Sentences with phrase «promote open government»

They kept their pledge to promote open government by posting the budget and meeting agendas on the town website.

Based upon the legislative intent to promote open government and public accountability for governmental actions, Freedom of Information Law provides a means of access to the records of government, with certain Exceptions that are enumerated in Public Officers Law § 87 (2).

Austin is home to the all - volunteer organization Open Austin that has been promoting open government, open data, and civic application development since 2009.

An office created by Congress in 2007 to provide policy guidance and mediation services for Freedom of Information Act activities throughout the federal government finally has a director — a lawyer with substantial experience in promoting open government.

Not exact matches

«Hillary believes the government has an important role to play in laying a foundation for broad - based innovation and economic growth — by reducing regulatory barriers to entry, promoting healthy competition, and keeping the internet free and open,» the statement read.

A strengthened and more independent Parliamentary Budget Office would promote greater understanding of complex budget issues; it would force the government to defend its economic and budget forecasts; it would promote a straightforward and more understandable and open budget process; it would promote accountability by commenting on the government's projections and analysis; finally, by being nonpartisan, it would provide research to all political parties.

Hosted by China's Ministry of Commerce and the Shanghai Municipal People's Government, with support from the World Trade Organization and the United Nations, the event aims to promote trade liberalization and economic globalization, and actively open the Chinese market to the world.

A strengthened (more resources), and more independent (report to Parliament) PBO would promote greater understanding of complex budget issues; it would strengthen credibility by encouraging simplification and forcing the government to defend its economic and budget forecasts; it would improve the budget process by promoting a straightforward and more understandable and open process; it would promote accountability by commenting on the government's projections and analysis; finally, by being nonpartisan it would provide analysis and research to all political parties.

If foreign economies refuse to co-operate, it is open to Russia to point out that it lacks the means to pay precisely because foreign banks and the government regulators behind them have been complicit in promoting such tax evasion, financial fraud and capital flight.

Not only has CME influenced specific actions of the Government, the general themes promoted fit into most of the organziations» priority areas — tax competitiveness, opening new markets, promoting skills training and advanced technologies and R&D.

In contrast to upstream, the Chinese government has gradually opened the downstream market, allowing foreign and private capital to participate in order to promote competition and growth.

The truth about marriage, for example — the lifelong union of one man and one woman, open to new life and the foundation of a family — is not something that will go away simply because the government of a nation, or institutions that it funds and promotes, want it to do so.

Capital appealed this denial on October 6, and sought an advisory opinion from Committee on Open Government Executive Director Bob Freeman, an independent state body charged with promoting transparency and offering advisory opinions that carry weight in court.

The Erie county legislature hereby finds, declares, and determines that farming is important to Erie county because it is a major occupation within the county, providing a livelihood and employment for thousands of residents; farming remains the single - largest industry in New York state; farming provides locally produced, fresh commodities; agricultural diversity promotes economic stability; agriculture promotes open space and promotes environmental quality; agricultural land does not increase the demand for services provided by county or local governments.

Reinvent Albany and the, um, civic technology groups we work use the term «civic technology» to describe Information Technology (usually Internet based) that promotes more open and transparent government, makes government digital information more findable and usable by the public, encourages public participation and collaboration -LSB-...]

He has focused on legislation and policy changes to support affordable housing, protect the environment, promote economic and social justice and a more humane society, prevent gun violence, create a fairer and more open political process, and provide for greater accountability in the ways government provides services and spends our tax dollars.

In 2012 the Government precluded all future Free Schools (i.e. those not already open) from teaching pseudoscience as science and required them to teach evolution, as well as requiring them to promote British values.

Congratulations to Governor Cuomo and his staff for his March 11th Executive Order instructing state agencies and authorities controlled by the governor to «Use technology to promote transparency, improve government performance, and enhance citizen engagement» via a new open data initiative and website.

But when you promote sweeping cuts to benefits received by under - 25s as the opening vision of what a Conservative government would do, then you've decided to really go for it.

