Sentences with phrase «increased government efficiency»

The organizers expect the blockchain project will contribute to increased government efficiency by creating a new digital layer for city transactions.

Like the man also known as «The Happy Warrior» — who served as governor in 1919 and 1920, and then from 1923 to 1928 — Cuomo has called for consolidations as part of a larger effort to increase government efficiency.

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- Governments offer myriad tax supports and other policies to help businesses in a wide range of areas, from skills training to capital investment tax credits to export insurance to rebates for increasing energy efficiency.

Food manufacturers must find a balance between mounting government regulations, increasing manufacturing efficiencies and equipment budgeting.

The concept of increased efficiency and reduced cost would undoubtedly appeal to the UK government, especially following protracted and financially - draining contracts to digitalise NHS medical records.

How would using cloud systems change the way government works?We are very supportive of using cloud technology in the government; we believe it will reduce costs, increase efficiency and lower barriers to entry.

The Government needs to act urgently and we are calling on Gordon Brown, who only recently pledged to ensure that he will do everything to eradicate fuel poverty, to use the additional VAT receipts he will receive from the price increases and direct them into energy efficiency schemes for the fuel poor.»

Sharing that digital wealth with the public will help spur the innovation economy, improve public services, and reduce the cost of government by increasing efficiency and reducing corruption.

In fact, the correct answers to the survey question are: Council leaders believe the top challenges to local government today are: increasing efficiency (58 per cent), recession (52 per cent), public perception (52 per cent), frontline services (50 per cent), financial independence (37 per cent).

Rather, it anticipated increased efficiency and less overlap in government services.

Assemblymember Crystal Peoples - Stokes said, «This workgroup was dedicated to finding ways to protect and strengthen the integrity of our democratic government and increase our efficiency.

The Special Petroleum Tax Law was passed in 2014 as part of tax measures adopted by the government at the time to increase revenue generation and improve efficiency on revenue collection from petroleum products.

Projects under Build Smart NY will decrease government energy use, reduce energy costs and increase jobs in our growing energy - efficiency sector.»

Mr. Lindsay, a Democrat whose father was the Legislature's longest - tenured presiding officer, serving eight years, said the county's budgetary woes and fiscal challenges influenced his proposal, which he says «will reduce redundancies, increase transparency and promote greater government efficiency.»

Open.ny.gov has been offered as a resource to localities across the state, which will give citizens unified access to government data and help local governments cut down costs and improve efficiency in addition to increasing transparency.

Dutchess County Government has been aggressive in its effort to promote shared services to reduce the cost of government and increase effGovernment has been aggressive in its effort to promote shared services to reduce the cost of government and increase effgovernment and increase efficiencies.

Indeed, IMF Staff Report issued in April 2015 said in part: «The Government will undertake, with the assistance of development partners, a comprehensive plan to rationalize the size and increase the efficiency of the civil service and allied services on the payroll.

The President also said the proposed budget would focus on increasing efficiency and transparency in government operations and the blocking of leakages from revenue generating agencies.

After then the government aspires to return fare increases in line with inflation - but this is only an aspiration and depends on the efficiency savings recommended by Sir Roy being implemented.

The Municipal Consolidation & Shared Services Grant Program (MCSSGP) incentivizes municipal projects that reduce the total cost of local government through the consolidation of services, creation of shared services, elimination of an entire government entity, establishment of the regional delivery of services, and / or increased efficiencies....

We would all hope that larger areas of government on the state and federal levels were as efficient, but as the size of a territorial jurisdiction increases, the efficiency of government decreases.

The Chinese government hopes to avoid an auto - driven environmental apocalypse both by mandating increasing fuel efficiency but also by pushing these domestic vehicle manufacturers for homegrown hybrid, electric and fuel - cell vehicles under its «863» program — deriving its name from its launch back in March 1986.

According to GBI, China's increase in coal production will come with additional government consolidation of the mining industry into large production bases that can achieve greater efficiencies and production capacities of 90 percent by mid-decade.

There is evidence, in fact, that privatization of various government services reduces costs, increases efficiency, and leads to greater government responsiveness.

Supporters also argue that outsourcing a public function to a private entity — often called privatization — lowers costs, increases efficiency, and leads to greater government responsiveness.

In the 2014 Open Government Plan, we have advanced our commitment to openness and engagement by focusing our efforts on new initiatives and by supporting activities that maximize efficiency, increase effectiveness, and spur economic development.

