Sentences with phrase «monitor public works»

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With this much public money on the line, monitoring how US tax dollars are spent in the recovery will be crucial to prevent waste, fraud, and shoddy work.

Here in China where I live and work as a teacher, there is a state church that is monitored heavily by the government and there are the House churches that are now beginning to be heard and are holding there services out in public, but the members are being arrested and thrown in jail and yet they continue to hold there services.

However, the development of local community groups to monitor local station responsibilities for children will not work unless deregulation is reversed and the FCC once again asserts its role of insuring that broadcasters meet their public service responsibilties.

The Executive Director's Office supervises the work of three major departments (Parks and Planning, Recreation and Facilities, and Finance and Personnel); supervises Golf Maintenance Operations maintaining two golf courses and a driving range; monitors 58 park sites, 23 buildings and almost 3,000 recreation programs; oversees the annual budget (approximately $ 26 million); and directs long range comprehensive planning and public information programs.

Several examples of the work of IBFAN groups were mentioned: the collaboration in Argentina of the Buenos Aires provincial breastfeeding program; in Albania the Group for the Protection and Promotion of Breastfeeding serves as a centre for child feeding expertise; in Brazil, Canada, Guatemala, Mauritius, Pakistan and Uruguay the groups place particular emphasis on Code implementation, related marketing research and public information activities; national surveys in Benin, Burkina Faso, Gabon and Senegal to monitor International Code implementation show numerous violations even where national measures are adopted.

Ideally, the roads would be built by many private investors to the extent possible, but some could be owned by the public and contracts given for work to maintain them, but corruption in contracts would be closely monitored.

Digital trends include real - time mapping and analysis using social media, crowd sourcing and data mining, the use of mobile phones to disseminate information, online campaigns bringing publics and affected populations closer together, digital platforms for cash transfers and new digital tools for assessment work, as well as monitoring and evaluation.

Worked with the Legislature and Governor to approve legislation that continues the appointment of monitors in East Ramapo, provides new oversight authority for the monitors and the Department over the school district's budget, and provides $ 3 million in state funds to restore and expand educational programming for the public schools within the district;

Committee Members work with community groups, residents, and city agencies to monitor public safety and quality of life issues.

TARRYTOWN — As work begins on a temporary work platform to be constructed in the Hudson River just north of the current Tappan Zee Bridge, the public will be able to monitor environmental impacts online.

The balance was already paid to Nassau by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which monitored and OK'd all of VIP Splash's debris removal, said Brian Schneider, a county public works official.

Kenneth Arnold [a public works department aide]: «This is a personal services agreement with AbTech Industries to design, construct, maintain and monitor [an] end - of - pipe filtering system for our storm water program.»

The Joint Commission on Public Ethics, which is supposed to monitor Albany's politicians, needs to be stronger and more transparent; its failure is one reason Preet Bharara, the United States attorney for the Southern District of New York, has had to do the tough work of rooting out Albany corruption.

The Chamber of Commerce, working in concert with the Manufacturers Association of the Southern Tier, has a Public Policy Committee that monitors local, state and federal governmental bodies and legislation that could have either a positive or negative impact on the business community in Chautauqua County.

At a rate of up to $ 275 per hour, the firm's work included drafting the mayor's responses to reporters» questions, vetting requests for public records, summarizing news reports and radio talk shows, attending and monitoring public meetings and coordinating the village's dissemination of information to residents.

He assured that the senate will do its own part of the work by ensuring monitoring through oversight function and also amend laws like the public procurement act.

He works more closely with the Drug Enforcement Agency to monitor new compounds and is more aware of the consequences of making his research public.

Joy: So, I think we need to invest more in public health and early monitoring and, you know, Larry Brilliant was working on some of that stuff; but we need to have monitoring and early diagnosis and rapid; Craig Venter was telling me they can now make a vaccine in seven days or something.

Public health scientists often aspire to socially relevant work, such as identifying the cause of an outbreak or developing a new diagnostic tool for monitoring the health of the population.

In many developing countries, an increase in public works is accompanied by a sharp rise in the number of accidents, and there is a growing need for safety monitoring.

Director general Albonetti says the functions of the Forum will include «fostering public debate and monitoring changes in public opinion on the societal impact of science and technology, providing the Regional Executive and Regional Council with guidance and information on research investments and innovation programs, and working with regional and international institutions to promote the transfer of research results to economic development.»