The goal of the Open Government Partnership is to get governments to make (and carry out) concrete commitments that promote transparency, empower citizens, fight corruption, and harness new technologies to strengthen governance.

To mark what's known as Sunshine Week, to promote a more open government, the activists took their smartphones into several Assembly Committee meetings.

As the Government seems set to further promote business activities within academia and the opening up of universities to industry, I would imagine that many more of these positions will become available in the future.

The Open Innovation Platform is a model that encourages broad input into innovation projects, promoting discussions among representatives of government, industry, academia, and the public.

Waldegrave explained that the Public Services Directive is one of a number of European directives promoting open competition for government procurement in Europe.

A new group of government research funders from around the world announced today that it will try to find common ground on two big issues in its inaugural year: defining research integrity and promoting open access to scientific information.

The focus on Ebacc subjects comes as part of the government's focus on promoting core academic subjects, which it claims will open more doors for young people as they are more respected by universities and employers.

The free and open labor and product markets of the U.S. along with the generally limited intrusion of the government and respect for individual property rights have promoted an innovative society and have attracted the brightest from abroad.

Speaking in London, while also announcing plans to open new grammar schools, May said the 50 per cent cap was an obstacle that was stopping more good faith schools opening and said that the government should «confidently promote» the role that faith schools play in a diverse school system.

«While parents desperately struggle to get their children a place in a local school, the government continues to promote its ideological free schools programme instead of giving local authorities the legal powers to open new schools where they are needed.»

In this role, DOT helps promote successful open data policy implementation across all of government.

In the President's Executive Order on making open and machine - readable the «new default» for government data, he noted that «[o] penness in government strengthens our democracy, promotes the delivery of efficient and effective services to the public, and contributes to economic growth.»

Only recently established in 2011 to take over the functions of the disbanded Securities Commission of New Zealand and Government Actuary, the task of the FMA is «to promote and facilitate the development of fair, efficient, and transparent financial markets» and that it «will use the full range of its enforcement powers, targeting conduct that presents the greatest likelihood of harm to the function of open, transparent and efficient capital markets.»

The city of Sacramento, California also has an open - government initiative, which was launched in 2013 to promote transparency and openness, and to make public data easily accessible by citizens.

Fortunately, the Environmental Data & Governance Initiative, an organization comprised of academics and non-profits promoting open and accessible government, released a report detailing exactly how the Trump Administration is systematically changing climate change information and thus fundamentally altering the narrative of how the U.S. should respond to climate change.

She added that another oddity is that the Puerto Rican government is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to promote El Yunque National Forest, the U.S. Forest Service's only tropical rainforest, as one of the New Seven Wonders of the World — yet at the same time the government now wants to open El Yunque's coasts to hotel - luxury residential projects, golf courses, shopping centers, and a new road.

What should be critically evaluated is not the limited results of the «hackers» but the tendency of government CIOs to promote hackathons as major events or as a validation tool of the wisdom of making government data open.

A new Web site has been launched as a companion to the first Sunshine Week, a March 13 - 19 national event aimed at promoting awareness of the importance of open government and freedom of information laws.

Coptic Solidarity urges the US government to pursue new ways to share American values with Egypt in areas such as educational programs and curricula that promote rational thinking, open - mindedness, and diversity.

With the government's intent to sell justice on the open market, it has never been a more relevant and appropriate time to promote the Magna Carta and increase public awareness; in doing so achieving the important goal of prioritising access to justice, rather than simply facilitating it.

EEA's newest members represent a wide variety of business sectors, including technology, banking, government, healthcare, energy, pharmaceuticals, marketing, and insurance, as well as a number of fast - growing Ethereum startups.Composed of forward - looking enterprises and blockchain innovators, EEA is an industry - supported, non-profit established to build, promote, and broadly support Ethereum - based technology best practices, open standards, and open source reference architectures.

Both open access and open data are key to promoting innovation, government transparency, and scientific progress.

Such a statement could promote an open dialogue about the impact of the proposed measure on our rights, and encourage the Australian Government to explicitly consider our human rights at the earliest stages of law and policy - making.