Sentences with phrase «do public service work»

How is a private firm contracted to do public service work for the UK government issuing fantastical information to the Home Office?

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«This is a great first step in ensuring the program is doing what it was intended to do — incentivize people to work in public service,» she said.

The Hudak agenda and the Harper agenda don't differ much: slashing public services, breaking unions, rewarding their corporate friends on the backs of working people.

GORDON T LONG: Right now I am pretty well restricted to my work because I am retired, I'm an investor, I just manage my own money and I do this work to really narrow in on where my investing should be, but I publish and put all of this at www.matasii.com and there's a subscription service for it depending on what kind of detail you want to go down to, but a lot of it is right out on a public page.

The work we do in the public service is an essential ingredient, but we can't fight all by ourselves.

UNICEF has done excellent work in documenting the savings that could be made to public health services through breastfeeding and its benefits, and I commend its document «Preventing disease and saving resources» to the House.

Established in 2004, The Golden Carrot Awards recognize food service teams in both public and private school districts doing exceptional work to improve the healthfulness of school lunches.

«People who don't pay the taxes that they should undermine the economy, damage our public services and place an extra, unfair burden on hard - working families and companies who play by the rules,» Liberal Democrat chief secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander said.

A review of US programmes by the Washington State Institute for Public Policy shows several interventions, including drug treatment programmes, intensive supervision of parolees, and various behaviour management courses can work — and that wraparound services tailored to individuals» needs are most effective of all, when done well.

The committee was impressed by the work done by some local authorities to increase young people's participation rates, citing the «Total Place» pilots experimenting with ways public service providers can work more closely.

The Telegraph's Philip Johnston applauds the reduction in public sector jobs: «Removing many back office staff is a good thing because it becomes necessary to deal with people directly rather than split the functions of a service... The fact is that the public sector employs 800,000 more people than in 1997, many of them engaged in developing specifications, writing guidance, drawing up standards, devising targets, enforcing inspections — all in the name of a reform programme that does not work properly.

I want a president with a record of public service, someone whose life's work shows our children that we don't chase fame and fortune for ourselves, we fight to give everyone a chance to succeed.

Reflecting on her years in public service, including serving as chairwoman of the Albany County Democratic Committee starting in 2014 before she was ousted by Albany Councilman Jack Flynn last year, McLaughlin said she's proud of the work done.

Chris Huhne, who chaired the party's public services working group in 2002 gives three reasons for doing so (pdf):

Over the last ten days the County Executive's Administration, including Emergency Services, Department of Public Works, County Attorney's office and others dealt with the immediate aftermath of the crash, and continues to do so.

Andrew Davies: As I said in reply to Mick Bates, in every part of Wales we are working to ensure that we have public services that are high - performing, efficient, ambitious and innovative, which put the citizen at the centre of all that they do, represent excellent value for money and work together well.»

The governor and the Legislature need to begin recognizing the importance of public services and the work public employees do for the people of our state.

«That is why we are trying to work with National Grid, New York Public Service Commission to come up with a model that would allow that transition to the LED lights and when you are doing that as not to miss the opportunity to put some of that other available technology on the light pole.»

«For the sake of emphasis let me state clearly that both the Crude Term Contract and the Direct Sale and Direct Purchase agreements are not contracts for any procurement of goods, works or services, and therefore do not involve the use of public funds.

Key diplomatic work will increasingly be done by cheap, inexperienced local staff and the diplomatic service will be overstretched under plans outlined by the Foreign Office today, according to the Public and Commercial Services Union.

Mr Awuku said Ahomka Lindsay's complaint about his incessantly buzzing phone since his appointment does not mirror the conduct of President Akufo - Addo who works himself off in his service to the public.

With youth unemployment hitting a record high and the total number of people out of work the highest since the Tories were last in office, the Public and Commercial Services union says the government must take urgent action to reverse the damage it is doing to our economy.

NYC's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene provides a vital service in inspecting and evaluating early childhood centers, but much remains to be done to convey the results of their work to parents and the general public.

Asked yesterday what his father will think of his current problem, Stein told The Post, «With all the great work I did in public service and with nursing homes, I'm sure he's proud of me.

«It is government's role to provide the services that the private sector either can't or won't do, and I am proud to say that my administration has worked to strengthen public health though the Health Mall and other related initiatives and has also been instrumental in keeping residents connected to needed services through programs such as the Rural Transit Service.

