Sentences with phrase «official public role»

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The official said the EPA chief has alienated colleagues by jockeying for the role of attorney general, a position currently held by Jeff Sessions, who has come under frequent public criticism from Trump.

Khan, 39, joined Snap in early 2015, in part to help chart the company's path to an initial public offering, though his official role has been to build up revenue, expand the business, and run ad sales.

Since his last re-election, Clarke has openly supported Republican causes on local and national right - wing media outlets; proudly trumpets on official Milwaukee County letterhead his 2013 award from the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association, whose leader suggested using women and children as human shields during Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy's standoff with federal agents; accused Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele of having «penis envy» and being on heroin when crafting the county budget and needing to be drug tested; blasted Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm and Chief Judge Jeffrey Kremers for being «soft on crime»; provided minimal protection for President Obama during his 2012 visit; employs former Scott Walker spokeswoman Fran McLaughlin, who was given criminal immunity over her role in Walker's mixing of campaign and county business; and created pro-gun public service announcements.

Richard John Neuhaus» essay («Forget the Bilderbergers,» Public Square, February) on United Nations officials» interest in promoting transnational sovereignty and Non «Governmental Organizations» role in support of their effort was, as is everything he chooses to comment on, instructive.

I can not but voice my concern at the increasing marginalisation of religion, particularly of Christianity... relegating it] to the purely private sphere... [such] that Christians in public roles should be required at times to act against their conscience... and the official teaching of the Church.

All of us fret and kick against the steel bands of institutionalism; the teacher against the grading system, the social worker against the artificiality created by the very fact of his being a professional representative of the state commissioned to deal with human needs, the worker something of whose very life is «bought» against the employer, and the sensitive employer who buys that portion of that life against the system, the public official against the role which political necessity assigns to him.

But what of situations where a dual - race system arose not de jure but de facto, i.e., in response to housing patterns in which public officials and public policy had little or no direct role?

While my efforts to persuade the Board of Selectmen, the town manager, and the Rec Department director to allocate permits in a more equitable fashion, and to use their power to make sure that the programs using town - owned facilities met minimum standards for inclusiveness and safety, fell on deaf ears (we ended up being forced to use for our home games a dusty field the high school had essentially abandoned), I returned to a discussion of the «power of the venue permit» 10 years later in my 2006 book, Home Team Advantage: The Critical Role of Mothers in Youth Sports, where I suggested that one of the best ways for youth sports parents to improve the safety of privately - run sports programs in their communities was to lobby their elected officials to utilize that power to «reform youth sports by exercising public oversight over the use of taxpayer - funded fields, diamonds, tracks, pools, and courts, [and] deny permits to programs that fail to abide by a [youth sports] charter» covering such topics as background checks, and codes of conduct for coaches, players, and parents.

«As a public official spending taxpayer money, (Murdock has) learned a tremendous amount of information through his role as a public official, and now he's seeking to utilize that information to operate, to submit a bid, and I think he owes a huge explanation to the people of Wilmette,» said Beth Beucher, a Harbor Association member.

Duffy added that he's not on the hook for a lifetime ban from interacting with public officials when it comes to his new role at the RBA.

He then went on to study Politics and History at Swansea University after which he returned to the Valuation Agency and then full time as a trades union official for the Public and Commercial Services Union, a role he held until until 2004.

A well - known crisis communications expert, Heller has been working in recent months to shape Ivanka's public image as she assumes a controversial official White House role.

Because the power to act on the goals and strategies that are developed through One Region Forward rests so much at the local municipal and county level, these public officials must play a leading role in the initiative.

De Blasio, who formerly served as a City Councilman and a federal housing official, stressed his role as a public school parent and his background volunteering on the local school board.

Madeline Provenzano was a strong women, a paragon of public service and a role model for other elected officials, and her spirit and conviction will be sorely missed.

Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's office also said the hefty suggestion stemmed from «the many egregious aspects of the defendant's crimes — including Silver's role as a high - level public official, his engagement in multiple corrupt schemes, the millions of dollars in bribe money Silver took in, and his laundering of his crime proceeds.»

Citizens for Local Power co-founder Jennifer Metzger, who is also a Rosendale Town Board member, contends that state Thruway Authority officials are seeking the lead agency role despite public statements to the contrary.

City health commissioner Mary Bassett, as well as public health officials around the country, believe social determinants play an outsized role in public health.

In the first official attempt to define what constitutes the frontline in policing, the HMIC study says that 68 % of police officers and civilian staff are involved either in everyday «visible» contact with the public or in specialist roles intervening directly to keep people safe and enforce the law.

Additionally, we have been careful to build in protections, which guarantee that each borough's public officials play an important role in the siting of these units, and by working diligently with my colleagues, the comptroller, and the Administration we have achieved that.

