Sentences with phrase «overseen by an independent body»

A report by the Little Hoover Commission recommended that charter schools should be authorized and overseen by an independent body, particularly due to the incredible growth charter schools have seen over the past few years, as well as the inconsistency in the authorizing and renewal process charters go through at the local level.

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Subsequently a new independent body the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) was created by Parliament to oversee and regulate MPs» business costs anindependent body the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) was created by Parliament to oversee and regulate MPs» business costs anIndependent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) was created by Parliament to oversee and regulate MPs» business costs and expenses.

Mr Danczuk coughed up before being forced to by the Compliance Officer of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority — the body that oversees MPs expenses.

The startling evidence, first unearthed by Channel 4 News and confirmed in a condemnatory report released last week by the Electoral Commission — the independent body that oversees election law and regulates political finance in the UK — suggests that the Conservative party gained an advantage by breaching election spending laws during the 2015 election.

The new sweep of reviews will be conducted by the overseeing bodies — either a government department or research council — plus an independent member.

The independent bodies currently overseeing Turkey's parks, protection areas, wetlands, and woodlands would be replaced by boards with members appointed by the Ministry of Environment and Urban Planning — itself led by a former general contractor and head of the mass housing authority.

It does this by establishing high - quality standards to quantify and verify greenhouse gas emissions reduction projects, oversee independent third - party verification bodies, issue carbon credits generated from such projects, and track the credits over time in a transparent, publicly - accessible system.

For example, in 2017, EPA oversaw robust third - party certification of ENERGY STAR products, administered by 23 independent certification bodies and more than 600 labs.