This research helps the Agency develop its strategy on endocrine - disrupting substances, a mixture of cost - effective action to reduce the risks of harm to the environment, targeted environmental monitoring, further research to address areas of uncertainty, and work to raise the public's awareness of these issues.

According to published papers, China's hard systems scientists also use approaches derived from Qian's work to monitor public opinion and gauge crowd behavior.

Develop and lead a proactive and effective media strategy; build relationships with journalists, and act as the main point of contact for journalist enquiries; write press releases and news articles for the website; produce background briefings and prepare spokespeople for interviews, co-ordinating media interviews and requests; arrange media interviews and develop a public profile for key staff; monitor current issues and public opinion to inform the media strategy; work with Member Organisations and the Science Media Centre; ensure that all media communications comply with the Society's brand identity and guidelines

Chapters take on a variety of work, including: Regularly scheduled events for the public to discuss public education, school board candidate forums, monitoring school board meetings, translating proposed school board policies into other languages for various language groups, providing tours of schools for prospective students and families, working for adequate funding for public schools, engaging with bond elections, helping parents navigate enrollment policies, and in general, being involved in the issues of public schools in their communities.

Students need a chance to develop their PBL skills — working productively in groups, monitoring their progress, making public presentations.

Principals and superintendents, by contrast, work in a highly visible context - within a large public organization where their performance is increasingly monitored by state officials, local activists, businesspeople, journalistic outlets, and others.

CDF grew out of the Civil Rights Movement, following Edelman's work in Washington Research Project — a public interest law firm she founded that monitored federal programs for low - income families.

The author of 16 books and more than 400 articles, his work has appeared in such publications as The Weekly Standard, Christian Science Monitor, Commentary, The Public Interest, The Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, New York Times, Education Week, Harvard Business Review and Boston Globe.

When the weather looks ominous, Prest said he monitors National Weather Service reports, consults with the police and public works» department, and also has a conference call with surrounding superintendents.

Ms. Boast leads Public Impact's work evaluating educational quality metrics at the school, district and state levels and developing accountability systems to monitor school performance.

«There's definitely a hope that the post-hurricane experience in New Orleans will show that public charter schools can work at scale, particularly for those students who have struggled historically,» says Todd Ziebarth, a policy analyst at the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, in a Christian Science Monitor arpublic charter schools can work at scale, particularly for those students who have struggled historically,» says Todd Ziebarth, a policy analyst at the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, in a Christian Science Monitor arPublic Charter Schools, in a Christian Science Monitor article.

Partners» monitoring and evaluation work is grounded in our Theory of Impact which states that with consistent, high - quality delivery of our approach, we will build the capacity of teachers and leaders to transform low - performing public schools and districts, driving breakthrough student achievement results.

We represent over 2,300 hard working teachers, educational support professionals, nurses, certified support staff, sign language interpreters, campus monitors, and secretaries in the Des Moines Public Schools.

We commend the South Carolina Public Charter School District for working to fulfill the charter school promise by providing schools with the autonomy to innovate and the accountability necessary for charter schools to thrive,» comments Greg Richmond, president and CEO of NACSA, which supports and monitors public charter school authorPublic Charter School District for working to fulfill the charter school promise by providing schools with the autonomy to innovate and the accountability necessary for charter schools to thrive,» comments Greg Richmond, president and CEO of NACSA, which supports and monitors public charter school authorpublic charter school authorizers.

The ARCH teams also launched a public awareness campaign to educate Haitians about disaster preparedness and health issues related to their livestock and pets, and worked closely with the Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Rural Development (MARNDR) to develop capacity for monitoring and supporting animal health.

Student monitors, who also worked cooperatively on projects on - site and in a range of other contexts, opened the space to the public during scheduled times.

To counter criticism of the business community from college campuses, business organizations such as the Chamber of Commerce should support scholars who will defend the free enterprise system, develop speakers and support speakers» bureaus that will counter the liberal rhetoric coming from college campuses, subject textbooks to ideological review, insist on equal time for speakers exposing the views of the business community for speakers on campuses, insist that college faculties be balanced by those who will defend the free enterprise system, request that graduate schools of business include courses that support the free enterprise system, encourage local chambers of commerce to provide the views of the business community in high schools, establish staff who work with the media to communicate to the general public the views of the business community, monitor and criticize television programs that unfairly criticize the free enterprise system and where appropriate file complaints with the Federal Communications Commission, monitor radio and other media and pressure them to cover the views of defenders of the free enterprise system, support scholars who support the free enterprise system to publish in scholarly journals, establish incentives for scholars to publish defenses of free enterprise in books, papers, and pamphlets, spend more money on advertising that expressly supports the free market system.

