Sentences with phrase «lack of openness»

Full story and report: «Wild West» charter school spending, lack of openness spotlighted in Roebuck report, Rep. James R. Roebuck Jr., 09/30/15

State Rep. James Roebuck, D - Phila., today released a report on Pennsylvania charter schools that spotlights what he called the «Wild West» spending or borrowing practices of some, as well as a general lack of openness from the tax - funded, privately run schools.

One thing I was not aware of before is the seemingly widespread protectiveness and lack of openness surrounding many temperature reconstructions», and perhaps forecasting models», code / methods.

Defensiveness means a lack of openness to new information.

«And right now we have a Prime Minister that has demonstrated such a lack of judgment, a lack of openness, transparency, accountability that Canadians have become incredibly cynical about all of us who choose to serve in this place.

Opinion: Recent public - policy failures in Flint and Puerto Rico are related to a lack of openness around public access to information

Confronting the claims that agro-tech is being held back because of a lack of openness to change by traditional farmers, the incubator tries to help entrepreneurs understand the needs on the ground.

The government with its arrogance, lack of openness and transparency, lack of accountability and an inability or unwillingness to be civil made Mr. Page what he is today.

The family is also threatened by growing efforts on the part of some to redefine the very institution of marriage, by relativism, by the culture of the ephemeral, by a lack of openness to life.»

And he has noted what any person of common sense has also noted: «The family is threatened by growing efforts on the part of some to redefine the very institution of marriage, by relativism, by the culture of the ephemeral, by a lack of openness to life.»

He also makes a gentle complaint at the lack of openness and charity of those Vatican representativesand commentators who have objected to the idea of «theoloigcal dialogue with Muslims».

One of the most active journalists covering the story of natural gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale Region says it's become controversial partly because of a spotty environmental record for the industry, and partly because of a lack of openness on the part of gas drilling firms about what they're doing and how they're doing it.

«These problems represent a significant setback to universal credit and raise wider concerns about the department's ability to deal with weak programme management, over-optimistic timescales, and a lack of openness about progress.»

That lack of openness prevents the larger scientific community from studying the way influenza viruses spread and accrue dangerous mutations, critics say.

Last week, the UK's Met Office attempted to quell the growing anger at its lack of openness by «releasing» data from 1700 weather stations around the world.

Among its key points is criticism of NASA's commercial crew program for its lack of openness, preventing the panel from offering «any informed opinion» on the certification process or «sufficiency of safety.»

HeartWalls can also block the individual off from others, cause a lack of openness and trust in relationships, and make it difficult to give and receive love.

Lol But in both instances, the lack of openness or honesty can be very costly.

«I continue to be troubled by the lack of openness for many of these tax - funded schools.

Board members and others expressed frustration at the Secretary's lack of openness with the public, lack of knowledge about schools or school issues, and continued proselytizing about the value of school choice.

A quick look at the top 20 most grossing apps on the App Store shows some flagrant abuse of the term free, and a lack of openness on in - app purchases prior to download.

But, it seems to me that the IPCC process is hampered by its lack of openness.

Some of the lead authors, environmental communicators and journalists (me included) complained that while the letter contained useful advice, the admonition to avoid the press provided precisely the wrong signal after nearly a year of turmoil, some related to a lack of openness.

Oh, and apparently the review «portrays climate science as a field filled with uncertainty, debate, lack of openness, data hoarding and ill - will.»

The report does criticize CRU, and indeed the University, for a lack of openness, particularly in the handling of freedom of information requests.

In the interests of credibility I would like to be able to attribute the data on these pages, but the lack of openness in the industry makes this impossible in some cases.

All three reviews have flagged up issues, to be sure: lack of openness, a certain disorganisation in the research community, the need for additional quality control in IPCC processes, unjustifiable resistance to freedom - of - information laws, and several more.

The very whiff of something to hide or lack of openness and transparency in procedure should be grist for the mill of the Fourth Estate.

«This scandal - ridden administration's lack of openness is the real problem,» Smith said in a statement released by his office.

In fact, both institutions agree on the lack of openness, accessibility and transparency of the current standardization system.

We would prefer to publish this information, and we believe the existence of confidentiality clauses promotes a lack of openness and transparency in Pennsylvania's civil justice system.

The problem with this lack of openness is that law firms aren't able to learn from one other's experiences.

Some of the criticisms of the existing process include a lack of openness, patronage appointments regardless of which party is in power and that it is a framework that does not recognize the increasing diversity of the legal community in Canada and the overall population.

Due to this lack of openness and honesty and the use of positional negotiations, these mediation sessions are a long and egregious process and usually end with the parties reaching their agreement based on the need to «stop the financial drain» of litigation.

We experience some of our highest highs and lowest lows in relationship, and the distress caused by a lack of openness and connection can affect all areas of our lives.