Sentences with phrase «of budget oversight»

Prior to practicing law, Matthew worked in government affairs for the Tennessee Valley Authority, the nation's largest public utility, serving as a liaison to Congress and the executive branch regarding matters of budget oversight, energy regulation and Senate confirmation of presidential nominees to the authority's board of directors.

«For too long, administration after administration has presented the budget to the Council in a manner that makes it difficult for us to do our Charter - mandated duty of budget oversight and review,» Johnson said, decrying the «frequent usage of vague and over-inclusive units of appropriation» that make city spending hard to track, and the lack of measurable connections between budgeting and results.

Now, the chairs of the budget oversight committees of both the Senate and Assembly are now led by women.

With this selection, the chairs of the budget oversight committees of both the Senate and Assembly are now headed by women.

Not exact matches

April 30 - A state of Michigan board voted on Monday to end active oversight of Detroit's finances after the city managed to balance its budgets since exiting bankruptcy in 2014..

April 30 (Reuters)- A state of Michigan board voted on Monday to end active oversight of Detroit's finances after the city managed to balance its budgets since exiting bankruptcy in 2014.

Given the fact that the B.C. Liberals went over budget by more than $ 3 billion on their last five major projects, it would be no surprise if B.C. taxpayers start losing sleep thinking about a bunch of «nervous» B.C. Liberals mismanaging Site C without BCUC oversight.

The island's government accepted federal oversight of its budget and finances as part of the process.

The Auditor General, in her Observations on the financial statements, stated that «having accrual - based budgeting results in improved financial oversight as the plans and related results are on the same basis of accounting and therefore result in better transparency and accounting.

According to the Washington Post, a bill has been introduced that would double the budget for the USDA's oversight of the organic industry to...

Whether small or large districts, these professionals give it there all through effective oversight of all aspects of foodservice operations, including budgeting, staffing, training, marketing and community outreach, school nutrition directors ensure the overall success of school meal programs.

The budget resolution language is non-binding, but it reflects the push and pull by the Legislature and the Cuomo administration when it comes to oversight of the state's economic development programs and finances.

Its practical application, and that of the Coalition's Localism Bill, can be seen to have shifted responsibility for delivering services and managing budgets onto the local and community level, while effectively withholding power through enforcing cuts and strengthening government oversight, as with Gove's current dominion over education provision.

The NYC Council's Committee on Finance voted to increase the Council's operating budget to $ 81.3 million, an increase of nearly 27 percent from the current budget, following through on Speaker Corey Johnson's promise to increase internal resources and produce a stronger role for the legislative body in areas such as land use and oversight.

At 12:30 p.m., Reclaim New York Initiative hosts a rally and press conference with residents and lawmakers to urge the removal of $ 1 billion in taxes and fees included in the governor's budget, and urge savings and oversight for economic development spending, Million Dollar Staircase, 3rd Floor, state Capitol, Albany.

The state budget includes no significant new controls or oversight on how the Cuomo administration spends money on economic development projects, and that troubles many lawmakers after federal prosecutors accused eight men of bid - rigging schemes in earlier development projects.

There's a difference of opinion on what the budget measure intended to placate Sen. Simcha Felder regarding the oversight of yeshivas actually will do.

What's gained by putting them under another nonprofit run outside of the formal budget process — and free of independent oversight?

Kane was recently named managing director of financial oversight, focusing on PSEG rather than LIPA's finance and budget.

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;

The Business Council of New York State, Inc. the State's leading business advocacy organization, opposes the Executive Budget proposal to create the position of chief procurement officer, to be appointed by the governor and given principal oversight authority over all state procurements.

To reduce administrative costs, control reserve levels, and improve management practices, the Citizens Budget Commission recommends that the Office of the NYC Comptroller increase its oversight of union - administered benefit funds through the following actions:

The Executive Budget recommends an increase of 70 in Department of Insurance staffing, including new examiner trainees and new staff to support enhanced oversight of the health care insurance industry.

Consider for example the European Banking Authority (EBA), set up in 2010 to bolster European oversight over the banking sector: forty percent of its expenses are paid for through the EU budget.

The provision was in the governor's budget proposal, and he has argued that he needs more oversight of out - of - control giant building projects that often take years to complete.

Though Mayor Michael Bloomberg had warned of great chaos if the law was not renewed, his allies on the Board of Education kept his policies in place and the law was eventually renewed, with tweaks like giving the Independent Budget Office more oversight over spending.

Escalating the tension on Tuesday, DiNapoli issued a report that was critical of the pension proposal that was baked into the budget and questioned Cuomo's desire for more control over how money is moved between agencies, warning it could lead to an erosion of oversight.

