Sentences with phrase «made by government officials»

The Committee is tasked by the house to track promises and assurances made by government officials on the floor of Parliament.

Given the debt load in the US and given statements made by government officials, this seems like a reasonable conclusion to draw.

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«Consumer Reports is making this recommendation given the potentially fatal consequences of E. coli, the fact that there are still several unknowns about this outbreak, and that no type of romaine has been ruled definitively safe by government officials,» said James Rogers, the head of food safety at the non-profit-run magazine.

A report issued by Deloitte in 2011 called for revamping the K - 12 curriculum to expose kids to entrepreneurial concepts, and Stuart says government officials and policy experts are even considering the possibility of specialized, innovation - focused schools.Programs like the lecture series currently offered at Toronto French School that brings in entrepreneurs to talk to students can make a difference, he says.

Meanwhile, the joint women's hockey team will wear uniforms made by a Finnish company instead of official sponsor Nike, because of concerns about U.S. sanctions, another South Korean government official told Reuters.

To top off its challenges, the company announced in September that it was looking into certain eyebrow - raising payments made by its employees to various foreign government officials as they could have constituted illegal bribes.

His business dealings also make him prone to manipulation by foreign governments, the Post added, noting that officials in at least four countries had privately discussed how to benefit from Kushner's lack of government experience.

It is claimed that government spending distorts the economy even when it is made by public enterprises, and that only unregulated markets (that is, markets regulated by financial managers rather than elected officials) can allocate resources efficiently.

Rajan shows how the individual choices that collectively brought about the economic meltdown — made by bankers, government officials, and ordinary homeowners — were rational responses to a flawed global financial order in which the incentives to take on risk are incredibly out of step with the dangers those risks pose.

Hansson's skepticism is in line with opposition by a minority of officials including Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann, who has argued that sovereign - debt purchases involve unwarranted risks and undermine the incentive of governments to make economic reforms.

Viewing these companies as allies rather than merely as customers from whom to make as large a profit as quickly as possible, German bank officials sat on their boards, and helped expand their business by extending loans to foreign governments on condition that their clients be named the chief suppliers in major public investments.

Company executives and responsible regional government officials, and not exclusively in the regions covered by the programme, will be able to find all necessary information here, make useful contacts, enter into contracts, receive support services, logistical, financial, informational, and so on.

can only occur where there exists some institutional umbrella that can protect human rights advocates and offer both political and material support for human rights activities: a church...; a press sufficiently independent so that it can report information the government would prefer not be made public and that can offer a forum for some opponents of the government; professional associations, academic and intellectual centers which are financially solvent and not directly controlled by military or government officials.

For a number of reasons he is convinced that the established order today can be neither overthrown nor effectively challenged — the primary reason being that «the relevant decisions are made neither by the people at large nor by the official government, but by the private governments where effective power rests.»

(1) places on record its conviction that the protection of missionaries should only be by such methods as will promote good will in personal and official relations and (2) urges on all missionary societies that they make no claim on their governments for the armed defense of their missionaries and their property.

This strategy is profoundly hostile to the Catholic vision of love; nonetheless the ambiguity of the response made by the Church's official representatives has fostered the impression that the Church supports the Government's proposals, and fostered confusion over the content of relevant Church teaching.

Documents released under the Official Information Act show the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) went to some lengths to ensure the Chinese Government did not feel insulted by the way it made its January public announcement of the finding.

By taking the kids on a field trip to a farm, getting them involved with making nutritious meals, and working with school and government officials, Jamie Oliver has been able to get the government to commit to spending 280 million pounds to improve school lunches around the country.

I found only two exceptions: (1) a government official impressed by what he told me were five levels of security to make sure the fish don't escape, and (2) an associate of the soon - to - open biodiversity museum (designed by Frank Gehry) who hoped that the museum could be a forum for such issues.

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.

At Silver's trial jurors were told they could convict based on «any action under color of official authority» by Silver, but the 2d Circuit said the Supreme Court ruling required a «formal exercise of government power,» rather than lesser acts like just making a phone call or having a meeting.

