Sentences with phrase «lack of oversight»

«There was a shocking lack of oversight of the grant that the state gave the man,» the judge said.

This is a laudable first step toward resolving an urgent public health issue: The current lack of oversight for infant formula manufacturers» labeling claims.

«Corruption in New York State related to the appalling lack of oversight in the awarding of state contracts is not a speculative outcome; we have witnessed the misuse of public monies leading to scandal after scandal involving the state's most influential lawmakers.

With HASA's growth at hand, Stringer is seeking to ensure that the agency is first revamped, as a recent audit by his office has revealed a startling lack of oversight by HASA related to vendor management and recordkeeping.

The video is critical about the government's lack of oversight regarding pollution, yet so far the film and discussion of the film have not been blocked in China.

At 10 a.m., community organizations release report highlighting lack of oversight of for - profit commercial bail bond industry in New York City and call on elected officials and regulators to take immediate action to rein in predatory and illegal practices, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

Every parent and student in Connecticut should be outraged over the continued lack of oversight and special benefits provided to charter schools in Connecticut — to the detriment of more than 500,000 students in the state's public school system.

These changes in market structure to favor the few were accomplished by various means: lack of oversight leading to concentration of market power through mergers and acquisitions, outright government subsidies to industry in various forms, including explicit subsidies to the equities and housing markets (among others) by the Federal Reserve to create a trickle down «wealth effect» in those markets, changes in the tax structure which increase the concentration of wealth, etc..

«A complete lack of oversight is causing this program to fail the American taxpayer — everything that could go wrong is going wrong,» Sen. Claire McCaskill (D - Mo.)

The housing market crash, and the ripple effects from it, are a striking example of how a total lack of oversight can backfire if people making financial decisions are stupid... such as lending billions to individuals with a questionable ability to repay the amount granted.

Beyond its appalling lack of oversight, SDE made blatant misrepresentations in its quest to expand charters.

«There was a shocking lack of oversight of the grant money they gave (Taub),» Judge Valerie Caproni said during a debate over testimony when the jury left the courtroom.

The committee has taken heat for an alleged lack of oversight for the London Whale trading loss last year.

Ben says Christine's mind still thinks she's in her early 20s, though in a curious lack of oversight (or just a reluctance to get into it), Joffe never has Christine remember anything: not her life before the accident, not her childhood, not older world events, nothing.

Auditors and the breakdown of oversight in the RSPO, campaigners detail the effective lack of oversight within the international scheme to promote and certify «sustainable» palm oil suppliers, in the midst of annual meetings of the group in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia...

Many of us fail to achieve New Year's resolutions not for lack of a desire to achieve them but for lack of an oversight mechanism to monitor progress.

Much of the impetus behind the compensation rules had been the belief by regulators and legislators that the historical lack of oversight of loan officer compensation allowed unscrupulous loan officers and mortgage brokers to take advantage of consumers.

On Wednesday, the Transportation Committee released the report by Amtrak Inspector General and DOT Inspector General which outlined numerous examples of mismanagement and lack of oversight for more than $ 100 million in taxpayer - financed legal fees paid by Amtrak during a three - year period (2002 - 2005).

«The complete lack of oversight has meant poor standards of education are allowed to set in.

it's a gross MISMANAGEMENT / MISUSE of funds and a total lack of oversight.

But Mr Hunt says that for both free schools and academy trusts there has been a serious lack of oversight.

Caproni added that she was stunned by what seemed to be a «shocking lack of oversight» regarding the state money that Taub received, although Silver's lawyer said her observation was «not borne out by the facts.»

The count, based on a review of court, police, bankruptcy and internal broker records, is almost certainly understated, given the lack of oversight.

«Terminating an employee within 24 hours of utilizing the «hotline»... is yet another indication of (Fox's) lack of oversight and retaliatory animus for those that are brave enough to report unlawful conduct,» Golloher's lawyer, Douglas Wigdor, said in a statement.

In an interview with Bloomberg, he argued that bitcoin is successful only because of its lack of oversight.

The lack of oversight means that no one is checking that the exchanges are properly securing their customers» money or that large players are not able to manipulate the price.

Delegation to the extent practiced by Warren Buffett only works if you buy the right businesses says Charlie Munger: «Our success has come from the lack of oversight we've provided, and our success will continue to be from a lack of oversight.

«The lack of oversight on how data is stored and how political advertisements are sold raises concerns about the integrity of American elections as well as privacy rights.»

From Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Prize - winning economist: «Bitcoin is successful only because of its potential for circumvention, lack of oversight... It doesn't serve any socially useful function.»

The ensuing uproar has highlighted Facebook's struggle to anticipate negative consequences of its lack of oversight — in some cases reacting only after the matter has gone sideways.

So a casual, flexible work program can run into all sorts of pitfalls because there's a lack of oversight, transparency, and consistency.

The lack of oversight and accountability is indeed a worry to our players.

What I do object to, however, is the lack of oversight regarding what foods other parents can bring for my child's consumption.

I am getting ready to write to my state representatives and hopefully draw attention to the lack of oversight of CPMs in my state.

While this lack of oversight affects the whole population, it is particularly sad that children can not be protected even in their own school cafeterias.

«Unfortunately, the lack of oversight from local governments have led to instances of favoritism and lost revenue for the state,» Avella said.

The comptroller also found a lack of oversight of the Excelsior jobs program, saying economic development officials could not verify whether companies actually create the number of jobs they promised, and in some cases could not justify why businesses were granted the tax breaks in the first place.

The elections themselves were invalidated in the eyes of many by the candidacies of two former regime members, and the lack of oversight regarding campaign funds and tactics.

«This lack of oversight means the state's 2,700 small community water systems — including the Village of Hoosick Falls — as well as thousands of non-municipal entities, including businesses and schools, with their own water systems are not tested for unregulated contaminants.»

The report criticized the lack of oversight by the seven - member district board, which is appointed by the governor, to keep track of hours actually worked by LaFave, his annual vacation time buyouts, which stopped only in 2010, and his spending on meals, flowers, hotels and parties.

The lack of oversight, the lack of capacity within the governance structures and failure to deliver improvements are all issues we have been raising for months,» said Lucy Powell, the shadow education secretary.

As reporters and attendees filmed the disturbance from iPhones, like an episode of Black Mirror, the club's president Debbie Coughlin tried to mediate the situation, only to be accosted by a Trump supporter blaming her for lack of oversight.