As funding to monitor water quality at more than 3,500 of our nation's most popular beaches remains uncertain for the upcoming year, Surfrider and 100 organizations work to protect public health

PolluterWatch will continue to monitor and expose the coal industry's work to undermine public health and public policies designed to solve problems their business creates.

A justice system and self - regulating system (Law Societies) with equal public representation, who can work together to identify, discipline and monitor the legal practices of these «wreck - it» lawyers who like to believe they can beat the system.

[134] Counsel for the Union also submitted that through its use of @TTChelps the Employer is breaching the privacy rights of bargaining unit members by enlisting the public to train cameras on operators and video monitor them for the entire time that they are at work, and by disclosing private information to which the public would not normally have access, including where employees are working, their employee numbers, details of complaints about their conduct, and photographs of them.

The Employer can not train cameras on operators and video monitor them for the entire time that they are at work, but through the use of social media the Employer has enlisted the public to do exactly that in real time.

A rather heartening aspect of the Chilean system is that, although it depends upon the specification and monitoring of masses of data, an important role remains for managers within the central public defender office who have the role of ensuring that the system works well; individual lawyers are getting an appropriate balance of cases; and that allowance is made for any individual factors that explain statistical variance.

Available as part of a public beta through the Google Play store, Andromium OS is designed to work with a mouse and keyboard and TV or monitor.

Have worked with private companies public schools government agencies and individuals patrolling monitoring cameras handling unmarked vehicles and checking identities.

A media monitoring specialist works in public relations or media departments, where their primary work is to sift through a large amount of media, to gain information as per the instructions of their employers.

Some usual work activities that Social Studies Teachers perform are preparing learning materials, referring students to public library resources, assigning papers, grading tests, supervising classroom activities, and monitoring student attendance.

• Performs periodic checks for inmate contraband • Monitors inmate visitor interaction • Observes inmate movements throughout compound • Counsels inmates during adjustment • Performs tower surveillance, checks incoming / outgoing communications including email • Arms posts and observes inmates at work • Maintains control in public areas, such as cafeteria and auditorium

• Develop and implement policies for the parking lot • Issue parking permits and devise appropriate procedures for distribution of the same • Organize parking registration activities • Collect, count and record the parking fee • Supervise, train and evaluate subordinate employees • Guide and educate the campus community regarding parking procedures and SOPs • Identify and report any suspicious vehicle • Issue and submit periodic parking lot reports to the higher management • Devise and recommend ways to enhance the effectiveness of parking procedures to ensure maximum customer facilitation • Carryout paper work for long term parking requests and issue relevant permit if applicable • Inspect the parking lot physically and ensure proper physical conditions are available for parking • Ensure consumer and vehicle security in the parking lot • Operate parking lot equipment, drive through gates and car lifters appropriately as and when required • Respond to public inquiries and provide relevant information regarding parking protocols • Monitor CCTV footage and report any suspicious activity • Regularly update the members» vehicle data and stamp their permits • Oversee parking lot operations, revenue collection and ticketing procedures • Ensure proper book keeping procedures are being carried out • Conduct minor maintenance of parking lot equipment • Promote and demonstrate high standards of customer service • Issue permits to vendors and other visitors after complete validation of their personal data • Oversee flagging and validation code issuance • Organize training sessions for development and grooming of the team • Assign duties to the parking lot employees and evaluate their performance • Serve as point of contact for parking lot procedures, maintenance and permissions • Allocate separate space for visitors, special guests and handicapped individuals • Manage parking lot budget and meet the maintenance requirements within allocated amount • Devise a proper one way route within the parking area and display informative direction boards to implement the same • Oversee the cleanliness of the parking lot and keep it snow free during winters to facilitate smooth drive in and drive out • Procure and install parking signs and meters etc. • Maintain vehicle owner's data on whose IDs the permits have been issued • Record all drive ins and drive outs with timings in the computerized log system