Sentences with phrase «more of a watchdog»

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The corporate watchdog has permanently banned former Perth - based financial planner Simson Kwok from the industry for intentionally mishandling more than $ 4 million of clients» funds while working for HSBC.

Secretary of State for Culture Karen Bradley, who is responsible for media issues, said Tuesday she had written to media watchdog Ofcom for more information on its views on Fox's bid for London - listed Sky Plc, the biggest pay - tv operator in the U.K.

WASHINGTON, April 26 - The head of the U.S. derivatives watchdog on Thursday said he would like to allow more flexibility in the way swaps are traded while at the same time tightening requirements for reporting of such trades.

Sandberg told CNBC that A.I. can catch «99 percent» of the «bad actors» in some content areas, but internet watchdogs are less sure, and after a week that was the worst for Facebook shares since 2012 — and saw tens of billions in Facebook market capitalization erased daily — it seems like the «responsibility» of companies merits more spending on human talent.

In the wake of a January heist to the tune of more than $ 500 million from the exchange Coincheck, Japan's financial watchdog, the Financial Services Agency (FSA), stepped up efforts to ensure that exchanges operate in compliance with the country's laws.

Two more provinces have agreed to join a voluntary national securities regulator expected to begin operations in the fall of 2015, bringing the total number on board to four and giving the upcoming capital markets watchdog a more pan-Canadian scope.

They join as adjustments are made to governance and operations of the new watchdog to spread out power and decision making more broadly among the provinces and assuage concerns it would be too Toronto - centric.

«The takeaway from it is that even though the technology is getting better and pipeline companies are spending a lot more money on inspecting pipelines, there's been an uptick in failures over the last decade,» said Carl Weimer, executive director of the Pipeline Safety Trust, a Bellingham, Washington - based watchdog group.

WASHINGTON The head of the U.S. derivatives watchdog on Thursday said he would like to allow more flexibility in the way swaps are traded while at the same time tightening requirements for reporting of such trades.

Recently, religious freedom watchdogs have begun emphasizing more the different sources of persecution, such as government and social hostilities.

Even though Syrian officials agreed to destroy their massive stockpiles of chemical weapons more than a year ago, a disturbing new report from a watchdog agency found evidence that mustard gas was used as recently as August.

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The competition watchdog has delayed making a decision on BP's $ 1.8 billion acquisition of Woolworths» fuel business until August after receiving a request for more time by Woolworths and BP.

But representatives of some watchdog park groups said more headway should have been made toward reversing the direction mapped by former parks Supt. Edmund Kelly.

Beginning with the administration of Supt. Forrest Claypool from 1993 to 1998, the district followed the advice of watchdog groups by cutting fat from the central office and putting more emphasis on local programs and upkeep.

«It would be hard to imagine a chemical that is more widespread in our environment,» said Kenneth Cook, the president and founder of the watchdog organization Environmental Working Group.

Let's hear it for the Government Accountability Office, the congressional watchdog agency that has still managed to remain independent of the more corrupt aspects of Washington food politics.

The political action committee for Abbott Laboratories, the maker of U.S. market leader Similac, spent more than $ 1.5 million in contributions to federal and congressional candidates during the last election cycle, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, a Washington - based watchdog of campaign contributions.

In a survey conducted by the Quality Assurance Agency, the universities watchdog, more than 60 per cent of recruiters were unaware of the honorary nature of this apparently «higher» degree, and believed that it reflected an academic achievement and qualification on the part of the applicant.

Opening those massive stores of statistical data to researchers, watchdogs and that crazy guy who's coding in his basement all night could have serious positive effects, not the least in bringing in a lot more number - crunchers to help with analysis and also with relating that data to other non-governmental sources.

The independent watchdog has published a report which found more than half (56 per cent) of young people aged 17 - 24 are unregistered and 31 per cent of people with black or minority ethnic backgrounds are not on the register.

Cuomo has long sought to consolidate and scale back the size of local governments in New York, which he has blamed for the state's high property taxes — an assertion budget watchdogs say is more tied to the cost of programs like Medicaid or employee pensions.

The scandal over Gov. Andrew Cuomo's economic development programs has led to more scrutiny of whether the projects are the best way to improve the state's economy, and some watchdog groups are asking questions.

New York watchdog groups agree that lawmakers should enact more oversight of the state's economic development contracts.

Meanwhile, a budget watchdog group said the state could still spend more money on the poorest schools and save hundreds of millions of dollars if only it reconfigured the formula for distributing school aid.

