Sentences with phrase «full accountability in»

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It's one thing to call for transparency when in opposition, but another altogether to provide full accountability when in government.

«After more than a decade combatting violent extremists and conducting contingency operations in Afghanistan, Iraq, and most recently Syria, [the Defense Department] has prioritized the rebalancing of its forces in recent budget requests to build and sustain the capabilities necessary to prevail across a full range of potential contingencies,» states a Government Accountability Office report released in June.

Field - issued prepaid cards help relief organizations disburse funds rapidly to those in need, and provide full transparency and accountability to administrators, regulatory bodies, and donors.

«Now, the question, after over a full year of progress and tremendous strides in accountability, opening access to care, improving access to benefits, tackling mental health, and strengthening relations with stakeholders, is whether the President is ready to turn the keys to the VA over to ideologues who have designs on having VA go the way of railroads, airports, energy companies, postal services, and other businesses that have been privatized — and have also proven profitable for a few,» he said in the statement.

In particular, the Trade Justice Network would like trade deals to be analyzed by the Parliamentary Budget Officer as part of a process of full accountability to Parliament, a recommendation made earlier today by Senator Céline Hervieux - Payette.

«The Fair Work Ombudsman calls on Caltex to engage seriously in discussing the offer of a compliance partnership so that the Fair Work Ombudsman and the Australian community can be confident Caltex is operating openly and with full accountability.»

«I will not allow the NFL to impose a new process of discipline on me, ignore the CBA, ignore the deal they agreed to with me, and behave without fairness or accountability,» Peterson said in a statement that can be read in full on the NFL Players Association website.

This has leads to a pressure to be working at full capacity at all times, and it doesn't take much for the wheels to come off, and perpetual re-organisation for the sake of it, in the name of «reform,» that attack structures of accountability.

«The judicial process, the judicial system of Kenya and the election laws themselves make full and adequate provision for accountability in this election,» said Kerry, an election observer for the Carter Center.

Today he commented, «At a time when public concern about the place of religion in schools has never been higher, we need full accountability and transparency with respect to decisions as to which schools are funded.

In that regard Hugh Reynold's words are right «On the Money» > «What the legislature should be addressing is transparency, full disclosure and accountability in a program that seems more about wishing and hoping than demonstrated success.&raquIn that regard Hugh Reynold's words are right «On the Money» > «What the legislature should be addressing is transparency, full disclosure and accountability in a program that seems more about wishing and hoping than demonstrated success.&raquin a program that seems more about wishing and hoping than demonstrated success.»

What the legislature should be addressing is transparency, full disclosure and accountability in a program that seems more about wishing and hoping than demonstrated success.

Full disclosure: The owner of DNAinfo.com, Joe Ricketts, made a contribution to the Campaign for Primary Accountability in 2011.

«To the contrary, we believe that it is in the interest of good government and working women that there is full accountability and transparency about workplace sex harassment and that there should be full investigations of accusations of workplace harassment.»

While Ukraine met in full or in part a number of commitments such as universality, transparency, freedom and accountability, it failed to guarantee a level playing field, an indispensable condition to ensure the fairness of the process.

It will also serves as litmus test for full cycle of intervention adapting world best practices while considering our own local peculiarities, exhibiting the best of transparency, accountability and in full consideration of the protection and integrity of the affected persons.

«We believe that it is in the interest of good government and working women that there is full accountability and transparency about workplace sex harassment and that there should be full investigations of accusations of workplace harassment,» Allred said in a statement issued a few hours before Silver's.

What is notable is what is not in the agreement — legislative compensation overhaul, desperately needed stronger ethics enforcement with greater public transparency of votes, comprehensive campaign finance reform with public financing that closes the LLC loophole and bans all personal use of campaign funds, strong disclosure and accountability for all executive and legislative discretionary lump sum funds, and a commitment to undertake the necessary examination and full - scale overhaul of our ethics and campaign finance laws.

«Everyone - parliament, government and the public - has a strong interest in making sure that there is full transparency, debate and accountability of public money.»

All the main parties have committed to accepting the proposals in full, as long as they met three tests of improving transparency, accountability and reducing costs.

A leading presidential aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Atiku Abubakar, today accused President Goodluck Jonathan of indulging in «politics of clientelism» one that only awards favours to cronies, to the detriment of accountability and full democratic participation.

«This project has never had any real oversight or accountability or full public transparency, so it shouldn't come as a shock that a member of the Bloomberg administration has money invested in it,» said Councilwoman Letitia James, whose district includes the 22 - acre project footprint within Prospect Heights.

«Ramarley's family and the public still don't know whether Haste is facing charges for the full extent of his misconduct or whether the 12 plus other officers who engaged in misconduct will face accountability,» Colon added, saying it was time for «more than just rhetoric.»

It's a truth universally acknowledged that a strong safety culture — something the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission defines as combining «the necessary full attention to safety matters» and the «personal dedication and accountability of all individuals engaged in any activity which has a bearing on safety» — plays a vital role in doing science safely.

