Sentences with phrase «holding jobs in government»

He's never run for public office, despite holding jobs in government and related fields.

In 2015 - 16, Mark Francois, Penny Mordaunt and Sajid Javid all paid their subscriptions to the organisation while holding jobs in government, and the ERG gained its first cabinet level minister, as Javid became Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport.

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It is a welcome development that Flynn is no longer holding one of the most sensitive and important jobs in the U.S. Government.

The program started in 2007 and is made available to qualifying workers, like teachers, military personnel, nurses, and firefighters, who hold a job in a non-profit organization or the government.

Those projected surpluses are a bit of a patch job, held together by baling wire and duct tape: they depend on some conveniently timed asset sales (e.g., the divestment of the federal government's GM holdings) a delayed reduction in EI contribution rates — and continued spending restraint.

What's more, almost 2 in 5 parents (19 percent) surveyed said they were unaware of Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF), which can help eliminate debt for parents and students who hold government jobs or work for certain nonprofits.

If they were doing their job and holding their government to account you wouldn't need acts like this in the first place.

I am surprised it came from the Republican side, but honestly, it is about time a woman can hold one of the top jobs in our government.

I had foolishly assumed that whether I liked them or not, people in government were there because they knew how to do their job but the last 12 months alone have included the decision to hold a snap election that then lost them more seats than a bad IKEA intern, Brexit talks that have mimicked that track Paula Abdul did with a cartoon cat, an offensive defence secretary, an international development secretary who had to resign in order to spend less time on holiday, Boris Johnson sadly continuing to be Boris Johnson and all of that and more culminating in an assurance that everything is fine because now our passports will be blue to match the depression everyone will have in 2018.

Allen was speaking out against a move to remove language from the California code that that bars members of the Communist party from holding government jobs in the state.

She held that position right up until now — an exceptionally long stint in one of the government's toughest jobs.

Ms Eagle, an MP since 1992, held a number of ministerial jobs during the last Labour government and in 2013 became chair of the Labour Party.

«The excitement in the media [over deselection] has been slightly distracting, but he is clear his number one job is to hold the government to account on Brexit.

He accused an Opposition spokesman of scaremongering when in fact he was doing his job: holding the Government to account.

Admittedly he was an afterthought for the role, only moving into the Cabinet once the resignation of David Laws saw Danny Alexander shifted from Scotland to the Treasury, but his time there has been impressive: Moore navigated the Scotland Act through Parliament and was doing a good job in ensuring the referendum on Scottish independence was being held on the government's terms.

«Casino gaming holds the potential to create thousands of new jobs in Upstate New York, while providing millions of dollars to schools and local governments statewide.

Their startups reflect the potential that entrepreneurship holds for spurring Africa's transformation; already, they have begun creating jobs in their local communities and generating tax revenues for governments earning them recognition in both local and international media.

It's not unusual to find relatives of Albany County Executive Dan McCoy holding politically appointed jobs county or local governments in the Capital Region.

One pundit pointed out none of them have held full Shadow Cabinet jobs in the previous Labour government.

He has held a number of government jobs — including in recent years simultaneously holding another job where he was paid up to about $ 70,000 working for Nassau County.

Hoyt holds a job in county government as deputy commissioner of the Unified Family Services Department with a salary of $ 74,415.

County GOP chairman Joseph Mondello has had a sister, daughter, son - in - law and other relatives holding local government jobs in recent years.

Yet, according to multiple recent surveys from U.S. and international government agencies, only 66 % of students pursue postdocs after graduation; 6 years after their doctorates, a mere 33 % still hold jobs in academia.

The only real hoax here is that van der Linden is throwing global warming skeptics under the bus with conspiracy theorists who believe that nasa faked the moon landing, the government holds aliens hostage in Area 51, and the Boston Marathon bombings were an inside job.

No individual under the legal age of 18 years old may hold gainful employment in any job deemed hazardous by federal or state governments.

Once again I am responding to an article on teacher shortage.What this minister fails to address is the way successive governments have contributed to denigrate and ridicule teachers over the past twenty years.Now they are blaming other factors as the causes of teachers leaving and I do not see any finger pointing at Ofsted who must take part of the blame for this crisis.It seems to me that ministers must come clean by holding up their hands and admit that they are part of the problem.Teachers will continue to leave until there is a complete reversal by a society which states that this is a noble profession and one that needs to be cherished and protected instead of being constantly attacked by various members in the community.The time for attacking teachers is over and now we can see the real causes for this.Good luck to all those in the teaching profession.You do a wonderful job amidst trying circumstances.I take my hat off to you.

While all of the essential elements are there, such as a loved one held hostage to force the main character's hand, a high - ranking government official with a lot to lose, plus a tribe of varied bad guys, it would be easy to think you've read this story somewhere before, except for the fact that the author does a great job of drawing the reader in through a very readable voice.

The program started in 2007 and is made available to qualifying workers, like teachers, military personnel, nurses, and firefighters, who hold a job in a non-profit organization or the government.

What's more, almost 2 in 5 parents (19 percent) surveyed said they were unaware of Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF), which can help eliminate debt for parents and students who hold government jobs or work for certain nonprofits.

Fitzgerald, who grew up in Stratford, Ont., not far from her new Waterloo base, is somewhat more reticent about her many years in government, where she held jobs in departments as diverse as Justice, National Defence, Human Resources Canada, and the Privy Council.

Deeming — on Monday Cindy Forster (Welland) again questioned why «the government continues to leave thousands of injured workers to fend for themselves after they have been misclassified through deeming as working in jobs that they never held for a wage that they never got...» The labour critic also noted the Premier had failed to follow up on a promised meeting with Thunder Bay injured workers.

They also allow the remainder of your child's student loan debt to be forgiven after 20 years, or if they work in the public sector (i.e. if they are a teacher or nurse, serve in the AmeriCorps or Peace Corps, or they hold a job with a non-profit organization, or a local, state, federal, or tribal government), their loans can be forgiven in just ten years through the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.

If you work in the public sector (i.e. if you work as a teacher or nurse, serve in the AmeriCorps or Peace Corps, or hold a job with a non-profit organization, or a local, state, federal, or tribal government), your loans may be forgiven in just 10 years through the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.

Thousands of presidential appointees hold a great variety executive and staff - level jobs — a small fraction subject to Senate confirmation — at the White House and with a galaxy of federal departments, agencies, offices and programs in federal government.

The difference of views boils down to whether a National Indigenous Representative Body will assert more influence if it is in control of program funding, as against the view that service delivery is properly the province of government, gets in the way of advocacy and representation, and diverts attention from the main job of holding government to account.

of my union buddies thought I was naive, stupid, and counter-productive to their vision of making the current job last indefinitely in order to prolonge their hold on same... («Brian, slow down... this is a government contract job (cost plus), you're pissing off the guys because you're doing too much... making them look bad to the so - called «government efficiency inspectors»... who wandered around filling out papers as they did so).