Sentences with phrase «lack of accountability which»

Ineffective policies are a result of the lack of accountability which also creates bad practices and procedures.

Though the overall figures can in no way be compared to those of the US, we can compare the distrust which has grown up in black communities because of the closing of ranks, secrecy and lack of accountability which so often follows a death.

Objections to a HIQA review echo past failures in transparency and a lack of accountability which have plagued the Irish maternity services for decades.

Not exact matches

Army Col. John Hope was the director of operations for the Pentagon's $ 800 million Afghanistan Task Force for Stability and Business Operations — which was designed to focus on economic redevelopment in US war zones — when he complained about a lack of financial accountability, and now says he has been «singled out for retaliation and retribution,» Senate Judiciary Committee chair Chuck Grassley (R - Iowa) said last week in a letter to Secretary of Defense Ash Carter.

But according to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) which did a study in 2013 on the drug shortage, other reasons include a lack of materials to make the drugs, as well as delays in getting government approval for new and experimental drugs.

The lack of accountability during the financial crisis, which was a tear in the faith in governmental and banking institutions, is turning into a giant rip that may never be repaired.

Following a storm of criticism about the lack of financial accountability on the part of many of the TV evangelists, the groups in the l970s established the Evangelical Council for Financial Acountability to develop financial accounting and reporting principles to which all members must adhere — a kind of Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval.

That allowed the NCR's guns to be turned on to an even larger target: «The cover - up is the product of secrecy, privilege and a lack of accountability that are major elements of the clerical culture in which the sex abuse scandal flourished... It was made worse because officials either ignored or downplayed the claims of victims and went to great lengths in many cases to protect the abusers.»

In addition to controversy over the content of their books, there is also controversy over the Ezzos» lack of accountability, bad behavior and history of broken church, professional and family relationships, which seem curiously incompatible with the message of their books.

What is also of grave concern to AIMS Ireland is the number of failures at national level identified in the report including timely access to maternity services, inadequate staffing levels for safe care, a maternity care model that hasn't been revised in 59 years despite numerous national and international reports and recommendations, a lack of accountability and governance, an absence of reviews of clinical practices in units and the lack of a national maternity services strategy, all of which we have seen recommended on previous inquests without reform.

«The civil service lacks a culture of accountability which significantly undermines its ability to deliver,» said director Nick Pearce.

But nationally too, PCCs will provide an important new element of accountability which in the past we have lacked.

Long Island South Shore residents, powerless for weeks, lashed out with intense criticism at LIPA's woefully inept and unprepared response before, during and after Sandy, agreeing with the Moreland Commission report, which called the utility's management dysfunctional and riddled with confusion, incompetence and a lack of accountability.

«What makes this even more infuriating is the frequent lack of accountability, which is why I urge the U.S. Department of Justice to launch its own investigation,» Ms. Mark - Viverito said in a statement.

We're bored of the dishonesty that consumes online dating; the fake profiles, photo doctoring, lack of accountability, embellished profiles - all of which lead to an unfulfilling experience.

Similarly, many schoolchildren today attend schools that lack sufficient and equitable funding in part because of Rodriguez, which foreclosed the federal judicial accountability that could require states to remedy their inequitable funding disparities.

Regardless of the reform strategy — whether new standards, or accountability, or small schools, or parental choice, or teacher effectiveness — there is an underlying weakness in the U.S. education system which has hampered every effort up to now: most consequential decisions are made by district and state leaders, yet these leaders lack the infrastructure to learn quickly what's working and what's not.

Sir Michael Wilshaw blamed a culture of complacency and a lack of clear accountability in the East Midlands, which has been deemed the worst performing region in the country on a range of key indicators.

Just look at the yearlong investigation by the Detroit Free Press, [v] which revealed rampant problems in the state's for - profit charter schools — corruption, cronyism, poor performance and lack of accountability.

Tennessee's plan would have a similar lack of accountability — which means parents could claim the voucher and then have their child be grossly under - served.

He spoke of a «culture of complacency and a lack of clear accountability», which should be a warning to examine very carefully the mechanisms for managing the performance, governance, and accountability of all schools, including academies.

Moreover, in practice, the «choice» program has been plagued by lack of accountability (no state testing requirements), fraud (private operators taking off with the state aid check, leaving the kids without a school to go to, and MPS to try to deal with it), refusal to accept handicapped children, continued leeching off public schools for lab courses, and — most significantly — absolutely no educational advantage whatsoever for the «choice» students compared to their public school counterparts, which was the ostensible justification for this whole fiasco in the first place.

Although standards and accountability advocates have succeeded in getting states to at least create a process for developing standards, the lack of work on overhauling how states select textbooks (which is often both corrupt and incompetent) has resulted in shoddy materials that rarely align with standards and thus fails to help students learn.

