Sentences with phrase «official government role»

These members are unpaid, political party posts, and have no official government role.

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Government officials consider Tesla a role model for these Chinese brands, and they've cheered the company from the sidelines.

In a press release government officials reaffirmed the country's role in meeting commitments under the Paris Agreement and said France wants to be the first to issue a sovereign green bond in 2017.

These include holding open Cabinet meetings at least once a month, which will be broadcasted on the Internet; giving Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) a greater role by reforming the Legislative committee system and allowing government MLAs to vote freely (as opposed to voting according to the Party's preferences); restricting the tenure of a premier to two (four - year) terms; holding a Citizen's Assembly on electoral reform to examine alternative models for electing MLAs; instituting a system by which citizens can recall elected officials; and instituting elections for all government boards and commissions.

In these roles he works closely with NEA's portfolio companies, providing tactical and strategic advice and connecting them to companies, thought leaders, regulators, government officials and policy influencers to help drive growth and optimize outcomes.

I do think there's a role for government officials to be thinking about jobs as they related to artificial intelligence.

Tariq Aziz, one of the best - known faces of the Iraqi government for more than two decades, was sentenced to death Tuesday by the Iraqi High Tribunal for his role in eliminating religious parties during Saddam Hussein's regime, court officials told CNN.

Religious minorities in Pakistan — Christians, Hindus, Sikhs, Ahmadis — worry this will give officials an easy way to persecute non-Muslims and exclude them from roles in the Pakistani government.

Arguably, state officials with a legislative role who are not members of the state legislature aren't covered, but this does not reflect common practice and this hole is often filled by a state constitutional provision or a state law or a local government charter.

(This in fact rises to a difference of 12 years if we include the Wilson and Heath governments, where no official Deputy Prime Ministers were named, leaving it to the deputy leader of the party or leader of the House of Commons to claim the role - perhaps, indeed, this difference following a lack of official recognition itself further supports our «finding»!)

Child Victims Act Since 2006 Safe Horizon has taken an increased leadership role in advocating for passage of the Child Victims Act by organizing an energetic, statewide coalition of survivors and advocates, leading press conferences with key government officials, advocating directly with lawmakers in Albany, and more.

Since 2006 Safe Horizon has taken an increased leadership role in advocating for passage of the Child Victims Act by organizing an energetic, statewide coalition of survivors and advocates, leading press conferences with key government officials, advocating directly with lawmakers in Albany, and more.

A number of Conservative officials and advisers have been seconded from their important government roles to the Back Zac team.

It seems to work OK but, as far as I know, instead of degenerating into some sort of free - for - all chaos where nobody ever agrees on anything, it just increases the role of the government even more as even if anybody can ask questions or make proposals, it's mostly those that have been prepared by officials that end up being adopted.

Prof Jane Naana Opoku - Agyemang, Education Minister, said the government recognized the important role the West Africa Regional Training Centre, which embodies the shared bond between the two countries, was doing in the training of security officials, judges, prosecutors and drug enforcement agencies.

As The Washington Post recently reported, «the Trump administration is reducing the role of the federal government in fighting discrimination and protecting minorities by cutting budgets, dissolving programs and appointing officials

«My official role as eminence grise of the government means that I am constitutionally barred from saying anything sensational on or off the record.

«Civil society groups have play a key role in holding government and parliaments accountable but without a strong civil society in Nigeria, the problem of high - level official corruption and other cases of violations of human rights would go unaddressed, and perpetrators would continue to enjoy impunity.»

But its first stirrings became apparent in Buffalo last year, when prosecutors subpoenaed state institutions responsible for SolarCity and two other components of the Buffalo Billion program, seeking information about how government - funded projects were awarded and what role state officials played in selecting the winners.

Bronx Community Board No. 8 plays an important role in improving the quality of life for the communities it serves and in advocating with New York City government and elected officials for municipal service delivery, land use and zoning issues, business development, the City budget and other matters relating to the community's health, safety and welfare.

But the judge overseeing the case, ruling on a host of pretrial motions, found this distinction somewhat immaterial, since Percoco, according to the government, «continued to function in a senior advisory and supervisory role with regard to the Governor's Office, and continued to be involved in the hiring of staff and the coordination of the Governor's official events and priorities.»

As someone who works in a company that places official restrictions on political donations due to various regulations, it seems possible to me that similar restrictions may have played a role; however, I'm completely unfamiliar with whether any political donation limits exist in government positions that this individual held.

The businessman began accompanying the politician on official shadow foreign secretary visits, giving him unique access to world leaders and prompting speculation that Ashcroft was being considered for a ministerial role in the Foreign Office in a future Tory government.

«This is taxpayers» money to help the official opposition fulfil its role in our democracy, holding the government to account.

