Sentences with phrase «lack of transparency over»

Grants and contributions are a «soft» area for the federal government to cut due to a lack of transparency over allocation decisions and the negligible impact on votes of withholding the funds, he says.

Ironically the limited opportunities to participate in shaping the statement, and the lack of transparency over its process and purpose, were widespread criticisms amongst CEC14 participants.

I know it was a minor thing but it really bothered some people, SCEE has been suffering from a lack of transparency over certain things for a long time now and no longer «hiding» the sale prices helps a lot.

As an accountant I audit a number of benefit (401 (k)-RRB- plans and the lack of transparency over the fees is jaw - dropping.

The response was questioned by shadow education secretary Lucy Powell who said a «continual lack of transparency over decisions that affect our children's schools is wholly unacceptable».

The BMJ also found concerns among health professionals about fragmentation of care and a lack of transparency over where NHS funds were being spent.

Women and equalities select committee says there has been a lack of transparency over impact of the 2015 spending review

The commission is also concerned about a lack of transparency over the way cattle are graded.

Not exact matches

Connecticut judge Anne Nevins insisted his activity had raised some concern over «allegations of nondisclosure and lack of transparency.»

The second factor contributing to the uncertainty over the value of mortgage securities was the lack of transparency in their design.

At Facebook founder and CEO's Mark Zuckerberg's hearing before the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Wednesday, lawmakers were blunt about what they see as the company's flaws — its inadequate self - policing, lack of transparency, and reluctance to give users more control over their own data.

A complaint by Barca socio Jordi Cases over the lack of transparency in the deal led to an initial investigation into club president Sandro Rosell and saw the 49 - year - old tender his resignation last month.

A budget watchdog group says New York's new 10 - year plan of how it will spend over $ 174 billion in road and bridge and numerous other projects lacks transparency.

The «Truth in Spending» legislation (bill # pending) is a response to the numerous public corruption scandals that have rocked the state Capitol to its core over recent months through lack of transparency in budget allocations, due to shadow spending where some leaders and members gamed the system.

Communities Secretary Eric Pickles is appointing commissioners to take over key powers from Rahman after the report accused his council of a lack of transparency.

Priore's resignation Wednesday, in protest over the school district's handling of a new nursing contract and what she described as a lack of transparency, sets the stage for the School Board to select a new Park District board member by June 16.

The last Tory Chancellor charged Labour with three main faults over Northern Rock: (1) A 48 hour delay at the start of the crisis in reassuring depositors; (2) A failure during Brown's time as Chancellor to renew the Deposit Insurance regime; and (3) A lack of transparency from Alistair Darling in recent weeks.

«The Republicans have controlled the Senate for over 50 years and that has resulted in higher taxes, a crippled upstate economy, out - of - control mandates and a State Senate that lacked transparency and accountability,» he said.

Responding to complaints over a lack of transparency, Airbnb released a horde of data about its New York City operations — but also confirmed that a majority of its rentals may violate New York's short - term leasing law.

«The reality is the Republicans have controlled the Senate for over 50 years and that has resulted in higher taxes, a crippled upstate economy, out - of - control mandates and a State Senate that has lacked transparency and accountability,» Murphy said.

Local groups have cried foul over what they say is a lack of transparency on the part of the Battery Park City Authority.

Around three quarters, 76 %, believe the «lack of transparency» over the policy issues decided that night are a «serious» problem, and 68 % were concerned about the gerrymandered new district lines.

BY MICHAEL RICONDA The Rockland County Conservative Party's September 26, 7:30 p.m. convention at the New City Town Hall continues to be marred by controversy, including claims of dishonesty, a lack of transparency and fraud, as well as persisting outrage over the scheduling of the event over Yom Kippur.

«The Republicans have controlled the Senate for over 50 years and that has resulted in higher taxes, a crippled upstate economy, out - of - control mandates and a State Senate that has lacked transparency and accountability.

A de Blasio spokesman defended the mayor's record on policing in a 679 - word email that did not directly address the payment of overtime to officers accused of misconduct or the criticism over a lack of transparency.