It seems fairly useless if it can just be totally ignored - heck, not only «can be» but it is actually standard and official (as exemplified by censorship bureaus being made explicit, formal organs of the government) operating procedure all the time, continuously, to not follow it?

Government officials hope the «wage subsidy» offered by its youth contract scheme will make a difference.

No one wants to legitimize others» trouble spots, but once a Spain - Catalonia agreement was made recognition of the separatists by other nations isn't undermining the official government.

However politics.co.uk has learned that Locog had hoped to make an official announcement two weeks ago but has been delayed due to an inability by senior government ministers to determine what Mr Hall's responsibilities should actually be.

There was a reason why even FDR was against public employees unions and I quote «All Government employees should realize that the process of collective bargaining, as usually understood, can not be transplanted into the public service, It has its distinct and insurmountable limitations when applied to public personnel management» «The very nature and purposes of Government make it impossible for administrative officials to represent fully or to bind the employer in mutual discussions with Government employee organizations» «The employer is the whole people, who speak by means of laws enacted by their representatives in Congress.

It seems to work OK but, as far as I know, instead of degenerating into some sort of free - for - all chaos where nobody ever agrees on anything, it just increases the role of the government even more as even if anybody can ask questions or make proposals, it's mostly those that have been prepared by officials that end up being adopted.

A diverse group of local governments, environmental protection organizations, business groups, recreational enthusiasts, newspapers and former federal and state government officials and environmental leaders are asking New York State voters to help make the Adirondacks and Catskills safer for residents and visitors alike by voting Yes for Ballot Proposal # 3 — The Public Health and Safety Land Account — this Election Day.

In its ruling, the high court narrowed the definition of what constitutes an «official act» by a politician, making it more difficult for prosecutors to obtain convictions in cases in which it can not be made clear to jurors exactly what a politician did in return for money or services received from someone or an entity hoping to improperly influence government.

He said the government is only making frantic efforts to cause public disaffection towards the previous NDC administration by smearing former state officials with allegations of corruption and initiating legal action against them for same.

Official government figures show migration increasing the UK's output by # 4 billion and making up ten to 15 per cent of Britain's economic growth.

Ambode made this known at a Ramadan Tafsir held at Lagos House in Alausa, Ikeja organised by the State Government to mark the official commencement of the Muslim fasting month, Governor Ambode said those having in excess must show gratitude by helping others and also exhibit total submission to God's commandments.

«He understands how abuse of power undermines our democracy and has made it a top priority to uphold the integrity of our government by removing bad actors, bringing corruption cases against 40 New York public officials,» she wrote of Schneiderman.

Commenting, Mark Serwotka, PCS general secretary, said: «The government has an opportunity to avoid legal and industrial action by ensuring officials honour ministerial promises to make the changes through negotiation rather than imposition.

One of the arguments made by state officials in favor of same - sex marriage — including Comptroller Tom DiNapoli and the Independent Democratic Conference — is that rites for gay couples would lead to larger sales tax receipts for state and local governments.

While welcoming the 16 - point request presented for negotiation by the Niger Delta leaders, President Buhari said he was still expecting reports from officials he had instructed to review the implementation of the Amnesty program to determine where government fell short so that amends can be made.

Instead, a sanitized press release from the governor's office, put together by the former congressman and his wife Ilene, (unread) quoted the man who did not speak as stating, «This glorious day is the fulfillment of a 30 - year dream made possible by the passion and persistence of so many dedicated people, from hard - working public officials at every level to government to devoted community groups across the region.»

In the second of a two - part series, Investigative Post reports on limited progress being made by local government officials to address lead poisoning in low - income neighborhoods on the city's East and West Side.