But now, as we move to the next level of accountability, this reform «miracle» is being called into question by discrepancies leading to allegations of fraud in dropout reporting as well as the preliminary results of the new, more rigorous, Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) test, which, depending on your perspective, reflect either a lack of true student achievement progress in many areas or a backsliding in progress previously reported.Recently, this debate was sharpened with the release of the results in five major U. S. cities of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) tests, in which Houston participated on a voluntary basis, and the results were mixed at best.

Obviously that is eight too many for WTU, which is suing over the use of state funding for the schools, as well as their «lack of public accountability.»

Skeptics also question the prospect of diverting more public dollars to North Carolina private schools, most of which are religious institutions lacking the testing accountability and non-discrimination requirements imposed on traditional public schools.

The argument I've heard public feedback about and which is part of the ruling, is that because Charter School boards of directors are appointed rather than elected, Charter Schools don't fit the definition of common schools, and are therefore somehow lacking in accountability.

The NAACP report documents the consequences of this abandonment: inadequate funding of urban schools, a lack of accountability and oversight for charter school, most of which are concentrated in urban communities, the disproportionate exclusionary discipline of Black students, high teacher turnover, and an absence of teachers of color in both charters and traditional public schools.

The lack of supervision translates to less accountability which could potentially lead to some reckless and dangerous situations.

Dropout Nation has long argued that the Obama administration's waiver gambit, as much driven by a desire to put its mark on federal education policy (and stamp out that of predecessor George W. Bush, upon which the administration's own reforms have been built) as by the lack of movement within Congress on reauthorizing the law, weakens the decade of strong reform efforts which the law's accountability provisions helped usher.

Such criticisms may have only been bolstered by last week's report from Duke Law School, which cited North Carolina private school accountability measures as «among the weakest in the country» and blasted a lack of verifiable data to back up claims that failing public school students may be rescued by their private school counterparts.

It has been reported that the Cooper Union financial crisis was due to a combination of problems caused by poor fiscal decisions, lack of accountability, the economic recession of the late 2000s, the selling off of the institution's assets, and taking on significant debt due to the 2009 building of 41 Cooper Square, which cost the school US$ 175 million.

I ran into a wonderful book called, The Beautiful Tree, in which the author discusses his observations about the abundance of private schools that meet the needs of the world's poor because governments are not up to the task due to corruption, lack of accountability, poor incentives, and other factors.

Unfortunately, I have had to narrow my approach in addressing this problem (due to an abundant lack of interest, concern or accountability by the provincial government) to paragraph 25, section c of the Constitution of the Order of Canada (in considering a possible federal solution) which deals with revocation of the Order of Canada for cause.

They may also help improve the reputation of international arbitration, which has been criticised for its lack of transparency (both of the process and the awards) and accountability (of arbitrators and practitioners alike) by some sections of the media and members of the legal profession.

The response to the first round of consultation highlighted a lack of accountability on the part of supervisors; lack of consistency in approach between supervisors in the same sector; insufficient powers to require information and / or carry out spot checks and too little / too much / inconsistent / out of date guidance from supervisors which has created uncertainty for business.

Keith's strategies are premised on his understanding that the chair of the practice group truly wants to move forward on the improvement program, and in fact has a vision about ways in which the practice group can perform better, but lacks the managerial and social skills to envision the required steps, gain buy - in from his colleagues and create accountability so his colleagues actually achieve progress.

Mr Best's judicial review claim is an example of the extraordinary lengths to which it is presently necessary to go to draw attention to this flawed system and the lack of public accountability that the CJC reflects.

This lack of accountability raises legitimacy concerns, the most prominent of which is the fear executive branch officials will delegate controversial policy decisions to intergovernmental bodies in order to escape democratic deliberation.

A lack of accountability breeds apathy and complacency, which in turn creates feelings of anger, frustration, and distrust in a client.

A lack of accountability, confusion about which performance indicators matter, tolerance of «special anomalies» who behave in contradiction to your espoused values, entrenched attitudes, missed opportunities and not to mention plain old bad habits are just a few.

In a Bitcoin Magazine article, contributor Rebecca Campbell points out the decline in public trust and confidence in charities, which has largely been due to lack of accountability and transparency about the allocation of donations.

, which has largely been due to lack of accountability and transparency about the allocation of donations.

For example, I have previously expressed concerns in relation to the monitoring of Bringing them home by MCATSIA on behalf of COAG due to the insufficient information that is publicly reported which limits the accountability of governments, as well as the lack of consultation with Indigenous peoples and lack of independence in the evaluation of governmental progress.

This impatience manifests as frustration at the perceived lack of achievement, or in the suggestion that Indigenous people must somehow be at fault because of the persistence of the disadvantage (the lack of progress being blamed on «waste» and perceived lack of accountability of Indigenous organizations), [63] a growing intolerance to commitments being made at the highest levels to concrete measures to redress such disadvantage, and in more extreme cases, a return to discredited views which suggest that the only way to improve the situation of Indigenous peoples is for them to assimilate into mainstream society.