Sentences with phrase «more public review»

Dick Dadey of Citizens Union said there should have been more public review, especially since the raises were beyond the recommendations of the commission.

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Plunging sales two years ago sent Fitbit's shares into a tailspin — they're down more than 70 % from their 2015 initial public offering price — although it has unveiled a well - reviewed watch of its own called Versa.

The reason is that this latter group may be subject to more frequent reviews by the public in relation to their work.

Any material issues raised by the most recent Public Company Accounting Oversight Board inspection, peer review, or independent registered public accounting firm internal quality control review or by any inquiry or investigations by governmental or professional authorities within the preceding five years respecting one or more independent audits carried out by the audit firm, and any steps taken to deal with such iPublic Company Accounting Oversight Board inspection, peer review, or independent registered public accounting firm internal quality control review or by any inquiry or investigations by governmental or professional authorities within the preceding five years respecting one or more independent audits carried out by the audit firm, and any steps taken to deal with such ipublic accounting firm internal quality control review or by any inquiry or investigations by governmental or professional authorities within the preceding five years respecting one or more independent audits carried out by the audit firm, and any steps taken to deal with such issues.

Lastly, Facebook has now instituted Login Review, where a team of its employees audit any app that requires more than the basic data of someone's public profile, list of friends, and email address.

Hopefully, the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee will be more diligent in its review of the 2009 - 10 Public Accounts and press the Ministers of Finance and Human Resources and Skills Development Canada on this issue, as well as the directors of the CEIFB as to how they perceive their role in the setting of EI premium rates.

In reality, as a recent article in the prestigious Brookings Review points out, private schools today are more integrated than the public schools.

It appears the Competition Policy Review secretariat has stopped providing notice of new submissions to the review; since the last notice of 21 July there have been 12 more public submissions posted on the submission website (bringing the total to 301 public submissReview secretariat has stopped providing notice of new submissions to the review; since the last notice of 21 July there have been 12 more public submissions posted on the submission website (bringing the total to 301 public submissreview; since the last notice of 21 July there have been 12 more public submissions posted on the submission website (bringing the total to 301 public submissions).

Developers of public health guidelines have been adopting systematic review methods and more structured methods for grading recommendations; assessing bias in the reviews is a critical step in the process [7, 38, 39].

We've reviewed the best Pro Systems and found undervalued teams to win the NCAA tournament but the public demands more.

This provision also supports public involvement, including the expansion of the team of collaborators participating in the wellness policy development, implementation and review to include more members from the community.

Read more of my posts: breastfeeding and social media, breastfeeding in public, breastfeeding beyond a year and then six months on, and my review of the Bravado Bliss and Cantaloop nursing bras.

The pace of expanding scientific knowledge is already producing a public demand for reviewing policy more frequently: 95 per cent in the 2005 study felt abortion law should be kept under regular review, and 61 per cent agreed that abortion law has not kept up with our knowledge of early development in the womb.

His action prompted an independent review of parliamentary security which could see it become more difficult for the public to attend committee hearings.

«There was a strong consensus from the Meeting that it would be better to take some of the heat out of this public debate; this would entail taking forward a calmer internal party review of funding which would be more comprehensive and balanced (including importantly, addressing the Conservative multi-million pound donations at and between elections) and putting that forward as part of Labour's manifesto offer for party funding reforms.»

He said: «A smaller, more effective house will be able to build public confidence and support for its crucial constitutional role in checking bills before they become law and in reviewing policy through their hard - working select committees.»

But The New York Times learned some details of the group's financing through a review of public records and interviews with more than two dozen individuals familiar with the group's activities.

Michael Heseltine earned the ire of his allies in the Tory party today, with a regional growth review which was far more supportive of the public sector than ministers would have wanted.

David Cameron wants the BBC charter reviewed every five years instead of ten, presenters» salaries will be made public, the BBC will be prevented from showing popular shows at popular hours, more moves will be taken to stamp out supposed «political bias», the BBC will be forced to put out all production contracts to competitive tender, effectively privatising it from within.

Residents, two Utica Common Councilors and some legislators called for more time to review the agreement and for the Oneida County board to hold public hearings.

In his resolution, Holmquist says the salary discussion should have been a part of the budget process and deserved more public input and review.

«ConHome's expert panel previews the Comprehensive Spending Review Main Mark Littlewood: The Government is rightly getting the public finances under control - but the Spending Review could have been far more radical»

The total boost for 45 of the bureau's 61 positions would top more than $ 2 million, and comes after the Stringer got an external firm to review what similar positions pay on Wall Street, at city nonprofits and at other sizable public pension funds.

- Administering the New York State and Local Retirement System for public employees, with more than one million members, retirees and beneficiaries and more than 3,000 employers; - Acting as sole trustee of the $ 129 billion Common Retirement Fund, one of the largest institutional investors in the world; - Maintaining the State's accounting system and administering the State's $ 12.6 billion payroll; - Issuing reports on State finances; - Managing the State's assets and issuing debt; - Reviewing State contracts and payments before they are issued; - Conducting audits of State agencies and public benefit corporations; - Overseeing the fiscal affairs of local governments, including New York City; - Overseeing the Justice Court Fund and the Oil Spill Fund Acting as custodian of more than $ 9 billion in abandoned property and restoring unclaimed funds to their rightful owners;

An outside review of New York's $ 178 billion pension fund for public workers shows it has been managed responsibly for the past three years but needs more staff and higher pay to continue the quality performance and cut costs for outside advisers.