All three men enjoyed high profiles during their tenures in the office, due in part to their visible roles as prosecutors of the powerful, whether government officials, Wall Street firms, or even the President.

Six Italian researchers and one government official have each been sentenced to six years in prison for their role in communicating — or failing to communicate — seismic risks in L'Aquila, Italy.

Federal agencies, nonprofit organizations, state government officials and commercial interests all play a role in the decision - making process.

Federal law forbids senior government officials from owning, trading, or purchasing properties that pose a direct conflict of interest with their official roles, explained Craig Holman, government affairs lobbyist for Public Citizen.

While most observant viewers will already have formed opinions as to the worthiness of the U.S. invasion of Iraq and the complicit role that the media plays in sidestepping confrontation with government officials in favor of pleasing target demographics, these aren't the overriding themes of the film.

Gary Oldman is taking on the role as on of England's most iconic government officials in his upcoming movie.

Two former Martin co-stars sign up for supporting roles: the long - suffering Chief Inspector Dreyfus is now played by John Cleese (Kevin Kline having gone AWOL) and Lily Tomlin appears as Mrs. Berenger, a government official tasked with making the racist and sexist Clouseau P.C. Jeremy Irons even shows up to play straight man as a suspect in the thefts.

While Minters and officials settle into their new post-election roles, the sector is trying to make sense of the policy trajectory of an unconstrained Tory majority government.

The program aims to train graduates for senior leadership roles in school systems, government agencies, nonprofit organizations, and the private sector, school officials said.

One obvious answer is Common Core and the deep distrust many conservative Republicans — especially in the House — have of the federal government's role in dictating to states and local officials what students should be learning.

President Ronald Reagan famously said, «The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help,» and his consistent portrayal of the U.S. government as an impediment to solving problems affected politics and the view many Americans hold of the role of public officials.

While a formal civics course is not offered until high school, kindergarten students learn to «identify personal traits, such as courage, honesty, and responsibility» and third - graders learn to «explain how local government officials are chosen, e.g., election, appointment,» according to the Idaho State Department of Education's social studies standards.22 By the time students reach 12th grade, they are more prepared to learn civics - related topics, such as the electoral process and role of political parties; the methods of public participation; and the rights and responsibilities of citizenship, than students with no prior exposure to a civics curriculum.

Not only did they come to understand the important role citizens need to play in selecting government officials, those who were eligible, actually took advantage of early voting to make their voices heard.

Providing financial services to depository institutions, the U.S. government, and foreign official institutions, including playing a major role in operating the nation's payments system

Almost no one will accept responsibility for his or her role in precipitating a crisis: not leveraged speculators, not willfully blind leaders of financial institutions, and certainly not regulators, government officials, ratings agencies or politicians.

There should be something written that explains if animal control is managed by an elected body of officials or an agency of the government, and defines the roles and responsibilities of animal control if the services are provided by a nonprofit or for - profit organization or individual.

Finally, a speaker for the Swiss coalition for social and climate Justice denied the role that the had been given to the WWF by the Swiss government as the only official representative of civil society in the official delegation in Copenhagen.

Although «defence of the realm» and «law and order» have always been at the top of official priorities — for better or worse — the government's role as protector has expanded in two respects.

The scientists were convicted in October 2012, and handed 6 - year jail sentences, for their role in a meeting of an official government advisory panel.

At about the same time, Williams also played a key role in getting citizens unprecedented access to previously closed - door meetings where military, state and federal government officials decided how to destroy chemical weapons.

«As the country's new parliamentarians and government officials take up their roles, they should make it a priority to change the way business is done.»

Legislators, government officials, industry and other stakeholders, including Greenpeace Edmonton's Mike Hudema (center), discussing the role of renewable energy in combating climate change at the Wind and Solar Reception in Edmonton, November 3, 2015.

It leapt from the pages of a scientific journal to the posters and slides of the transnational summits, to official government pamphlets selling the Kyoto Protocol, to a starring role on the big screen in an Oscar winning movie [An Inconvenient Truth], to the classrooms of every schoolhouse in the western world.»

Here's the Times: «In what officials say is the largest settlement ever in a government investigation of a mine disaster, Alpha Natural Resources agreed to pay $ 209 million in restitution and civil and criminal penalties for the role of its subsidiary, Massey Energy, in a 2010 mine explosion that killed 29 men in West Virginia.»

In 2014 he travelled to Uganda to meet with Supreme Court Judges and officials in national government on behalf of ROLE UK to develop training on child protection and international adoption.

Chrystia Freeland, Canada's minister of Foreign Affairs, told the House of Commons that she was aware of the role government officials played in Diab's extradition and that it was important that Canada look into the matter.