The Citizens» Budget Review Commission shall be established to assist and advise the Erie County Legislature in the oversight of the County's budget and to monitor county finances, ensure the long - term fiscal stability of Erie County, prevent the concealment of county deficits, and to help provide the Legislature with enough time and information to respond to budgetary proBudget Review Commission shall be established to assist and advise the Erie County Legislature in the oversight of the County's budget and to monitor county finances, ensure the long - term fiscal stability of Erie County, prevent the concealment of county deficits, and to help provide the Legislature with enough time and information to respond to budgetary probudget and to monitor county finances, ensure the long - term fiscal stability of Erie County, prevent the concealment of county deficits, and to help provide the Legislature with enough time and information to respond to budgetary problems.

Recently, he has called for armed guards in city schools and held up the state budget while pushing to end state oversight of teaching materials at Orthodox schools.

He sees the major roles of the county legislature as both setting policy and providing oversight, including the county's budget.

Such measures include: broad expansions of executive authority to redirect or reduce funding after the enactment of the Budget and the shifting of billions of dollars in spending outside the Budget; the appropriation of significant amounts with little detail as to specific purposes or recipients; and reduction of the independent oversight of public resources.»

As the others campaign to take his job, the remainder of Mangano's term will feature preparing the 2018 budget under the eye of the county's fiscal oversight board, which has projected that Nassau will end 2017 with a deficit of more than $ 50 million.

At the same time, Nolan said state budget language could force the department to provide greater oversight of parent involvement programs.

Construction Takeover Cuomo: The governor's budget proposes the creation of «The New York State Design and Construction Corp.» that would be given oversight of public construction projects worth over $ 50 million.

Thursday's City Council schedule will include a meeting of the Committee on Governmental Operations for its preliminary budget oversight hearing; a meeting of the Committee on Veterans to consider a resolution «calling upon the New York State Legislature to pass and the Governor to sign S. 752, the Veterans» Education Through SUNY Credits Act»; and a meeting of the Committee on Education to consider multiple resolutions, including one «calling upon the New York State Legislature to reject any attempt to raise the cap on the number of charter schools,» one «calling upon the Department of Education to amend its Parent's Bill of Rights and Responsibilities to include information about opting out of high - stakes testing and distribute this document at the beginning of every school year, to every family, in every grade,» and one «calling upon the New York State Legislature to eliminate the Governor's receivership proposal in the executive budget for New York City.»

The State Comptroller's Office advised the city last Friday that a 2014 budget deficit could lead to the return of a financial control board, which would assume oversight of the city's spending.

But advocates for indigent legal defense are dissatisfied with what Cuomo proposed in his $ 152 budget plan, which includes oversight of spending through the Division of Budget, part of the governor's administrbudget plan, which includes oversight of spending through the Division of Budget, part of the governor's administrBudget, part of the governor's administration.

Cuomo introduced an ethics package in his $ 142 billion budget that calls for stricter anti-bribery and corruption penalties as well as increased oversight at the state Board of Elections.

It was a simple oversight that this transfer was not included in the Executive Budget with the rest of the language creating the Gaming Commission, and this amendment corrects it.

Ossai, however, said that the additional N10 billion inserted in the budget would strengthen oversight functions by members of the National Assembly.

At 11:30 a.m., the Assembly holds a public hearing on oversight of the state fiscal year 2017 - 2018 state budget for New York State Homes and Community Renewal, 250 Broadway, Room 1923, Manhattan.

An analysis of the 2017 - 18 state budget proposal from Gov. Andrew Cuomo raises concerns over apparent efforts to reduce independent oversight of the state's finances, a report from Comptroller Tom DiNapoli released on Friday found.

Cuomo has named former New York City budget director Adam Barsky as chairman of the NIFA, but the state oversight board will soon be down another member.

And the budget proposes limits on the independent oversight of the comptroller's office when it comes to the issues such as debt.

Also at 11 a.m., one week after Cuomo's State of the State and budget address, Common Cause / NY, Citizens Union, and NYPIRG will assess his proposals for ethics, elections, and oversight, LCA Hallway, 3rd Floor, state Capitol, Albany.

Through a constitutional convention, we can demand transparency to backroom dealings in Albany by mandating public oversight of budgetary decisions and requiring narrow, set purposes for all money funneled into the budget.

With oversight left in the hands of the likes of public - employee union devotees like Fertel, and board membership held by a City Manager with a constant «thumb» in the making of the municipal budget, and another board seat perpetually occupied by a Councilwoman charged with voting on these very same budgets year - in and year - out, what other result might be expected?

The bill, originally sponsored by councilman Eric Ulrich — a Republican from Queens — and a majority of the city council, will create an independent department with an increased budget, subject to oversight from the council during the budget negotiation process.

As a quid pro quo to the Power Authority taking care of George's friends and family club members, George, his oversight committee, looked the other way and abrogated his responsibility to not only the taxpayers of his district but to all Western New Yorkers by letting the Cuomo / Silver progressive establishment cartel, in two successive budget bills in 2011 and 2012, sweep $ 600,000,000 from the bank account of the Power Authority to the General Fund of the State of New York — monies that should have been used for the economic benefit of Western New Yorkers.

These portions of the budget are decided behind closed doors by a select group of politicians, with no oversight, public input or guarantee that New Yorkers, not state legislators, derive benefit from the distribution of this money.