Sentences with phrase «more budget transparency»

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The 2006 budget had more transparency and the group was able to discover the problem.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie on Monday indicated to reporters his Democratic conference's one - house budget measure will seek to roll back efforts by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to expand his powers over the budget and gain more transparency over the Regional Economic Development Councils.

Improve Transparency with More Comprehensive Disclosure Requirements and a Unified Economic Development Budget.

They include greater accountability measures for the awarding of government contracts, more transparency for «lump - sum» budget appropriations and expenditures, and limits on outside income for lawmakers.

In many respects, this is a noble effort: it's a good deal more transparency than Gordon Brown could ever manage in his Budgets.

Members of the City Council's Finance Committee pressed the de Blasio Administration for more transparency in the proposed $ 77.7 billion budget today, kicking off the first of many hearings on the preliminary budget.

Meanwhile, in their one house budget proposals, the Assembly and Senate are asking for more transparency, at least in relation to some of the governor's economic development programs, which have been the subject of Bharara's probes.

Meanwhile, in their one - house budget proposals, the Assembly and Senate are asking for more transparency, at least in relation to some of the governor's economic development programs, which have been the subjects of Bharara's probes.

DiNapoli's plan calls on the state to bring more transparency and accountability to state finances by eliminating discretionary lump sum appropriations, restricting «backdoor spending» by public authorities, requiring more disclosure of public authorities» spending and financing, and making the state budget more understandable and accessible.

PB is an innovative way to inject more transparency into the budget process and increase people's trust in government - something that is important now more than ever in NYC.»

«It'll probably be a one - year straight extender with increased parental involvement and more transparency with the budget,» one insider said.

A budget watchdog group says New York's new 10 year plan of how it will spend more than $ 174 billion in road, bridge and numerous other projects lacks transparency and needs more details on how it will all be paid for.

They include greater transparency of the aid budget, redirection of aid to poorer countries, more market - driven aid and streamlining of the DFID bureaucracy.

Meanwhile, in their one - house budget proposals, the Assembly and Senate are asking for more transparency, at least in relation to some of the governor's economic development programs, which had been the subject of Bharara's probes.

Participatory budgeting began in Brazil in 1989, when civic groups demanded transparency and a more direct saying in city government.

These budget lines should be broken down into multiples lines with more specific budget line descriptions, which would add much needed transparency to the capital budget.»

City Council members pressed budget officials from Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration for more transparency and a better accounting of spending and revenue plans at a Monday hearing on the mayor's $ 88.67 billion proposed preliminary budget for the 2019 fiscal year, which begins July 1.

He talked about what's going on behind the scenes of the legislature's joint budget committees, explained a controversial proposal from Governor Cuomo to take more control over the budget process and outlined his organization's blueprint for economic development transparency.

The Chairman said, «It is important that the budget of INEC be made to show more widespread public accountability and transparency of the Commission — which is a significant reform in itself - with a multiplier effect on electoral reform.»

«In its intent, the cap is financially prudent, but it has fostered the use of fiscal gimmicks that make the state's budget more complicated to understand and undermine transparency,» according to the commission's report.

- The creation of a budget advisory committee so there can be more transparency and communication between the district and the community.

Sen. Diane Savino, who has championed a bill that would create more transparency in grand jury deliberations, told Gotham Gazette that items were dropped from the budget where consensus already existed to save time.

Gov. Jerry Brown's landmark school funding formula would not only win more money under the state budget blueprint he released Wednesday but also be subjected to the sort of transparency and accountability lawmakers and advocates for needy kids have been seeking since its adoption almost five years ago.

See this article to read more about transparency with school budgets.

The FITARA represents a major overhaul in the way the Federal Government acquires, implements and manages its information technology investments, by providing agency Chief Information Officers (CIOs) more visibility / authority over budget, governance, and personnel processes for agency Information Technology investments, and by improving transparency and review processes of agency IT investments.

Government agencies seek bigger budgets, more personnel, more power and control, more money for grants to researchers and activist groups that promote their agendas and regulations, and limited oversight, transparency and accountability for their actions.

Bringing together a dedicated team of senior attorneys, process improvement experts, technologists and pricing and marketing professionals, DWT has developed breakthrough solutions for clients to create greater efficiency, a more seamless working relationship and greater transparency into their legal matters and budgets.

Clients are more concerned with managing their budget, which doesn't necessarily mean cutting costs, but at least controlling spend with a level of transparency and quantifiable efficiency gains.

There have been reports that the National Security Council and Department of Homeland Security are taking a more active role in making sure there is a strong movement in favor of disclosure, he told TechNewsWorld, «but we'd like to see more transparency, such as public reporting about how the process works,» which is requested in the litigation, «as well as some way of understanding the volume, number of vulnerabilities the government handles, and even the budget devoted to it.»

I think we all love you Emily even more now for your budget transparency!!!! This blog just keeps getting better.