«It will be recalled that following relentless media attack on my person by the EFCC acting in concert with some powerful families with known ties to the government which culminated in the filing of phantom money laundering and corruption charges against me, I made spirited efforts to engage with relevant officials of government including the EFCC, the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation and the Presidency to furnish them with all the information in respect of the OPL 245 Settlement Agreement between the Federal Government of Nigeria and Malabu Oil & Gas Limited which was brokered by the administration of President Olusegun Obasagovernment which culminated in the filing of phantom money laundering and corruption charges against me, I made spirited efforts to engage with relevant officials of government including the EFCC, the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation and the Presidency to furnish them with all the information in respect of the OPL 245 Settlement Agreement between the Federal Government of Nigeria and Malabu Oil & Gas Limited which was brokered by the administration of President Olusegun Obasagovernment including the EFCC, the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation and the Presidency to furnish them with all the information in respect of the OPL 245 Settlement Agreement between the Federal Government of Nigeria and Malabu Oil & Gas Limited which was brokered by the administration of President Olusegun ObasaGovernment of Nigeria and Malabu Oil & Gas Limited which was brokered by the administration of President Olusegun Obasanjo, GCFR.

«Billion - dollar personnel costs in both counties should not only push officials to make some tough decisions here, but get citizens to demand action and realize this problem is one of the big reasons Long Island is so unaffordable,» said Doug Kellogg, communications director for Reclaim New York, a Manhattan - based government watchdog group chaired by Rebekah Mercer, a prominent supporter of President Donald Trump.

New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong, and musician, A-plus, have been invited by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), to answer questions on some corruption claims they made against some government officials.

In the memo sighted on Monday and signed by a director in the state Ministry of Education, the government also said its officials would move round the designated centres to make sure that none of them opened for the course.

In the official government response to the Review, published on 1 December, David Lidington, the Leader of the House of Commons, echoed the remarks made by Baroness Evans:

The bill passed by the Senate includes anti-nepotism provisions, today: · Prohibits gifts from lobbyists and their clients of more than nominal value, including travel, lodging and other expenses, and broaden the types of lobbying activities that lobbyists must disclose; · Prohibits elected government officials and candidates for elected local, state or federal office from appearing in taxpayer - funded advertisements; · Closes the «revolving door» loophole by prohibiting former legislative employees from directly lobbying the Legislature for two years, and expands the revolving door restrictions for Executive Chamber employees to preclude appearances before any state agency; · Prohibits non-legislative employees from using their authority or influence to «compel or induce» any other employee to make political contributions; · Prohibits state employees from participating in any personnel decision or contracting matter concerning a relative.

Among the questions asked by the press: whether the city is working with Mexican government officials to encourage any eligible Mexican nationals to register with the city for assistance, whether all victims have been located and identified, what is the biggest remaining challenge at the site, whether there are continuing concerns of gas leaking at the site, whether there is any evidence of illegal gas connections in the basements of the destroyed buildings, what damage or evidence the FDNY will look for, the number of people needing housing assistance, whether any victims asked about the investigation when meeting with the mayor, the number and location of apartments being made available by REBNY to temporarily house victims, what the mayor would say to any employer not granting time off to a victim and whether the mayor is concerned about the pace of gas main replacements.

Government watchdog groups also noted that evidence showed Percoco and other Cuomo staffers using private email to conduct public business, a lobbyist saying he was advised by an administration official that registering as a lobbyist would make it more difficult to operate, and a contributor being coached on how to hide donations to Cuomo to avoid campaign limits.

«Between June 2012 and August 2012, [Huntley], while acting at the direction of the government, made numerous recordings of meetings with nine different people, including seven elected officials and two individuals who had previously been employed as a staff member or a consultant by elected officials,» Assistant U.S. Attorney Paul A. Tuchman wrote in sentencing memo filed Friday.

«As young LGBT elected officials of color, the only two in New York State, we are horrified by Councilmember Cabrera's tribute to the Ugandan government, which has made homosexuality a capital crime punishable by lifetime imprisonment, and until recently, death,» their statement read.

Academic scientists quoted in stories late last week by NPR and The New York Times suggested that the amount of oil spewing out from the broken pipe on the gulf floor may be much more than 5000 barrels (794,936 gallons) per day — the official estimate of both BP and the government for the first 3 weeks of the crisis, before BP made any progress in stanching the flow.

The blowout was not the product of a series of aberrational decisions made by rogue industry or government officials that could not have been anticipated or expected to occur again (p. 122).