The role of public officials must be to encourage responsible development across the board.

The WFP played a key role in helping the Democrats take the state Senate majority in 2008 and reached its apex in 2009 when it helped elect a handful of so - called «progressive» City Council members and its first citywide official, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio.

As Mayor Bill de Blasio and leaders of the embattled New York City Housing Authority continue to respond to fallout from revelations that NYCHA had failed for years to comply with federal and local laws around lead paint inspections, some elected officials are renewing calls for the state take a more active role in the city's massive public housing system.

In 2007, then Prime Minister Gordon Brown stated, during a House of Commons debate on constitutional reform, that he believed that the House of Commons should have more authority over the selection of «public officials whose role it is to protect the public's rights and interests, and for whom there is not currently independent scrutiny.

«If we could raise the ecological literacy of the public and our officials to see beyond the surface value of these animals to their ecological or even utilitarian role,» Stokes says, «that would be really valuable.»

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.

Unlike bitcoins, which are created by the public, the Mazacoin Tribal Trust privately mined most mazacoins before the official launch of the currency, essentially giving the role of central bank to the trust.

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Within these departments, officials regard the unions as key «stakeholders» who have legitimate, ongoing roles to play in shaping public decisions.

The key bulwarks against this kind of mission creep are, first, a definitive, public statement from the President - elect on the administration's position on Uncle Sam's role in schools; and, second, absent that, education officials» deep familiarity with today's policy issues and ability to apply conservative principles to them.

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.

Despite telling Connecticut state officials that he'd be giving up his role at Hartford's Capital Prep Magnet School, Perry's plan appears to be that he will take over private control of Hartford's public Capital Prep Magnet School

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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.

Considering Nancy Wyman was one of the few public officials who truly understood, appreciated and supported the fundamental role that public higher education plays in Connecticut, there were high hopes that as Governor Dannel Malloy's Lt. Governor, Nancy Wyman would help usher in a new era of state support for public universities and colleges.

Today, 85 percent work in roles in public education or in low - income communities, including as school leaders, elected officials, advocates and union leaders.

PIJAC opposes this bill because while animal shelters have an important role to play in the human - animal bond, they are not disinterested actors — which public officials should be.

Promote better understanding among elected officials of the unique and important role of veterinarians in delivering animal healthcare and protecting public health

Many animal humane groups and public officials are outraged at the idea of resuming domestic slaughter, including New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez, who points to the iconic animal's role as a loyal companion in the West.

The Queens Museum has survey of another innovator in «Mierle Laderman Ukeles: Maintenance Art,» * a survey of an artist who has, since the 1960s, combined feminism, environmentalism and labor activism in private and public art projects, some done in her role as the New York City Department of Sanitation's official (though unsalaried) artist in residence.

To absorb how more interdisciplinary communication can help improve outcomes when the worst happens, read this paper in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization and note the need for advance interaction between veterinarians and health officials: «Early response to the emergence of influenza A (H7N9) virus in humans in China: the central role of prompt information sharing and public communication.»

Many will argue, to the contrary, that certain flags go up when a public official who plays a critical role in developing policy on the future of petroleum extraction embraces an ideologically loaded position such as global warming denial.

In 2004 the secretariat was warned by the SBI on its role as an impartial actor (after the Executive Director attended an international energy conference to endorse renewable energy) when it formally «took note of the concern expressed that officials of the secretariat should take care in their public statements to reflect the views of parties held by consensus, and not to appear to support only one side or another on contentious issues.»

Science can not function if skeptics are harassed, ostracized, denied employment, and threatened by public officials, based on their supposed role in an insidious conspiracy.

«The role of our public affairs office, like other organizations, is to ensure that the media get accurate, timely and thorough information and that other officials are aware of what's being said so there are no surprises.»

Such information has contributed to unrealistic expectations by the public, media, state officials and Congress that wind energy will play a significant role in reducing the need to rely on coal, natural gas, oil, nuclear energy and hydropower.

Finally, and this is a big issue that I'll only touch on here — I'm not sure to what extent the proper role of the social sciences is to do research that is user - needs - driven by public officials and designed to help «decisionmakers» solve problems.

As a public policy advocate Milton Friedman has exemplified the role of the man of ideas vis - a-vis elected officials, which has been primarily to influence those who elect them, rather than taking on the impossible task of trying to convince them to sacrifice their own political interests and do the right thing.

The above developments arising from Bill 68, particularly the new role of Integrity Commissioners in respect of the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act, are notable for all elected public officials as a sign of forthcoming changes in the regulation of conflicts of interest.

[1] Even when subject to public election, a judge plays a role different from that of a legislator or executive branch official.