Sentences with phrase «job of watchdog»

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Watchdog groups sent a letter to JCOPE calling on the commission to revise its rules so authority heads (like MTA Chairman Joe Lhota) must get the approval of their boards by a public vote before they serve on private sector boards or take an outside job, in addition to getting approval from JCOPE.

The subway - workers union and transit watchdogs are questioning whether the MTA can meet its goal of hiring some 2,700 new maintenance staff as part of its new plan to fix the subways, pointing to problems recruiting for these specialized jobs.

The state's chief fiscal watchdog is hoping Governor Andrew Cuomo will sign a bill that increases the monitoring of industrial development agencies, ensuring that companies receiving tax breaks live up to job - creation promises.

Patronage jobs for relatives, personal holiday cards printed at taxpayer expense, and lavish weddings for the fair director's daughters were among the shocking examples of «flagrant, chronic abuse» detailed yesterday by a watchdog's probe into mismanagement at — of all places — the Great New York State Fair.

The inspector in charge of the police operation at Hillsborough's attempts to «manipulate and manage» the public outcry last autumn should have cost him his job, the police watchdog has found.

Akash Paun of the Institute for Government (IfG) says government insiders have warned that the so - called «watchdog ministers» are struggling to do their day jobs while simultaneously keeping tabs on the whole department.

Lawmakers and budget watchdogs have questioned the effectiveness of the state's use of tax credits and other spending incentives in order to spur job growth.

Ten months after departing JCOPE, Letizia Tagliafierro has a new job working for Gov. Andrew Cuomo: The former executive director of the ethics watchdog panel will serve as the governor's special counsel for public safety.

David Chaplin II, the administrator of the city of Syracuse's police watchdog, resigned last night after about seven months on the job, saying he wants to pursue other options as an attorney or in the labor field.

As a poll found that 82 % of Tories believed that Miller should lose her job over her expenses, the work and pensions secretary said he was «very open» to a proposal by parliament's expenses watchdog to introduce independent regulation of MPs.

Welsh Liberal Democrats want to start from scratch with new health watchdog that's completely independent of meddling by Labour ministers, properly resourced and able to do its job without fear of repercussions.

We also find it ironic that the independent watchdog whose job is to ensure transparency in party funding hesitates to confirm publically who is in charge of the investigation.»

Among the ideas excluded from any final budget deal: creation of a database that the public could search for how much every recipient of economic development spending got and how many jobs they created; end the ability by limited liability companies to skirt campaign donation limits; give back certain contract pre-approval powers to the state Comptroller, the state's fiscal watchdog; strengthen the state's criminal laws to better define bribery of public officials; and create an independent watchdog agency to police ethics issues in Albany.

He appears to have irritated the ethics watchdog, which considers whether new jobs for former ministers could present a conflict of interest, by announcing his appointment before they were given time to review any potential conflict with his duties as MP and his former role at the Treasury.

But fiscal watchdogs and Republicans point out that unemployment is down in part because of a decline in job seekers upstate (i.e., people moving away).

The job of the Public Advocate is, most fundamentally, that of a watchdog, ensuring that all New Yorkers receive the City services they deserve and have a voice in shaping the policies of their government.

Dick Dadey, the executive director of Citizens Union, a government watchdog group, had criticized Mr. Blake on Friday after his Hilltop job was announced.

In the News report, Gjonaj is accused of hiring Lilyanna Pekic, «[who] he said is a fourth cousin without posting the job publicly — which ethics [watchdog Common Cause] said amounts to favoritism.»

The worries have triggered three reports by NSF's in - house watchdog, the Office of Inspector General (IG), that have revealed, among other things, that a rotator can cost NSF as much as 23 % more than a regular government employee doing the same job.

In particular, it claimed New York City's schools watchdog and three bosses of American charter schools are expected to be considered for the job.

Teacher union watchdog Mike Antonucci regularly does a terrific job of exposing institutional corpulence.

The government's consumer watchdog is adding its voice to a growing chorus of warnings about problems with a federal program that permits people who take public service jobs to have their student loans forgiven after a decade.

They are actually one of the best small watchdogs, but usually prefer to do their job sitting on their owner's lap or at his feet.

Since the Consumer Watchdog suit, and because of new regulations, companies today generally do a better job of disclosing how these reward cards work.

Watchdog Ratings: Evidence of Introduction and Signaling Effects on Charitable Contributions (job market paper).