Sentences with phrase «greater public oversight»

Increasingly, critics statewide point to such deals as an argument for greater public oversight of the regional councils.

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Its recommendations include calling for a commission to review proposals for further devolution, a Convention for England to ensure representation of the public view and greater oversight of the intergovernmental machinery.

Regardless, Steck sees a need for greater state oversight on public - private partnerships like the illegal one Nicolla stands accused of.

Public health and preventing ill health are to be given greater emphasis, while professionals are to be «set free» through a reduction in their oversight.

These five measures, as outlined by the NPP flagbearer, include providing the requisite leadership to tackle corruption; the scrupulous enforcement of the teachings of the Public Procurement Act (Act 663); the establishment by Act of Parliament of an Office of Independent Prosecutor to investigate and prosecute certain categories of cases and allegations of corruption; the devotion of more resources to enhance the capacity of anti-corruption agencies; and supporting all moves to give Parliament greater oversight capability over the activities of the Executive.

New York, NY - On Wednesday, New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer and Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. along with Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, Manhattan Borough President Gale A. Brewer, Queens Borough President Melinda Katz and Staten Island Borough President James Oddo outlined a Five Borough Broadband Bill of Rights to improve Internet speeds across the City, create stronger oversight and accountability and ensure greater community involvement in the proposal to create a free public WiFi system across New York City.

The Business Council supports the Executive Budget proposal to change the Public Service Law to give the PSC greater flexibility in its oversight of telephone corporations and streamlines the confirmation of cable franchises.

Governor Cuomo must do what it takes to address industry oversight and enforcement - as well as the many other issues being left unaddressed at great risk to the public and the environment.

«As parents, we are outraged that Success Academy charter schools can enter a New York City public school building, and without any oversight or approval, rip out potentially dangerous PCB - containing fixtures without taking any environmental precautions,» says the formal complaint to the state by the parents, who are backed by two nonprofit organizations, New Yorkers for Great Public Schools and the Alliance for Quality Educpublic school building, and without any oversight or approval, rip out potentially dangerous PCB - containing fixtures without taking any environmental precautions,» says the formal complaint to the state by the parents, who are backed by two nonprofit organizations, New Yorkers for Great Public Schools and the Alliance for Quality EducPublic Schools and the Alliance for Quality Education.

On Wednesday, New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer and Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. along with Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, Manhattan Borough President Gale A. Brewer, Queens Borough President Melinda Katz and Staten Island Borough President James Oddo outlined a Five Borough Broadband Bill of Rights to improve Internet speeds across the City, create stronger oversight and accountability and ensure greater community involvement in the proposal to create a free public WiFi system across New York City.

When DeVos was testifying before the Senate in January 2017, the federal government still had a greater hand in public education than it did at any point before No Child Left Behind, but it had also recently experienced the greatest rollback in its oversight since an era of almost continual expansion that began in 1965.

Rather than return greater power and respect to the states, the Gillard government proposed a significant increase in Commonwealth involvement and oversight in public and private education.

After a recent poll found that voters want greater oversight for charter schools, In The Public Interest and the Center for Popular Democracy released The Charter School Accountability Agenda: An 11 - Point Program for Reform, which outlines steps for states to ensure public accountability and provide oversight to improve student learning and reduce instances of Public Interest and the Center for Popular Democracy released The Charter School Accountability Agenda: An 11 - Point Program for Reform, which outlines steps for states to ensure public accountability and provide oversight to improve student learning and reduce instances of public accountability and provide oversight to improve student learning and reduce instances of fraud.

David says: «The last few years have seen professional standards in financial services under greater scrutiny than ever before, demonstrating how fundamentally important it is to have a robust oversight and disciplinary process and to maintain vigilance, anticipate and address public interest issues.

A lone dissenting judge in Goodwin warned for the need of greater judicial oversight in order to protect the public's right against unreasonable seizure, and Mackey says that too is a welcome compromise when it comes to curtailing impaired driving.