Sentences with phrase «of essential government services»

In light of this lease agreement precedent, I have grave concerns that traditional owners may be coerced into consenting to a 99 year lease agreements under an amended ALRA by the promise of provision of essential government services.

The group, composed of 19 legislators and community members, has urged not only the government merger, but also the combination of some essential government services offered by both the city and the county to save money.

The lack of trust between individuals and communities undermines the provision of essential government services.

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Without support from the U.S. federal government, «Puerto Rico may have to choose between paying its creditors and providing essential services to the island's 3.5 million American citizens,» the Governor of Puerto Rico, Alejandro Garcia Padilla, told lawmakers at a Senate hearing on Thursday.

«This calls for an immediate coordination of government - funded services and available financing for vital services that may not be covered, but are equally essential for local evacuees to get back on their feet.»

The inequity experienced by pregnant women living in rural and remote locations forced to travel long distances to access maternity care, is raised as a failure of government to provide essential services to these communities [31 — 33] placing lives at risk.

«I am excited to see where her dynamic combination of experience and leadership will take our Central Services Department, as it plays such an essential role in the function of Oneida County Government.»

The Federal government has had an unprecedented level of acrimony over the budget, and runs most of the year on interim bills paying only essential services.

Togbe Afede XIV said the centre was aimed at bringing together businesses and government agencies involved in international trade to provide essential trade services and stimulate the economy of the country through conference facilities, trade fairs and exhibitions, trade missions, trade information services, and market research services.

His long - term experience in government operations has provided him with extensive knowledge and expertise in a wide variety of essential support service functions, which will prove beneficial in his new role as Commissioner of OGS.»

'' «notes the threats to the future of the Royal Mail and welcomes the conclusion of the Hooper Report that, as part of a plan to place the Royal Mail on a sustainable path for the future, the current six days a week universal service obligation (USO) must be protected, that the primary duty of a new regulator should be to maintain the USO, and that the Government should address the growing pensions deficit; notes that modernisation in the Royal Mail is essential and that investment must be found for it; endorses the call for a new relationship between management and postal unions; urges engagement with relevant stakeholders to secure the Government's commitment to a thriving and prosperous Royal Mail, secure in public ownership, that is able to compete and lead internationally and that preserves the universal postal service; further notes the Conservatives» failure to invest in Royal Mail when they were in power in contrast with Labour's support for both Royal Mail and the Post Office; and notes that legislation on these issues will be subject to normal parliamentary procedures.»

Our goal throughout the budget process was to reduce County property taxes, reduce spending to downsize the size and scope of this government, protect essential services and retain the County's AAA bond rating.

Tenney told WRVO that she was saying the idea of a total government shutdown was dramatic because essential services like the military did not close during the event.

The nurses withdrew their services last week over government's failure to provide them with basic logistics and essential medicines which they said worsened the conditions of some of the mental...

Lawmakers then would be left with a choice of accepting his budget as part of emergency appropriations or shutting down all but essential government services.

The nurses withdrew their services last week over government's failure to provide them with basic logistics and essential medicines which they said worsened the conditions of some of the mental patients.

In addition, these forecasts can help government agencies to know when their shelter areas or locations essential to the continuation of public services are threatened.

Multiple experts from health professions expressed concerns that a lack of genomics training is hampering roll - out of genomic medicine; the report raises concerns about the current plans to reduce funding to the Health Education England (HEE) Genomics Education Programme, and instead underlines the imperative for the Government to increase support to HEE, as an essential element for the National Genomic Medicine Service.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights posits education as a fundamental human right essential for the exercise of all other rights, and today, education is no longer seen (at least by major humanitarian organizations and most governments) as a secondary consideration in stabilizing populations after disaster, but a basic emergency service.

A move towards localization of essential production, consumption, and trade, and of health, education, and other services, is eminently possible if communities are sensitively assisted by civil society organizations and the government.

On average, the federal government contributes about 10 percent to the total amount spent on public education, but these dollars account for a larger portion of many high - poverty districts» budgets.11 For example, Los Angeles Unified School District and Chicago Public Schools — both high - poverty districts — receive about 15 percent of their budgets from the Education Department.12 These dollars serve essential purposes, such as supplementing services for low - income students, defraying the cost of individualized education programs for students with disabilities, and compensating for a loss of property tax due to federally owned land.

The proper role of government is to ensure the provision of essential services, not always to provide those services itself.

Yet for all the rhetoric about high - quality careers education being essential, it is unlikely the government will support the development of CEG in schools or local careers services run by professionals.

«It is increasingly understood that access to broadband is the critical success factor across our society, and we must do more to connect all of our communities,» said ICMA Executive Director Robert J. O'Neill, Jr. «Libraries play an essential role in helping local governments meet their greatest challenges by connecting their services to critical community priorities.»

BHA receives no government funding and relies solely on fundraising efforts and individual donations making it possible to deliver our essential services for the benefit of animals and for the people who love animals.

