Sentences with phrase «government watchdogs such»

The Long Island Board of Realtors, AAA and government watchdogs such as Reclaim New York on Monday criticized the fee hikes.

But major victories for good - government watchdogs such as public financing of political campaigns and ending the practice of donating unlimited funds to political campaigns through a web of limited liability companies has alluded passage so far.

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It therefore has a lot of incentive to play nice, which is another way of saying that regulators, competition watchdogs and government have plenty of reasons to be wary of any such partnerships.

New Democrat defence critic Jack Harris accused the government of not only keeping the public in the dark, but watchdogs such as the parliamentary budget office, which had a tough time compiling its own estimate on the war earlier this winter.

Recently, religious freedom watchdogs have begun emphasizing more the different sources of persecution, such as government and social hostilities.

Budget watchdogs and good - government groups have raised issues with the discretionary funds, saying such arrangements make it difficult to track spending and increase the risk for abuse.

Russ Haven, general counsel for the New York Public Interest Research Group, an Albany - based government watchdog group, said in an email Saturday that such financial disclosure gives the public useful information about candidates» work, assets and potential conflicts of interest.

«I think 9 percent from one industry is starting to become a significant portion of his overall funds, such that the public might perceive the industry could have an outsized influence,» said Alex Camarda of government watchdog group Reinvent Albany, noting that such contributions are legal.

Objective — To make an effective elected second chamber, composed of mature experienced individuals with collective experience of all aspects of British life, whose principal task is to improve legislative bills during their passage through parliament into law, and whose secondary task is to scrutinize the actions of the government and act as a watchdog for the rights of the British people, should the Government or lower house appear to act in such a way as to undermine thegovernment and act as a watchdog for the rights of the British people, should the Government or lower house appear to act in such a way as to undermine theGovernment or lower house appear to act in such a way as to undermine these rights.

Government watchdog groups have called for strict limitations on state legislators» outside income to eliminate such corruption and conflicts.

A projected increase in toxic trash — such as analog television sets expected to become obsolete by the end of 2009 — has government agencies and environmental watchdogs pushing for recycling options and the use of environment - friendly components in new devices.

One major role of the media is, after all, to be the government watchdog and as such it's understandable to usually focus on lackings and suggested improvements.

To end the acrimony between the two regulators, the government issued an ULIP Ordinance on June 18 as capital markets regulator SEBI and insurance watchdog IRDA could not resolve their dispute over which of them was empowered to regulate such products.