Sentences with phrase «paid public official»

Whereas in Sweden a Lutheran pastor is a highly paid public official, in the U.S. a pastor has to please a local membership in order to get and hold secure employment.

Such arrangements are sometimes referred to as «pay - to - play» schemes, in which private entities receive favorable treatment, such as lucrative government contracts, only if they first pay the public officials who make the decisions.

Brooks, Andy Coulson and the rest of the Elveden five were in court to face charges over paying public officials for information.

The way Director David Kidera resolves questions involving the cases could set precedents for what public bodies ultimately come under the agency's jurisdiction and how much the groups that are clearly under regulation can pay public officials or quasi-governmental employees using public funds.

Not exact matches

The RCMP alleges SNC - Lavalin paid nearly $ 47.7 million to public officials in Libya between 2001 and 2011 to influence government decisions.

On the basis of the above facts, GEI acknowledged in its settlement agreement that the consulting agreements, even those pursuant to which no amounts were actually paid, violated the anti-bribery provision of the CFPOA, as they constituted agreements to provide, directly or indirectly, a benefit to a foreign public official so as to induce the official to use his position to influence decisions of a foreign state for which he performs duties and functions.

That's not sound monetary policy - it's a picnic for insiders, bought and paid for through the abuse of public funds by government officials too unprincipled even to recognize the abuse.

Kuwaiti oil sector employees sit in a shaded area on the first day of an official strike called by the Oil and Petrochemical Industries Workers Union over public sector pay Continue Reading

Government officials say the new head of the top U.S. public health agency has asked for a cut to his record - setting pay.

Sometimes they would even threaten the lives of the public officials in order to get a pay raise.

When saying Merry Christmas has become a bad thing, when we can no longer have the peoples vote counted and respected by judges and elected officials, when health care for aids and other associated dieses is covered, when kids in school have to be subjected to demonstrations of gay bedroom life when the mayor of NY will no longer without reason and against the law rent churches public buildings, when teen pregnancies up 45 percent will be paid for by us the people of the US with all the cost completely covered.

The $ 25 million price tag for the fountain's restoration, almost 10 times the cost of the last round of major restorations in 1994 and 1995, would be paid for by a mixture of public and private funds, Park District officials said.

The self - awarded pay raises of government officials only compounded the public's resentment toward Mugabe's administration.

The two men who oversaw prosecution of the pay - to - play pension fund scandal that resulted in former comptroller Alan Hevesi's jail sentence today both said the penalty should serve as a warning against other public officials seeking favors and gifts while in office.

A survey for the High Pay Centre showed huge public support for action against executive pay, with two - thirds of people demanding worker representation on remuneration committees, a move the government refused to enforce last week despite official recommendatioPay Centre showed huge public support for action against executive pay, with two - thirds of people demanding worker representation on remuneration committees, a move the government refused to enforce last week despite official recommendatiopay, with two - thirds of people demanding worker representation on remuneration committees, a move the government refused to enforce last week despite official recommendations.

New York City officials, even those who praised Cuomo's executive order on NYCHA, were stunned by one clause: The city must pay for public housing repairs — and it won't be cheap.

Governor Cuomo also proposed to outlaw «pay to play» to limit the impact of special interests, strip pensions for public officials convicted of a felony for abusing the public trust, and improve government performance and transparency through technology.

In June 2009, Sir Michael Scholar, head of the UK Statistics Authority, wrote to Harman to warn her that different headline figures used by the ONS and Government Equalities Office with regards to pay differentiation between men and women might undermine public trust in official statistics.

«Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck may not be ready to tone it down, but the corporate advertising departments that pay their salaries are keenly attuned to public opinion,» the WFP officials said.

So the state often pays for damages of public officials.»

«When we have public officials who are entrusted by the public with their trust, it's absolutely outrageous that when they commit crimes and get convicted of them, that the same members of the public have to pay for them,» he said.

Governor Cuomo also proposed to outlaw «pay to play» to limit the impact of special interests, strip pensions for public officials convicted of a felony for abusing the public trust; and improving government performance and transparency through technology.

«The people of our state have been paying for the pensions of corrupt public officials for too long,» Norris said.

Public officials who are convicted of public corruption should not have taxpayers pay for their retirPublic officials who are convicted of public corruption should not have taxpayers pay for their retirpublic corruption should not have taxpayers pay for their retirement.

«No taxpayer funds should be used to pay for any public official's sexual harassment or misconduct — period,» Cuomo said.