Even if government accountability is not the norm for government programs, some people may still favor requiring choice schools to take the state test and comply with other components of the high - regulation approach to school choice, such as mandating that schools accept voucher amounts as payment in full, prohibiting schools from applying their own admissions requirements, and focusing programs on low - income students in low - performing schools.

This points to the critical role of charter school authorizers and the tremendous work that Greg Richmond, head of the National Association of Charter School Authorizers (NACSA), has done in carrying the banner for more rigorous charter accountability (full disclosure: I sit on the NACSA board of directors).

The courts» role in this process is to outline in general, principled terms the expectation that the legislative and executive branches will develop challenging standards, fair and adequate funding systems, and effective programs and accountability measures, but to leave to the programs and the political branches the full responsibility for actually formulating these policies.

Hickok:: I think, in all likelihood, you will indeed see different approaches to full implementation of accountability under No Child Left Behind.

That's mainly because — my interpretation, anyway — the Golden State never really put those solid standards into operation in its schools, nor did it make them part of a full - on accountability system for schools, kids, or educators.

Achieving full compliance with the new law may prove a less formidable task in states like Texas and North Carolina, where mature accountability systems are already in place.

While Bill Padia, director of the policy and evaluation division at the California Department of Education, thinks California's state accountability plan is «relatively close» to full NCLB compliance, he too reports that California educators are skeptical of a system where «you just raise the bar every year and the bar will be up at 100 percent in 12 years.»

Several of the most significant features of recent education policy debate in the United States are simply not found in any of these countries — for example, charter schools, pathways into teaching that allow candidates with only several weeks of training to assume full responsibility for a classroom, teacher evaluation systems based on student test scores, and school accountability systems based on the premise that schools with low average test scores are failures, irrespective of the compositions of their student populations.

By the time the 2012 elections moved into full swing, the Obama administration was issuing waivers to states exempting them from the most punitive parts of NCLB in exchange for sketching out their own state plans for improving teacher quality, academic standards and creating better accountability systems.

The state's highest grade is for the standards and accountability section, where it receives full credit for having clear and specific standards at each grade span in the four core subjects, as determined by the American Federation of Teachers.

The courts» role in this process is to outline in general, principled terms the expectation that the legislative and executive branches will develop challenging standards, fair and adequate funding systems, and effective accountability measures, but to leave to the programs and the political branches the full responsibility for actually formulating these policies.

Available resources cover the full range of opportunities in ESSA, including the new assessment flexibilities under Title I and the Innovative Assessment and Accountability Demonstration Authority.

In fact, it was worse, because it gave full - throated Democratic endorsement to the long - standing Republican agenda of testing, accountability, and choice.

This year CCSA will continue to move full throttle to advocate for systems that achieves equity, transparency and accountability for all public school children in California.

If AB 5 passes the Senate and is signed by Governor Brown, I don't see how it «guts objective accountability of adult job performance in schools» as the full - page ad in today's LA Times paid for the pseudo-reformers claims.

If we do want all our young people to develop to their full potential, and to feel that their skills are valued, the opportunity to recognise achievement beyond the core curriculum should also be a key part of our accountability system — how well do the students play musical instruments, participate in competitive sport, contribute to their community, demonstrate leadership, or maintain the natural environment?

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Florida School Boards Association calls on the Governor of Florida to establish a diverse committee, to include Florida teachers and district personnel, charged with conducting a comprehensive review of Florida's assessment and accountability system and with providing a report and recommendations, including but not limited to recommendations on the appropriate components of the system, the appropriate use of data derived from assessments; an assessment of the capacity of districts and schools to administer the required assessments without interruption in the ongoing delivery of instruction to students who are not being assessed; a feasible timeline for the transition and full implementation of the system; and the appropriate role of the system with regard to personnel evaluations.

So let me start with the half full portion.There is no doubt that Texas has led the nation in public education reform and has served as a model for other states in the advancement of standards and accountability.

The group also built upon superintendents» request for a full review of the state's education accountability program, which several groups have questioned in the months since testing took place.

Many use the popular multi-classroom leadership model, in which excellent teacher - leaders lead grade and subject teams while continuing to teach (usually part time), with full accountability for all the team's students and teacher success; some have teachers extending their reach directly using digital instruction and subject specialization, with extra paraprofessional support.

«Each of these schools has maintained full state accreditation despite a significant increase in the rigor of the commonwealth's standards, assessments and accountability benchmarks,» Superintendent of Public Instruction Patricia I. Wright said.

The committee is in the process of developing legislation to address accountability and teacher quality issues, and expects the full package of education reform legislation to be considered this year.

However, it is naive to think that the government has abandoned the goal of full academisation, given the extra money involved in running two funding and accountability systems.

On Wednesday, Ed Voice took out a full - page ad in the LA Times blasting Fuentes» proposal: «AB 5 guts objective accountability of adult job performance in schools just as voters are being asked to invest more in education.»

Here's a new, better deal for education: Find out which teachers would accept full accountability for achievement if they had full authority over what matters in school and give them that authority.

This guidance follows other information and resources shared by the department to help states take the reins in assessment and accountability decisions and plan for full implementation of ESSA in the 2017 — 18 school year.