«Regardless of whether or not Duffy violated state law by interviewing for a job with a private lobbying entity — he'll recuse himself from any future matters involving economic development in his home region — he has committed a mortal political sin: He created an ethics dilemma for a governor currently hammering the state Legislature over its own ethical record, including its lack of transparency on sources of outside income,» Casey Seiler writes in his column, which includes speculative odds on Duffy's successors.

Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis hit Mayor de Blasio over the administration's lack of transparency on Thursday — unveiling a «count - up» clock that tracks the number of days since Hizzoner promised to release a list of campaign donors who didn't get what they wanted from City Hall.

«I think we now have a situation where the issue is not just the lack of transparency, but serious concern over how these hundreds of millions of dollars are being used,» said Frederick Kowal, president of the union representing SUNY employees.

Instead, he met with lawmakers behind closed doors, angering local news outlets over the lack of transparency.

That money is coming under greater scrutiny after complaints from state legislators over a lack of transparency in how it's given out, criticism from state oversight agencies, and the indictments of top state officials and developers involved in projects in Buffalo, Syracuse, and Albany.

«There's a pall over the Legislature because of the lack of transparency in taxpayer spending.

Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis hit Mayor de Blasio over the administration's lack of transparency on Thursday — unveiling a «count - up» clock that tracks the number of days since Hizzoner promised to...

A lack of transparency breeds concern over projects using digital health data.

The battle over genetically modified food crops in a nation haunted by malnutrition is on a knife - edge after over-hype and lack of transparency, says TV Padma

The lack of transparency, frequent conflicts of interest, questionable carcinogen classifications and misleading communications associated with IARC's Monographs Program have been glossed over for long enough.

The African Union observer mission proclaimed the contest was conducted in a free and fair manner, while other international missions from the EU, the Carter Center, and the African Great Lakes Initiative noted relative improvements over 2007, but also stated that the poll produced numerous irregularities such as technological issues with electronic voting equipment and a lack of transparency in the tallying of the votes.

In contrast, the locally based Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) had thousands of observers on the ground and subsequently cited numerous irregularities during the process, ranging from the state's domination over the administrative apparatus, security forces, and media, to the lack of transparency on the registration process, which was considerably higher in rural Mugabe strongholds, compared to urban areas where support for the MDC is more prevalent.

The lack of transparency and control over the schools only benefits the management company, and removes real checks - and - balances from preventing abuses.

I was just a few months ago in a lengthy email exchange with my bank over the lack of transparency in reporting their funds» performance.

Frustration over the program's persistent lack of transparency about the methods it uses to kill millions of animals each year, including coyotes, bobcats, otters, foxes, prairie dogs and black bears (and countless non-target animals) is growing and media attention, including a recent in - depth opinion piece in The New York Times, has begun to shine light on this federal program's shadowy activities with a call for reform.

(He mashes up the Sierra Club with Greenpeace and misses my main concern about the report, which was over the lack of transparency, not the unsurprisingly involvement of an environmental group.)

Looking back over the last six months, the lack of transparency by relief groups has caused much of the coordination problems that continue to plague the response.

The UNEP Emissions Gap report underscored this lack of ambition and transparency by finding that weak rules, bad LULUCF accounting, and the potential carry - over of emissions credits could add 1 - 2 Gt CO2e to the already sizeable Gigatonne Gap.

Over the last twenty years, there has been increasing criticism of a lack of transparency in the system of appointment: the criticism has not been levelled at candidates considered to be unqualified, but rather at the way in which candidates were chosen and then announced — given the increasing importance of the Supreme Court's decisions, a number of political and academic critics argued that the traditional system was flawed.

Over the past decade, traditional life insurance products have been recreated to address some of their negative features such as, lack of transparency, high initial business strain, IRDA said.

With a total market capitalization of over USD$ 100 billion, the cryptocurrency market has attracted the attention of many, from traders wanting to make a quick buck to experts that are concerned with its lack of transparency.

The criticism over lack of transparency on the matter prompted Apple to announce an upcoming feature that will reveal an iPhone's battery health and related performance.

Since then, the company has received considerable backlash over the lack of transparency in how this information was revealed to customers.

John Gilroy, ARC Research Fellow in Indigenous Health, Disability and Community Development at the University of Sydney, voiced frustration over the lack of transparency of the agency overseeing the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), arguing that it may not meet the needs of Indigenous people with disabilities.