Well another politician who stands by a minority (the wealthy) and not the majority (the working class) when over 72 % of the public agrees we should bring back the wealth tax so we don't have to lay off Goverment employees and cut back on services such as education fire fighters law enforcement then we are not living in a Democracy.

Saying to the people who work in our public services - set up as a co-operative, be your own boss, do things your way.

I am proud of the work done by the Legislature to identify areas where we can save costs and reprioritize funding to support critical services, including public safety, road work and other vital departments.

They deserve it, but so do a whole lot of other undervalued workers, including many working in public service.

I say this as someone who believes the vast majority of MPs work extremely hard for very little pay - off, but George Galloway is by no means alone in taking leave from his constituency, and he may have had a genuine public - service motive in doing so.

Nothing that requires us to work in public service forever — if you're a lawyer you can take a break from private practice, do public service and go back to your firm.

The voters believe these people take jobs that the indigenous working class would be happy to do (though the evidence for that is scarce), that they make an immediate claim on public services for which they have not made a contribution through their taxes (easier to prove) and that, in some cases, they behave in a way the indigenous population finds culturally offensive.

We believe the governor and the Legislature should recognize the value of the work done by the professional workers represented by PEF in securing the settlement by ensuring funds from the windfall are reinvested, in part, to state agencies to maintain and improve public services in all New York communities.

«Labor leaders next year are going to have to step forward the way they did in the past, take a long view, and work with the state in the true spirit of public service.»

And the work that David Laws and I have already done in the Treasury has convinced us that it is also achievable without affecting the quality of key public services.

Around 500,000 of the 1.3 million Unison members, who work in public service jobs such as health care, have a vote in the contest, and although they are not obliged to follow the recommendation of the union's national committee, many are likely to do so.

Some of the early work by Hierholzer and Kabara (1982) that showed virucidal effects of monolaurin on enveloped RNA and DNA viruses was done in conjunction with the Center for Disease Control of the U.S. Public Health Service.

So I want to give a public service announcement to all the Millennials out there that are reading this article that you do not have to work a nine to five, just collect sugar daddies.

The Monuments Project: Giving students as young as middle school opportunities to do the real work of historians — and provide meaningful public service in the process — is the idea behind the Monuments Project.

«The people who do the work,» she said, «care more than anyone else, know more than anyone else, and can do more than anyone else about improving the public services that Americans count on.»

In light of last spring's passage of the historic Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act — which enhances student loan forgiveness programs for those who enter public service, similar to what is already done for new doctors willing to work in urban hospitals — the recent study of California's teaching fellowship program could cast considerable light on the value - added benefits of utilizing bonus pay to attract new talent to troubled schools.

She knew it might be a long shot, but the work that was being done at the Cesar Chavez Public Charter Schools for Public Policy in Washington, D.C., where she serves as CEO, was already in line with the goals of the initiative: creating educational opportunities for children in distressed communities by offering «cradle - to - college» services.

«TFA members do not work in service of public education,» she argued.

Teacher pension plans are already in bed with Wall Street; the «retirement security crisis» narrative ignores data showing that elderly Americans are doing better and better; today's defined benefit pension plans just don't work that well for most teachers; and the costs of today's pension plans are enormous and are affecting schools and other public services.

The bill defines a «community school» as a public school that focuses on improving student learning, strengthening families, developing healthier communities, working with community partners to provide additional services to the surrounding community, and providing wrap - around support services to pupils and their families but does not include independent charter schools or charter schools that are not an instrumentality of a school district.

A public school where we have the flexibility to do what works for each child, where health and social service providers, mentors, and a host of others, deliver services — such as immunizations and emergency food assistance — that are accessible to students and the entire community.

But sometimes it doesn't work well for public services.

As a writer, I see no future in doing all the work to publish a book to give it away; unless you are using your book as a public service / awareness announcement for the public's greater good.

There are also alternatives for when you don't want to make your work public: professional writing services that can either write your paper from scratch, offer advice or just proofread and polish your material.

If you work over 30 - hours per week in a «public service job», such as teachers» do — you can have your loan balance forgiven after only 120 qualified payments (10 - years), versus, 20 - 25 years for anyone that doesn't work in a public service job.