Sentences with phrase «made by civil servants»

The real decisions can often be made by civil servants.

Not exact matches

For peoples subject to, or allied with, the Roman state, this change in the form of government did not make a great deal of difference, except that in the early years of the empire the power struggles which accompanied the decline of the republic seemed to have come to an end, and tax - collection by private companies, often accompanied by extortion, was replaced by tax - collection by civil servants.

Indeed, until it was reformed in 1989, Section 2 of the Official Secrets Act 1911 made it a criminal offence for any civil servant or public contractor to reveal any information he or she had learned in the course of his or her work: an offence that successive governments continued to prosecute well into the 1980s, despite recommendations published in 1972 by the Franks Committee calling for reform.

The government insists the appointments are made by independent committees mostly composed of civil servants and independent members, but No 10 representatives are allowed to attend and the final lists are approved by the prime minister and the Queen.

Writing in a Guardian article, Bob Kerslake made one of the strongest attacks on a government by a retired senior civil servant, saying the bill marked a «partisan and disproportionate» attempt to improve the position of the Conservatives at the expense of Labour.

The Laidlaw review, ordered by new transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin into the west coast fiasco, blamed civil servants for the failures in the original decision - making process that awarded the franchise to First Group.

It later emerged that the Royal Visits Committee is chaired by Foreign Office mandarin Sir Simon McDonald, and is made up civil servants representing the Queen, Prince Charles, Prince William and the prime minister.

The Scottish National party issued its own ultimatum to other parties by publishing in full the recommendations made by former civil servant Sir Thomas.

Blair responded post-1997 by crafting a Presidential Premiership, giving political appointments such as Jonathan Powell and Alistair Campbell the authority to instruct civil servants, and instituting what David Cameron in opposition called «Sofa Government» - in other words, making decisions in meetings unminuted by Whitehall.

by Roland Laird with Taneshia Nash Laird Illustrated by Elihu «Adofo» Bay Foreword by Charles Johnson Sterling Publishing Paperback, $ 14.95 240 pages, illustrated ISBN: 978 -1-4027-6226-0 Book Review by Kam Williams «One of the invaluable features of Still I Rise, the first cartoon history of black America, is the wealth of information it provides about the marginalized — and often suppressed — political, economic and cultural contributions black people have made on this continent since the 17th C... Using pictures, it transports us back through time, enabling us to see how dependent American colonists were on the agricultural sophistication of African slaves and indentured servants; how blacks fought and died for freedom during the Revolutionary and Civil Wars; and how, in ways both small and large, black genius shaped the evolution of democracy, the arts and sciences, and the English language in America, despite staggering racial and social obstacles.

After the success of the made - for - British - TV movie The Naked Civil Servant, which was based on his memoir, Crisp is commissioned by a small theater in Manhattan's Bowery to perform a one - man show; word - of - mouth spreads about his unfiltered wit and shrewd observations about the gay community and cultural zeitgeist at large, which lands him gigs on late - night TV chat shows via his newly acquired agent (Swoosie Kurtz).

A civil servant by day and sketch comedian by night, Adrienne makes promotional fliers and helps maintain the website for SAAC, including the News page — if you have a story or story idea, let her know!

«Failure to remove [the passive house proposal] will entail the consideration, by the Minister, of the use of the powers available to him under Section 31 of the Planning Act to ensure the overall coherence of the plan as regards housing supply and housing standards components,» the submission, made by a senior civil servant on behalf of Minister Kelly, states.

As the Bill stands there will be many more areas for exercise of discretion by C - MEC and the decision - making process is likely to be under frequent challenge: circumstances for value judgment by civil servants are rife.

The advantage typically cited in favour of using special advisers is that they enhance the independence of the senior civil servants by making a clear demarcation between the two types of advisers.

A civil servant who works for the Department of Trade and Industry and is appointed by the Court to act as: - i) a liquidator when a company is being wound up; ii) a trustee when an individual is made bankrupt.