In a minute - and - half video, Goldberg touts the WFP as the «progressive party» that has helped elect officials who in turn have fought to pass measures such as paid sick leave, living wages and support for public transit.

Elected officials should serve the public because they feel it is a civic duty, not because of the rate of pay.

Comptroller officials said the salary bumps were based solely on the median pay for similarly sized public pension boards and that the raises would be paid out of pension - board investment returns.

Cuomo has held few public appearances since his office was served with a bombshell subpoena by Bharara on April 29 seeking information on whether Percoco used his official position and ties to Cuomo to gain favors for two companies that had paid him as a «consultant» in 2014 while he was also being paid to run the governor's re-election campaign.

New York's Public Officers Law bans former government officials from appearing before the state agencies where they worked for two years in a paid capacity, and also says state employees can not ever practice, appear before or ever even «communicate» with those agencies on matters over which they were «directly concerned» during their state employment, or which were under their «active consideration.»

«This is one of the ways that Albany is corrupt, by continuing to pay pensions to officials who violate the public trust.»

Among some of the proposals, the law would require prosecutors only to prove someone paying a bribe «intended» to influence a public official as opposed to having to prove both parties formed a corrupt agreement.

,» but, «New York pays pensions to crooked public officials?

The balance was already paid to Nassau by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which monitored and OK'd all of VIP Splash's debris removal, said Brian Schneider, a county public works official.

The budget also includes $ 100 million for school resource officers, but school and law enforcement officials say that is not enough to pay for one officer at each of the state's public schools.

A bill gaining momentum in Albany would deny state pensions to any more public officials convicted of corruption under a practice that now pays out nearly $ 800,000 a year to politicians convicted of crimes.

Public officials in New York would be prohibited from spending political campaign funds on personal expenses like clothing and country club dues under the two - way ethics reform deal, but paying for criminal defense attorneys and meals with political cash would still be allowed.

They will be joined by HMRC officials on 11 February to answer questions from the Public Accounts Committee about the agreement, which will see the company pay # 130m in back taxes.

«Taking into account the fact that nine out of every 10 bribes paid into public officials in Nigeria are paid in cash and the size of the payment made, it is estimated that the total amount of bribes paid to public officials in Nigeria in the 12 months prior to the survey was around N400 billion, the equivalent of $ 4.6 billion in purchasing power parity (PPP).

Officials from Appleton and nearby cities said Thursday that being able to raise a local sales tax to pay for public transportation would prevent them from regularly going hat in hand to the federal government.

It is extremely rare for a public official to issue a warning of this kind to a politician of Mr Grayling's standing close to a general election — although Sir Michael issued a similar warning last June to the Equalities minister Harriet Harman, about exaggerating the pay gap between men and women.

Avery Schneider reports on the County Legislature's public hearing on proposed pay raises for County officials.

Meanwhile, official statistics show that in the first three months of this year, public sector pay rose by 1.4 per cent - whereas private sector pay did not rise at all.

There would also be a «pay - to - play» bill that forbids elected officials from accepting campaign contributions from anyone bidding on a public project — and prohibits the winner from donating to campaigns for six months after securing a contract.

Parliamentarians, government officials and a section of the public gathered at the forecourt to pay their last respects to the former legislator.ghanapoliticsonline..

New York officials have refused to make public the details of their agreement to pay a $ 35 million fee to the owner of an Oswego County nuclear plant in the event state regulators block the plant's sale.

The Joint Commission on Public Ethics told the TU that «As a general matter, a reportable business relationship is one in which a lobbyist or client pays compensation to a state official who provides goods or services in return.

The practice of using taxpayer dollars to settle sexual harassment claims lodged against public officials was upheld in 2008 after a taxpayer filed suit in State Supreme Court to challenge a $ 500,000 settlement paid to woman who accused Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's then - counsel, Michael Boxley, of rape.

Regulations at the Joint Commission on Public Ethics allow state officials like the governor to appear in public service announcements that are not paid for by the state or appear 90 days before an elePublic Ethics allow state officials like the governor to appear in public service announcements that are not paid for by the state or appear 90 days before an elepublic service announcements that are not paid for by the state or appear 90 days before an election.

Democrats in the Senate and Assembly support a system where small donations are multiplied with public funds, but Republicans have attacked this idea, citing some officials who abused the system and an ideological aversion to using taxpayer funds to pay for elections.