Sentences with phrase «for budget transparency»

I think we all love you Emily even more now for your budget transparency!!!! This blog just keeps getting better.

During these difficult financial times, GO Public Schools continues to advocate for budget transparency, clear communication and engagement with community members, and implementation of

During these difficult financial times, GO Public Schools continues to advocate for budget transparency, clear communication and engagement with community members, and implementation of national best practices in district level budgeting.

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Budget 2012 will be remembered for its lack of vision; its lack of transparency; its lack of accountability; and its lack of sound economic policy.

In Budget 2007, the Minister of Finance proposed «to amend the FAA to provide for greater transparency and accountability regarding the government's borrowing activities and increase flexibility to meet future borrowings needs, especially with respect to the consolidation of Crown corporations».

The Update also included a large number of spending initiatives (about $ 10 billion over six years), thereby ensuring that these initiatives would be included in Main Estimates for 2018 - 19 as part of efforts to increase transparency and accountability between the budget expenses and the Main Estimates expenditures.

For accountability and transparency, it is vital that such reconciliations be provided on an ongoing basis and to the latest Budget projections, not to Update estimates, which would be seriously out - of - date.

For consistency and transparency reasons, the Budget should be presented before the Main Estimates, thereby providing the proper context for the Main EstimatFor consistency and transparency reasons, the Budget should be presented before the Main Estimates, thereby providing the proper context for the Main Estimatfor the Main Estimates.

Once we begin to think of our faith in terms of largeness instead of largess or in terms of measurable success or significant achievements or community stature or statistically significant gains or business models or congregational models or appropriate budget processes or cash flow direction or generally accepted accounting practices or independent audits or administrative requirements or managerial transparency or proper leadership roles and boundaries or membership trends or effective organizational structures or a current and accurate vision statement — at that point, we have become the money changers — we have lost our faith and deserve to be driven away for we are neither living nor sharing the Good News.

These inflows are reported for transparency purposes and are not intended for budget utilization.

Lawmakers met Monday afternoon for the start of the joint budget committee process — a meeting known in Albany as the «mothership» and initially held as a way of enhancing transparency in the opaque state budget process, but also a chance for lawmakers to lay out their public priorities in the talks.

This week, members of the New York City Transparency Working Group sent a letter to The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey thanking them for publishing their budget online in a machine - readable format.

They include greater accountability measures for the awarding of government contracts, more transparency for «lump - sum» budget appropriations and expenditures, and limits on outside income for lawmakers.

The Executive Budget takes two steps backward for one step forward — with improvements to target poverty this year outweighed by the loss of predictability and transparency in future years and by not doing enough to ensure that schools serving low - income students and students of color receive the resources they need to increase achievement and opportunity.

Members of the City Council's Finance Committee pressed the de Blasio Administration for more transparency in the proposed $ 77.7 billion budget today, kicking off the first of many hearings on the preliminary budget.

Greater transparency for School Leadership Teams: In order for School Leadership Teams to fulfill their role of serving as advocates for their school communities, superintendents should be required to ensure that all principals in their districts give their leadership teams thorough information about fund allocations, including their schools» Galaxy Table of Organization in addition to the budget summary available on the DOE website.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has outlined his plan for greater transparency of state lawmakers» outside income, and has made it part of his budget proposal.

He called for transparency in budgeting and contracting, and said the Democrats want to create an independent inspector general's position in the town to oversee contracting.

Governor Cuomo has outlined his plan for greater transparency of state lawmakers» outside income, and has made it part of his budget proposal.

Meanwhile, in their one house budget proposals, the Assembly and Senate are asking for more transparency, at least in relation to some of the governor's economic development programs, which have been the subject of Bharara's probes.

Social media giant Facebook will institute new disclosure rules for political and issue - based advertising, a move that comes a week after New York's $ 168 billion budget agreement create new transparency requirements for online advertising.

At the same time, DiNapoli said the budget proposal from Gov. Andrew Cuomo continues to rely heavily and expand on lump sum appropriations for projects that are yet to be determined, a move that is at odds with the Budget Reform Act of 2007, which was designed to increase transparency in the prbudget proposal from Gov. Andrew Cuomo continues to rely heavily and expand on lump sum appropriations for projects that are yet to be determined, a move that is at odds with the Budget Reform Act of 2007, which was designed to increase transparency in the prBudget Reform Act of 2007, which was designed to increase transparency in the process.

Meanwhile, in their one - house budget proposals, the Assembly and Senate are asking for more transparency, at least in relation to some of the governor's economic development programs, which have been the subjects of Bharara's probes.

At the same time, a new debt structure for for SUNY dormitories transfers debt servcice off budget, which DiNapoli's report says reduces transparency.