About Blog The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is the United States government's principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services, especially for those who are least able to help theServices (HHS) is the United States government's principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services, especially for those who are least able to help theservices, especially for those who are least able to help themselves.

As, however, the extent of Government cuts becomes apparent, the same activists are worried that their involvement is being used as a fig leaf for gutting essential services.

Given the cuts to Government spending that are kicking in everywhere, is it time to ask what role green groups should play in a shrinking state?Transition Movement Gets Political I started pondering this question having read a heart - felt and passionate account by Sarah Nicholl and Marietta Birkholtz over at Transition Culture of how climate change and peak oil activists are fighting swinging cuts to schools, libraries and other essential public services.

«A network shutdown of this scale violates international law — it not only suppresses public debate, but also deprives Cameroonians of access to essential services and basic resources,» said Mr. Kaye, urging the government to restore internet facilities immediately.

The case involved legislation passed by Saskatchewan provincial government concerning essential services, but which effectively removed any right to strike from large portions of the public service without any meaningful mechanism to challenge the government's decisions concerning which services were essential.

Doing so could potentially affect relations between governments and public servants, either as regards the adoption of special laws like the one recently enacted to force government lawyers and notaries back to work, or special laws that relate to the provision of essential services.

As for the Saskatchewan government, it looks like it is back to the drawing board to create a more appropriate piece of legislation to maintain essential services during work stoppages.

On November 28, 2016, the government tabled legislation to repeal parts of Conservative Bill C - 4 (Economic Action Plan, No. 2, Division 17), dealing with essential services, collective bargaining, and processes for grievances and dispute resolution in the federal public sector.

In the PSESA, the public employer has the unilateral authority to dictate whether and how essential services will be maintained, including the authority to determine the classifications of employees who have to continue to work during the work stoppage, the number and names of employees within each classification, and, for public employers other than the Government of Saskatchewan, the essential services that are to be maintained.

In 2008, a newly - elected Saskatchewan government passed two pieces of labour legislation, one of which was the Public Service Essential Services Act (PSESA).

In May 2008, the Government of Saskatchewan enacted the Public Service Essential Services Act («PSESA»).

They generally have little power or resources compared to the governments or organizations that administer these services and run the risk of being denied essential benefits if they make a complaint against those who control these systems and services.

Under the leadership of Attorney General Ellen F. Rosenblum, the Oregon Department of Justice serves state government and supports safe and healthy communities throughout Oregon by providing essential justice services.

Labour Pains Supreme Court of Canada says Governments Can not Prohibit Strikes by Providers of Essential Services

The Saskatchewan government has tabled amendments to Part VII of the province's Employment Act in light of the Supreme Court of Canada's January 30, 2015 decision, which struck down as unconstitutional an essential services law that prevents some public sector employees from striking... [more]

In your post you assert that the government of Alberta's essential services consultation is a process aimed at providing a right to strike for public sector employees «while also ensuring that the health, safety and well - being of Albertans is protected in the event of a public sector work stoppage.»

In the 1970s, a handful of visionary tribal leaders used gaming as a means to generate revenue for essential tribal government programmes and services.

These days, we are dealing not only with independent actors aggressively targeting government, military, and commercial networks, but also nation - state directed attacks designed to either procure intelligence or disrupt critical state functions, such as the provision of essential services.

WA Premier Colin Barnett, whose government plans to close up to 150 of WA's 274 remote Indigenous communities following a federal government announcement it would remove funding from essential services, said he believed the PM was committed to Indigenous issues even though the choice of words was «unfortunate».

The government first raised the issue as a financial and federation one, after the Federal Government shifted responsibility to the States to fund essential services to the communities but it has also warned increasingly of social outcomes and abuse and neglect of young children that are «a disgrace to this stagovernment first raised the issue as a financial and federation one, after the Federal Government shifted responsibility to the States to fund essential services to the communities but it has also warned increasingly of social outcomes and abuse and neglect of young children that are «a disgrace to this staGovernment shifted responsibility to the States to fund essential services to the communities but it has also warned increasingly of social outcomes and abuse and neglect of young children that are «a disgrace to this state».

«Federal Governments have long understood and recognised the uniqueness of these remote communities, which is why they have continued to fund essential services for more than 50 years.»

Many of these essential services are provided by the government to Australians living in urban and rural centres.

Negotiations between the Australian Government and Tangentyere Council for leases on the Alice Springs town camps to allow for the federal government to provide housing and essential services were not resolved by the deadline of 21Government and Tangentyere Council for leases on the Alice Springs town camps to allow for the federal government to provide housing and essential services were not resolved by the deadline of 21government to provide housing and essential services were not resolved by the deadline of 21 May 2009.

Under the memorandum of understanding between the Australian and Northern Territory Governments of September 2007, which I described earlier, the Northern Territory Government was also required to assume full responsibility for municipal and essential service delivery to homelands from 1 July 2008.