Sentences with phrase «little transparency in»

There has been little transparency in that department.

Opponents also said there has been little transparency in the approval process.

«Since there is no liquidity and very little transparency in their markets, correctly formulated investments will provide extraordinary returns as Africa redefines itself in oil and gas, agriculture and minerals,» Barrack added.

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There is also very little transparency regarding how the deals are structured and the identities of the participants in them, he said.

Ad tech firms are out of favor these days - too many players, too many unmet promises, too little transparency, too few successes, and too much money for nothing much to talk about in the way of results.

Fees are deducted from plan assets before investment returns — little value in our internet - driven culture of transparency.

One of the largest exchanges in the world, Bitfinex, has been hacked numerous times and provides little transparency about where it is keeping its money.

Nine years later, little has changed to improve transparency in...

But there is very little clarity and transparency about how the new system will work in practice.

It also shows that the present government has little appreciation for the role that transparency should play in the public sector.

I believe the system is inherently flawed — there's too much overhead, too much individual discretion, and too little transparency built in to the system.

Roger Cardinal Mahony of Los Angeles, for example, is alleged to «have allowed numerous predator priests to remain in ministry,» and then to have placed obstacles in the way of law enforcement authorities, all of which, in the understated words of the report, «did little to enhance the reputation of the Church for transparency and cooperation.»

But it would mean the club could clear the decks in a very public fashion at home in front of their fans who are now desperate for a bit of transparency and a little less PR.

At this time, however, little oversight or transparency exists to ensure oil profits are spent in a socially and economically responsible manner and there is little insight into the details of leasing arrangements.

«The budget is still increasing with little or no transparency,» Haimson said in an email to Gotham Gazette.

The commission itself is receiving a new look also this morning after City & State noted in its morning email that SAGE members met quietly in Albany with little public notice or fanfare — adding to the growing reputation that administration isn't living up to its transparency claims.

Ex-Officer Is First in C.I.A. to Face Prison for a Leak It was a duty to leak and embarrass Bush, but you'll go away if you leak on Obama Net job gain under Obama: 28,000 The economy is getting better, yeah right Obama's inaugural committee on the receiving end of transparency complaints A little late Gov. Deval Patrick: Rep. Barney Frank would make a «great interim senator» for Massachusetts Top Deval adviser no fan of Barney Frank's Senate bid Even in Massachusetts there are some that believe enough is enough That's hypocritic - Al We all know Al Gore likes all things green.

«I would hope there is an interest in moving the ball forward in terms of policies that could be created or developed to create a little more transparency.»

The staff member, Victor E. Franco, in his second day of testimony at the trial in Manhattan, elaborated on the budgetary process, as prosecutors sought to illustrate that Mr. Silver controlled it all with little transparency or accountability, particularly on the Health Department grants that are the focus of the case.

The lack of transparency and accountability help explain why there's so little payback, in terms of jobs, for the huge sums paid out.

«It is disappointing that our elected officials feel our protection deserves so little attention and transparency,» the group said in a statement.

Newell fearlessly argued that Sheldon Silver is beholden to big developers, an adversary of transparency in government and a politician who has forgotten «the little guy.»

Don't forget all the little necessities like extra bulbs for projectors, laser pointers, batteries, overhead projectors with transparencies and markers, microphones in large rooms, and everything else we have already forgotten but that you are already thinking about.

For instance, instead of saying, «I'm hungry; let's go crab hunting,» you might simulate your own transparency so your friends could see your empty stomach, or you might turn into a video game about crab hunting so you and your compatriots could get in a little practice before the actual hunt.

«We're trying to bring truth and transparency to dating,» Max said, «raising the bar in terms of higher quality, more real connections, and making it a little more authentic.»

Berg is something of a lone groupie of the little - known Assange, and a true believer in the message that Assange peddles: «privacy for individuals; transparency for organizations.»

Meanwhile, these nonprofits operate with only nominal direction, are unaccountable to voters or elected officials, and operate in a bureaucratic miasma with little transparency or oversight.

This sounds great, but the key is in the doing, and there is precious little evidence Washington can force real transparency.

Her efforts were largely focused in her home state of Michigan, where 80 percent of state charter schools are run by for - profit entities with little transparency around how those schools spend public money, and charter and traditional schools are wasting scarce resources competing for students.

Since the inception of school - led teacher training in 2011, there has in reality been little transparency, evaluation or definition of what it actually means.

Nine years later, little has changed to improve transparency in...

15:37 «There are some commissionable brokers and advisors that might put themselves out to be a fiduciary, but on the flipside they're still selling you products so you really don't know who you're working with because there's very little transparency, and that creates, in my opinion, a huge conflict of interest»

SO much wealth in NY but so little being done to really solve the problem proactively and with transparency.

But a closer look at the nuances of both their discussions about the transparency in mitigation actions, a little exercise of connecting the dots, suggest that there is more than meets the eye.

In this context, honesty, integrity, transparency, accountability and corporate social responsibility are of little concern.

«There appears to be little in the way of transparency.»

I'm quite certain that if a little more transparency during the writing of the AR4 had been in place, someone, perhaps a WUWT denizen, would have noticed this completely false claim and prevented the IPCC from looking... well... STUPID.

Transparency International's 2011 report found little evidence of corruption in either the judiciary or the legal profession.

Critics maintain that section 696.1 through 696.6 represent little more than a cosmetic change to preceding legislation and, as such, fall short in providing a reasonable standard of independence, fairness, efficiency, and transparency.

First, in relation to social security claims, there is what is little short... Continue reading Online Courts: unintended consequences; unconsidered transparency?

In an age when issues of tax morality, transparency, and tax avoidance are grabbing headlines, you'll forgive them if tax lawyers have a little more swagger in their step these dayIn an age when issues of tax morality, transparency, and tax avoidance are grabbing headlines, you'll forgive them if tax lawyers have a little more swagger in their step these dayin their step these days.

In concrete terms, that means a lot more «click to proceed» boxes, although the transparency requirements mean the text inside may be a little clearer than you're used to.

A blue, black, white and grey color scheme is spread across the entire interface, with a little transparency thrown in for good measure.

What's more, most exchanges suffer from little to no of transparency, limiting any real cross-talk between those in charge of implementing platform features and the trading community.

Fortune's Jeff John Roberts, who has been contacted in the past by the Google Transparency Project, considers this to be more than a little odd.