(June 22, 2017, Albany) A coalition of prominent government watchdog groups say Governor Cuomo, Senate Leader Flanagan and Speaker Heastie have completely failed to address the huge problems revealed by last year's alleged rigging of $ 800m in state economic development contracts and that... (read more)

Asked if relations between the Legislature and his administration are fraying — perhaps because of his quiet lobbying for former IG Ellen Biben to become leader of an independent ethics watchdog, his push for more executive control over the budget or just the natural devolution of good feelings — Cuomo noted that love isn't the real motivator.

A COMMONS watchdog set up to curb MPs» expenses spending has blown more than a quarter of a million pounds on a new website.

While Mark has acted as the taxpayers» watchdog and called out wasteful spending and irresponsible actions, he has also lead the charge to make a more efficient county government by pushing for the creation of Erie County's prescription drug discount program and the adoption of electronic payments for vendors saving the County and those that do business with the County time and money.

E.J. McMahon with the Empire Center, a fiscal watchdog group, say there might be some positive political fallout if the attention on the criminal charges cause New Yorkers to look more closely at some of the big projects now financed with public dollars, like the $ 750 million subsidy to the Solar City factory in Buffalo, run by Tesla chair Elon Musk.

The figures published by the watchdog cover the period from 1 February to 21 April, detailing money raised by campaigners spending more than # 10,000 and individual donations of more than # 7,500.

Metzger is also the director of Citizens for Local Power, a local not - for - profit organization that provides a voice for community interests at the New York State Public Service Commission, serves as a local utility watchdog and promotes a more equitable, affordable, locally based clean - energy economy.

Under long - time Chairman Rich Gerentine of Marlboro, a Republican chairing the legislature's major committee for a Democratic majority, the watchdog has been little more than a rubber stamp for the executive.

Why has a powerful Commons watchdog sat on its hands for more than three years since three former executives of Rupert Murdoch's organisation were accused of lying?

Dick Dadey, head of the watchdog group Citizens Union, said that while it wasn't against the law for de Blasio to assist his bundlers and other supporters — unless he engaged in an illegal quid pro quo — «they shouldn't have any more access to him than the average New Yorker.»

The mayor insisted that requiring his OK to hire and fire an education watchdog would make the person more independent — but critics called it an abuse of power.

With the help of watchdog websites like Littlesis and the Public Accountability Initiative, this new site also lists more than 100 buildings and businesses with which Paladino or his company, Ellicott Development, is associated.

Government - watchdog groups expressed optimism that the conviction would serve as a spur for a more aggressive round of action, perhaps targeting legislators» income or the so - called L.L.C. loophole, which allows large unfettered contributions to political campaigns.

But that's the end of JCOPE being a independent watchdog on ethics (not that it ever was), its will be more lapdog than anything else.

But more broadly, there's been a long - standing concern from government watchdogs that many similar organizations have failed to file required disclosure reports with the Board of Elections.

NYC will have to shell out nearly $ 200 million more on homeless shelters next year on top of what's in Mayor Bill de Blasio's budget, according to a report by an independent budget watchdog.

The official statistics watchdog has condemned one of the government's main arguments in favour of trialling compulsory voter ID, saying a claim that incidents of voter fraud had more than doubled in two years was misleading.

Fiscal watchdogs said they're wary of the plan, as the city's capital budget is already high and that speeding up these approved projects will beget more spending.

A new report from the conservative Empire Center, a fiscal watchdog, finds that New York state's Clean Energy Standard plan to boost renewable sources of energy and support struggling nuclear plants could cost more than the state estimates.

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.

There has been no shortage of broad ideas for disrupting the system: Banning outside incomes for lawmakers, enacting term limits, creating a truly independent ethics watchdog, closing a loophole that allows companies to skirt campaign - contribution limits, requiring more signoffs for expenditures of more than $ 1 million, to name a few.

They need independent oversight from the attorney general and comptroller and more transparency,» said John Kaehny, executive director of the watchdog group Reinvent Albany.

For more than a year, a major priority of the New York's lobbying and ethics watchdog panel has been writing «comprehensive lobbying regulations» that would govern the activity of state lobbyists and their clients.

But the Article 29 Working Party, which is composed of data protection watchdogs from the EU's 27 member states, hit out at the plans to collect PNRs [Passenger Name Record] at all, let alone on the much more expansive basis proposed by the Home Office.

Reporters also analyzed employment data, interviewed more than 45 officials and experts, and reviewed about a dozen reports and audits of subsidy programs conducted by the state comptroller and watchdog organizations.