DEARBORN, MI — Ford and Toyota sign an agreement to jointly develop rear - wheel - drive hybrid electric powertrains, noting increasing the fuel efficiency of light - duty pickups and SUVs is imperative to remaining viable in a U.S. market facing increasingly stringent government regulations.

Increased pressure from governments and customers for fuel efficiency is driving automakers to turn to more complex automatic transmissions, turbocharging, and hybrid systems, and Mercedes - Benz is on board with the trend.

IIHS supports government efforts to increase fuel efficiency through a vehicle attribute - based system that takes safety into account.

A unique number we issue to individuals and organisations to increase the efficiency in administering tax and other Australian Government systems such as Income Support payments.

It would encourage increased efficiency, increased deployment, more private R&D and provide funding for government R&D.

Thus governments must take other actions such as changing rules so that utilities make money by encouraging conservation, increasing efficiency standards for vehicles, appliances, electronic goods, etc., and investing much more in energy research and development.

Government must also change utility regulations so that profits do not depend on selling ever more energy, but instead increase with efficiency.

Assuming that current and announced climate policies are implemented, the International Energy Agency (IEA) forecasts that, despite the extensive, worldwide government support for renewables and increasing energy efficiency, fossil fuels are expected to meet approximately 75 % of primary energy demand in 2040, down marginally from the historic share of around 80 %.

In order to protect against the risk that falling electricity and gas prices might slow down the anticipated energy - efficiency growth, the government is increasing the Regulatory Energy Tax from f 3.4 billion 1998 to f 6.8 billion in 2001.

At the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, she engaged state governments and rural communities on policy options to increase the use of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies.

It also aims to help local governments to use climate finance mechanisms as an opportunity to increase the energy performance of their district whilst creating additional revenue, improve resource efficiency and support their wider climate strategies.

The past five years have brought a sea change in urban climate action: increased awareness of the critical role that local leaders play in carbon reduction; new capacity in local governments to tackle climate change; and a sharper focus on strategies that advance energy efficiency, renewable energy, and clean transportation.

The government has also made a push to increase energy efficiency, diversify its energy mix, and pursue aggressive adoption of clean and renewable energy in order to meet China's 2030 peak carbon emissions target.

-- In accordance with subparagraph (B), the team shall provide technical, programmatic, and financial assistance to each utility of each affiliated island, and the government of each affiliated island, as appropriate, to develop and implement an energy Action Plan for each affiliated island to reduce the reliance of each affiliated island on imported fossil fuels through increased efficiency and use of indigenous clean - energy resources.

This occurred not because of government mandates or taxes, but because of market innovation (increased efficiency and fracking for natural gas), as well as demographic trends.

The environmental campaign group has also called for the introduction of green taxes across Europe, especially in the transport sector, and for European governments to dramatically increase investment in renewable energy and energy efficiency as well as research and development in these areas.

So, energy producers are incentivized to improve efficiency to lower cost for the consumer / increase their margin by reducing the share that goes to the government.

«Dramatic increases in energy efficiency in power generation during the last 15 years have not been able to counteract the increasing emissions of greenhouse gases in Ireland,» Mr. Mandil explained, «and the government will have to focus very strongly on addressing the rise of these emissions through further increases in efficiency.»

Rather than engage the climate policy proposals I and others have put forward — like substituting prizes for subsidies, reducing regulatory barriers for alternative energies, increasing industry's carbon efficiency, and promoting efficiency gains in developing nations where such investments are most cost effective — they attack a straw man of «conservative orthodoxy that global warming can be overcome by private companies operating in free markets with little or no help from the government.»

Other plans include efficient lighting which will save up to 100 billion kilowatt hours annually and the Standards and Labeling Program launched by the government to increase the energy efficiency of average refrigerators and / or air - conditioners.

This would give businesses, governments, and other consumers an incentive to shift to non-carbon fuels such as solar, wind, nuclear, and, best of all, increased energy efficiency.

Cooper Tire & Rubber Company completed work under a $ 1.5 - million government grant to develop advanced tire technology aimed at increasing vehicle fuel efficiency.

The Energy Commission believes that transportation energy efficiency should be pursued through increased federal vehicle fuel economy standards and more sustainable land use practices in conjunction with local governments.

The stated purpose of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 is «to move the United States toward greater energy independence and security, to increase the production of clean renewable fuels, to protect consumers, to increase the efficiency of products, buildings, and vehicles, to promote research on and deploy greenhouse gas capture and storage options, and to improve the energy performance of the Federal Government, and for other purposes.»