public authority, with the intention of preventing the disclosure by that authority of all, or any part, of the information to the communication of which the applicant would have been entitled.

When entering into contracts with non-public authority contractors, public authorities may be under pressure to accept confidentiality clauses so that information relating to the terms of the contract, its value and performance will be exempt from disclosure.

Thus in the words of Judge LJ: ``... the 2000 Act may properly be seen as Parliament's considered statutory framework for the disclosure of information held by public authorities, whose enactment militates against the incremental judicial perception of a common law duty to the same or any wider extent.»

If it does not, there is cause for concern and it may be that the arrangements between those parties need to be revisited, whether by means of contractual changes or protocols for information disclosure to secure appropriate disclosure to the public authority to allow it to meet its public obligations.

The Commission said, in effect, that the absolute exemption to disclosure at section 32 (2) of FOIA was the end of the story, while Kennedy argued that Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights imposed a positive obligation of disclosure on public authorities, particularly when the requester was a «public watchdog» like the press, and that s32 (2) should be read down accordingly to require disclosure in the circumstances (I paraphrase).

As pointed out elsewhere, contracting authorities and review courts should be particularly careful in not imposing excessive disclosure when there are actual risks of strategic use of challenge procedures or the market structure is such that the increased degree of transparency could (inadvertently) facilitate or reinforce collusion [Sanchez Graells, A. Public Procurement and the EU Competition Rules (Oxford, Hart Publishing, 2011) 358 - 9].

An award may be made public with the consent of all parties or where and to the extent disclosure is required of a party by legal duty, to protect or pursue a legal right or in relation to legal proceedings before a court or other competent authority.

(xiii) in case of minor breaches which are no longer effective, as alternative to the above penalties, competent authorities may apply the penalty of a public disclosure of the identity of the breach committed and the offender.

For example, if under § 164.512 (b), a covered entity discloses the same protected health information to a public health authority for the same purpose every month, it can account for those disclosures by including in the accounting the date of the first disclosure, the public health authority to whom the disclosures were made and the public health authority's address, a brief description of the information disclosed, a brief description of the purpose of the disclosures, the fact that the disclosures were made every month during the accounting period, and the date of the most recent disclosure.

Comment: Several commenters recommended expanding the scope of disclosures permissible under proposed § 164.510 (b)(1)(iii), which would have allowed covered entities to disclose protected health information to private entities that could demonstrate that they were acting to comply with requirements, or at the direction, of a public health authority.

As discussed above, in the final rule we narrow the scope of this paragraph as it applies to disclosures to persons other than public health authorities.

Other common exemptions include disclosures for emergency care, and for disclosures to government authorities (such as a department of public health).

(C) If the disclosure is to a person acting on behalf of a public official, a written statement on appropriate government letterhead that the person is acting under the government's authority or other evidence or documentation of agency, such as a contract for services, memorandum of understanding, or purchase order, that establishes that the person is acting on behalf of the public official.

Comment: A number of the comments called for the elimination of all permissible disclosures without authorization, and some specifically cited the public health section and its liberal definition of public health authority as an inappropriately broad loophole that would allow unfettered access to private medical information by various government authorities.

Pursuant to § 164.512 (c)(1)(iii), a covered entity may make a report only if the specific type or subject matter of the report (e.g., abuse or neglect of the elderly) is included in the law authorizing the report, and such a disclosure may only be made to a public authority specifically identified in the law authorizing the report.

While it does not provide for public disclosure, although the Commission is currently pressing for public disclosure of the country - by - country tax reports which must be filed with tax authorities by large businesses, the new Directive requires tax rulings to be disclosed to the Commission.

For section 41 to apply: (i) the information must be confidential; (ii) the information must be obtained by the public authority from any other person; and (iii) disclosure of the information by the public authority must constitute an actionable breach of confidence.

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