Sentences with phrase «prevent public corruption»

«Preventing public corruption is essential to ensuring that government works and can effectively keep the public's trust,» Cuomo said Tuesday.

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«The vulnerabilities in Nassau County government exposed by our review remain substantially unaddressed, the Board of Ethics is conflicted and lacks a quorum, and the taxpayers are ill - served every day that our elected leaders fail to enact the reforms to prevent the corruption that continues to compromise public confidence in our government.»

I will argue that the primary purpose of economic governance in a republican economy should be to promote the independence of economic actors as a means of preventing the abuse of economic power and the corruption of public life.

In the United Kingdom, thanks to the powerful influence of the Committee on Standards in Public Life, we tend to see public ethics primarily in positive terms: as standards to be upheld not as criminal corruption to be prevPublic Life, we tend to see public ethics primarily in positive terms: as standards to be upheld not as criminal corruption to be prevpublic ethics primarily in positive terms: as standards to be upheld not as criminal corruption to be prevented.

After a year in which Dean Skelos and Sheldon Silver, respective legislative leaders of both the State Senate and State Assembly, were convicted for defrauding the public for personal gain, politicians in Albany have once again refused to act on preventing corruption and enacting needed ethics reform and running a more open government.

Dick Dadey, Executive Director of Citizens Union, said: «Public leaders» meetings on ethics reform are so necessary to ensure that big effective solutions are considered, negotiated, and agreed to, as New Yorkers wait to see how our state's political leaders propose preventing the growing problem of corruption.»

The State Assembly has passed legislation that would strip taxpayer - funded pensions from public officers convicted of corruption, as well as a resolution aimed at preventing conflicts of interest with regard to legislators» outside income.

According to him, if such information was true, «that can only be a gargantuan cover up on a matter which is fraudulent and we believe that this action of the BNI can only be sowing the seed of corruption in our country and also allowing and preventing sunshine on matters that are of public interest.»

In response to the recent corruption cases against public officials which continue to rock state and local offices, and perhaps in an effort to distance himself from the corruption which ensnared a member of his own small network of close colleagues, Senator David Carlucci (D - Rockland / Ossining) joined Executive Assistant District Attorney Itamar Yegeri to announce a comprehensive plan which aims to prevent campaign finance improprieties through new regulations on campaign spending and donations.

Reiterating his belief that there is an abundance of resources on the continent to finance the development of Africa, President Akufo - Addo stated that the resources can be put to good use by eliminating corruption in public life; having more intelligent arrangements for those who want to exploit the resources on the continent; and preventing the flight of capital out of the Continent.

Lawmakers snubbed all of his proposals except the most obvious one: a proposed constitutional amendment that would prevent public officials convicted of corruption from collecting state pensions.

At 10 a.m., Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky, along with local elected officials and advocates, will announce his comprehensive plan to prevent and punish public corruption — a package of laws called «Restoring New Yorkers» Trust» — Kennedy Plaza, 1 West Chester St., Long Beach.

Four years ago, Cuomo's abrupt dissolution of the Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption became an issue on the campaign trail, though it ultimately did not prevent him from winning a second term.

The former speaker also prevented the disclosure of information about his outside income to the Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption.

The «End New York Corruption Now Act» would also expand the powers of the attorney general's office to prosecute public corruption, create new criminal categories for undisclosed self - dealing and bribery, and change the pension forfeiture rule passed earlier this year to prevent state funds being used even to provide for a convicted official's spouse orCorruption Now Act» would also expand the powers of the attorney general's office to prosecute public corruption, create new criminal categories for undisclosed self - dealing and bribery, and change the pension forfeiture rule passed earlier this year to prevent state funds being used even to provide for a convicted official's spouse orcorruption, create new criminal categories for undisclosed self - dealing and bribery, and change the pension forfeiture rule passed earlier this year to prevent state funds being used even to provide for a convicted official's spouse or children.

«Public leaders» meetings on ethics reform are so necessary to ensure that big effective solutions are considered, negotiated, and agreed to, as New Yorkers wait to see how our state's political leaders propose preventing the growing problem of corruption,» said Dick Dadey, executive director of Citizens Union.

Government watchdogs have since urged Gov. Cuomo and the Legislature to ban lawmakers from receiving outside income to prevent conflicts of interest and public corruption.

Romano said state lawmakers should pass a bill preventing those convicted on public corruption charges from regaining office.

They simply think that science has utterly failed to produce the correct answer on everything from basic thermodynamics to analysis of temperature station data, that scientists chase research grant money by producing answers useful for the expansion of government power, that every single mechanism intended to prevent corruption and fraud has failed and of course that scientists are individually and collectively involved in a conscious effort to lie to the public.

I try to do my best in all cases that we have and, in the past, I was a member of the Work Meeting with the OECD Evaluation Team, at OECD invitation, regarding Portugal's evaluation process within the context of the OECD Convention against the corruption of Foreigner Public Agents, but I believe Portugal has enough legislation to prevent economic crime.

But a State's interest in preserving public confidence in the integrity of its judiciary extends beyond its interest in preventing the appearance of corruption in legislative and executive elections.

Currently at its second edition, the conference will focus on Techniques for preventing, detecting & investigating fraud and corruption, bringing together key note speakers with extensive knowledge and practical expertise from INCIR, the FBI, the global law firm Baker & McKenzie LLP, KPMG Forensic, the Romanian Ministry of Development and Public Administration, public officers, judges and prosecutors as well as local law Public Administration, public officers, judges and prosecutors as well as local law public officers, judges and prosecutors as well as local law firms.

With the topic Effective Management of the Antifraud and Anticorruption Systems, the professional event aims at increasing the knowledge and contributing to the proper implementation of the adequate measures in order to efficiently and effectively prevent corruption and fraud in both public and private sectors.

In the second case, if certain specific offences are committed (in particular money laundering, corruption in the private or public sectors, criminal organisation, etc), charges can be brought against the company irrespective of the criminal liability of any individual, provided the corporation failed to take all reasonable organisational measures that were required in order to prevent such an offence.

Specifically, the authority would oversee the bidding and management process for public contracts «to prevent favoritism, collusion and corruption in the allocation and management of public contracts in the construction industry.»