Through a constitutional convention, we can demand transparency to backroom dealings in Albany by mandating public oversight of budgetary decisions and requiring narrow, set purposes for all money funneled into the budget.

Most notably, Cuomo described the 2014 budget as «plug [ging] this loophole - laden law» by increasing transparency requirements that resulted in a majority of these committees disclosing their donors to the state Board of Elections for the first time.

«Once again this year, the budget falls short on transparency, both in process and in content,» DiNapoli said, in part referring to the fact that this year, Governor Andrew Cuomo once again issued messages of necessity to waive the constitutional three - day aging period for budget bills in order to get the state budget passed before the April 1 deadline (technically, it wasn't, but Cuomo and legislative leaders had a general deal in place on March 31).

Political watchdog groups gathered outside the courthouse to call on lawmakers to toughen up rules for outside income, campaign financing, and budget transparency.

A budget watchdog group says New York's new 10 year plan of how it will spend more than $ 174 billion in road, bridge and numerous other projects lacks transparency and needs more details on how it will all be paid for.

We are pleased that the final budget preserves the Foundation Aid formula while making some necessary updates and providing important transparency and predictability for future funding.

Meanwhile, in their one - house budget proposals, the Assembly and Senate are asking for more transparency, at least in relation to some of the governor's economic development programs, which had been the subject of Bharara's probes.

Cuomo, who has been irritated by the suggestion the state doesn't spend enough on schools when he points to the record amount of money going out the door each year, has countered this year with a renewed push for per - school spending transparency in the budget.

New York's extensive system of Industrial Development Agencies and Local Development Corporations is rife with overlapping boundaries and a lack of transparency that is crying for an overhaul, according to a study to be released today by the Citizens Budget Commission spending watchdog group.

With respect to transparency, the council noted in its response that there are 1,812 budget lines in the executive budget for funding of about 12,216 projects.

«OMB is focused on transparency, which is why we already provide the City Council with any budget modifications with ample time for review and have always welcomed any and all questions the Council may have,» Goldstein said in an email.

The budget also includes an end to the LLC loophole, pension forfeiture for legislators convicted of abusing their office, and increased transparency measures.

City Council members pressed budget officials from Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration for more transparency and a better accounting of spending and revenue plans at a Monday hearing on the mayor's $ 88.67 billion proposed preliminary budget for the 2019 fiscal year, which begins July 1.

Representatives for Cuomo, Heastie, and Flanagan did not return requests for comment on the use of messages of necessity and concerns over budget transparency.

He talked about what's going on behind the scenes of the legislature's joint budget committees, explained a controversial proposal from Governor Cuomo to take more control over the budget process and outlined his organization's blueprint for economic development transparency.

ALBANY — Standing with good - government advocates and fiscal watchdogs, a Capital Region assemblyman is unveiling legislation Wednesday that he says will increase transparency for discretionary funds in the state budget.

As a director of East River Co-op, Lee fought for cost savings and budget reform, encouraged greater transparency and communication with cooperators, and was accessible and as helpful as possible to his neighbors.

«I'm all for transparency and I would like to see projects lined out,» Young said, noting the issue was under discussion in private budget talks.

Henshaw urged the state government to make its budgets open for the sake of transparency and accountability, adding that members of the public should be allowed to participate in governance of their state.

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Yakubu Dogara, has challenged Governor Nasir El - rufai of Kaduna State, to extend his campaign for transparency in the budget...

A coalition of budget and transparency watchdog groups are calling on the Legislature to pass, and for Governor Cuomo to sign, comprehensive «clean contracting» legislation in response to the bid - rigging scandal that rocked the state Capitol last year and continues to reverberate.

«Hopefully, with the transparency bill we'll get some answers on how to allocate those cuts,» says Matt Hourihan, director of the research and development budget and policy programme at the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Washington DC.

Civil society has a critical role to play in social mobilization, raising public awareness, bringing marginalized voices to the centre, holding governments to account for their commitments, by scrutinizing spending, ensuring transparency in governance and budgeting, and developing innovative approaches to help advance the right to education, especially for the most disadvantaged.

It is part of a growing focus on transparency for the way academies spend their budget.

Turnover at the leadership level, chronic overspending in the areas of special education, early childhood education, and nutrition services, and a lack of transparency and clarity in OUSD's budget practices compound these problems, creating an unpredictable and distrustful situation for teachers, principals, and families alike.

The Office of the Chief of Staff coordinates internal and external district - wide communications and strategic partnerships to increase transparency, support, and confidence in MPS; helps to identify, develop, engage, and integrate external resources and stakeholders to support schools, students and their families to increase student achievement; provides leadership, guidance, and consulting services for the District on strategic planning, performance management, and organizational process streamlining to improve operational effectiveness and efficiency, better inform future planning and budget formulation, and accountability.