Lord Falconer's review comes after increasing concern about the act, following an official report into the killing of Naomi Bryant, which found her killer, Anthony Price, had been released from jail by officers more concerned with his rights than the public's safety.

«What is the point of commissioning a review that will take more than two years to report and which will not hear views from the public in an open, transparent manner?»

ENDS Notes to Editors UK Alcohol duty context For a short video summary of the issues around alcohol pricing, please visit: https://vimeo.com/191959217 Following heavy lobbying from the alcohol industry, the last four Budgets have seen real terms cuts in alcohol duty Alcohol is 60 % more affordable than it was in 1980 — the alcohol duty escalator, introduced in 2008, which ensured that duty rose above inflation, helped mitigate this trend, but this progress has reversed since the duty escalator was scrapped in 2013 In real terms, spirits duty has halved, and wine duty fallen by a quarter since 1978 - 9 The Government estimates suggest that the duty cuts since 2013 will cost the Exchequer # 2.9 billion over four years The University of Sheffield estimated that an additional 6,500 people would be hospitalised each year as a result of the alcohol duty cuts in 2015 The report The report was peer reviewed by academic experts the fields of economics, public health and public policy prior to publication.

A health review of fracking promised more than a year ago has never materialized, and the commissioner assigned to the job, who faced increasingly intense questions from reporters (including this one) each time he made a rare public appearance, abruptly left in May.

The Department has received more than 60,000 public comments, and continues to review them.

And there are issues he is clearly not on our side — on nuclear disarmament for example (he wants in principle to preserve a nuclear deterrent though is happy for Trident to go into the defence review)-- and many more where there simply isn't clear enough evidence, like where exactly he stands on public investment versus spending cuts.

«We do plan on reviewing more public authority contracts,» she said, noting the office has already called for review of the proposed contract for Cuomo's planned major expansion to the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center.

Continue reading «Mark Littlewood: The Government is rightly getting the public finances under control - but the Spending Review could have been far more radical»»

Lately, the governor and his aides have portrayed Schwartz's role as more limited, saying that he will essentially just review contracts and documents that are already public, including any deals that result from a recent state allocation of $ 485 million to the Buffalo Billion's SolarCity factory project.

Voices raised concerns that have endured more than three years of public review, including public hearings hosted by Saranac Lake's Village Board of Trustees and Planning Board.

After the Spending Review, the Daily Politics mood box got the word on the street asking the public whether George Osborne, or the man who wants his job, Ed Balls, are more trusted with the UK economy.

The city will release more detailed plans for 26 Broadway at the beginning of December, Speiller said, and then the proposal will undergo public review.

Mr. de Blasio, along with prominent administration and elected officials like Public Advocate Letitia James and Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, took turns rejecting the entire premise of Comptroller Scott Stringer's analysis, which tarred the mayor's Department of Education for not submitting for review more than 70 percent of the city's contracts with pre-K providers.

HR 2576 updates the 40 - year - old Toxic Substances Control Act by removing barriers to repeat chemical testing, mandating new safety reviews, and making information more available to the public.

That is the underlying question that Mayor Mike Spano and members of the City Council are considering as they review a budget for fiscal year 2019, which starts July 1 and cuts more than 400 positions from both the Yonkers Public Schools and city government.

Elected officials and residents alike said Sunday they wanted the university to include more public programs for neighborhood youth and promise to submit any future projects at Baker Field to a public review process.

If a charitable, tax - exempt nonprofit — which are designated as 501 (c) 3 organizations — gives more than $ 2,500 to a covered 501 (c) 4, the charity will have to disclose all of its donors during that six - month filing period to the state Attorney General's Office, which will review the donors» identities for privacy issues before disclosing them to the public.

The current academic funding system, which allocates public money to researchers based on the submission and peer review of countless research proposals, has served science well — but some people believe that the time has come to find more efficient ways to distribute the money.

The new guidance also calls on agencies to address concerns voiced in public comments concerning climate change, which will likely «prompt many agencies to adopt more detailed, agency - specific guidance that is tailored to the types of projects that they frequently review.»

Extreme weather contributed to cost problem Electricity rates have increased 18 percent because of Kemper, and the result of the prudency review before the Public Service Commission could force the utility to absorb more of the costs (ClimateWire, April 30).

Since 2009, more than 20 federal agencies have submitted drafts to OSTP for review and release for public comment.

Moreover, the entire article is gainsaid by a massive meta - analysis study by Northwestern University psychologist Michael Bailey and his colleagues published in the September issue of the peer - reviewed journal Psychological Science in the Public Interest, showing that «there is considerably more evidence supporting nonsocial causes of sexual orientation than social causes.»

The more stimulating and fun the writing samples for the lay public, the better they are reviewed.

The committee reviews the Association's public policy activities, alerts AAAS to S&T policy issues that its members see coming over the horizon, oversees the annual AAAS Forum on Science and Technology Policy as well as the annual AAAS reports on federally supported R&D, and sponsors other activities such as symposia and workshops at the AAAS Annual Meeting to help scientists and engineers communicate more effectively with policymakers.

Last year, Devereaux and his colleagues at McMaster, the University of Toronto, and the University at Buffalo published pioneering systematic reviews and meta - analyses of studies comparing the mortality rates of private for - profit hospitals and those of private not - for - profit hospitals (more commonly, although somewhat inaccurately, referred to as «public hospitals» in Canada).