Sentences with phrase «improving public oversight»

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The need to obtain Parliamentary authority for new borrowings increased Parliament's oversight over government's finances and improved the transparency of government finances to Parliament and the public at large.

While my efforts to persuade the Board of Selectmen, the town manager, and the Rec Department director to allocate permits in a more equitable fashion, and to use their power to make sure that the programs using town - owned facilities met minimum standards for inclusiveness and safety, fell on deaf ears (we ended up being forced to use for our home games a dusty field the high school had essentially abandoned), I returned to a discussion of the «power of the venue permit» 10 years later in my 2006 book, Home Team Advantage: The Critical Role of Mothers in Youth Sports, where I suggested that one of the best ways for youth sports parents to improve the safety of privately - run sports programs in their communities was to lobby their elected officials to utilize that power to «reform youth sports by exercising public oversight over the use of taxpayer - funded fields, diamonds, tracks, pools, and courts, [and] deny permits to programs that fail to abide by a [youth sports] charter» covering such topics as background checks, and codes of conduct for coaches, players, and parents.

«We believe that our recommendations for improved oversight, new inspections, more transparency and more effective due diligence on companies who seek public contracts will all contribute to this.

One idea for improving oversight of the NYPD is to create an inspector general for the department, a move that Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, and more recently City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, have supported.

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 plan calls for independent oversight of the city's Housing Preservation Department; establishing a public education campaign to inform tenants about HPD's role; empowering a new body or building inspectors to collect fines against landlords; having HPD make repairs not completed by the landlord in the specified amount of time and then billing the landlord; making inspectors carry citations in multiple languages and send out reports in multiple languages; forcing landlords to make repairs within 24 hours of emergency violations; establishing an East Harlem HPD oversight team as a pilot for other areas with at - risk low - income housing; providing inspections 24 - hours - a-day, 7 - days - a-week; and improving HPD's follow - up on violations.

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 American Medical Association called for improved oversight (2009), the American Public Health Association called for «a precautionary approach to reducing American exposure,» (2010) and the American Chemical Society recommended expanded education and research, updated testing protocols, and the development of safer EDC alternatives (2012 — 2015).

Charter schools are subject to annual performance reviews as well as ongoing oversight by the State Board of Education and the Superintendent of Public Instruction to measure their success in improving student outcomes.

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.

Improved financial oversight as outlined in this report and improved financial transparency for the public, including parents, would enable parents to make more informed choices regarding their child's education and make charters more accountable to taImproved financial oversight as outlined in this report and improved financial transparency for the public, including parents, would enable parents to make more informed choices regarding their child's education and make charters more accountable to taimproved financial transparency for the public, including parents, would enable parents to make more informed choices regarding their child's education and make charters more accountable to taxpayers.

These schools will be subject to strict oversight and public accountability, including annual performance reviews to evaluate their success in improving student outcomes and an evaluation at the end of the five - year period to determine whether additional public charter schools should be allowed.

Initiative 1240 sets strict accountability and performance requirements The initiative sets strict qualification requirements for public charter school operators and requires strict oversight and accountability standards — including annual performance reporting for public charter schools to evaluate their success in improving student outcomes.

Recommendations: Improved financial oversight as outlined in this report and improved financial transparency for the public, including parents, would enable parents to make more informed choices regarding their child's education and make charters more accountable to taImproved financial oversight as outlined in this report and improved financial transparency for the public, including parents, would enable parents to make more informed choices regarding their child's education and make charters more accountable to taimproved financial transparency for the public, including parents, would enable parents to make more informed choices regarding their child's education and make charters more accountable to taxpayers.

«Arizona is able to increase its funding for priorities like public education without raising taxes by increasing revenue through improved oversight and collection of money owed to the state.»

There's no robust evidence that this Charter system improves schools by removing them from public oversight and handing them over to private business operations.

Alley Cat Allies has charted a course set on animal control and shelter industry reform and humane treatment through activities including: advocating for pounds and shelters to keep public records of animal intake and kill rates, for public and mandatory government oversight, and for increased pound and shelter accountability; mobilizing and educating the public and leading the national movement to end the killing of cats and to protect and improve their lives; and supporting the efforts of, and acting as the national voice for, thousands of individuals and groups across the U.S. who provide humane care for stray and feral cats.

Public disclosure of this information improves government oversight and accountability.

Public disclosure of this information improves government oversight and accountability, and ensures that the public is fully informed about government activPublic disclosure of this information improves government oversight and accountability, and ensures that the public is fully informed about government activpublic is fully informed about government activities.

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