Sentences with phrase «proper public oversight»
Both I and the professionals in my office believe the proposal will prevent adequate planning of the state's lands, meddle with the planning hierarchy and limit proper public oversight on planning regulations.»
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In August 2007, 22 members of the House of Representatives asked George Bush to back away from the SPP because of their concerns that it may undermine U.S. sovereignty and their strong objections about important discussions continuing «out of public view and without congressional oversight or approval» or the «proper transparency and accountability.»
The Liberal government has preferred to make a politically motivated decision to press ahead with this $ 9 to $ 10 billion project without proper oversight and without good evidence that the power is needed or that the project is in the public interest.
NAYS believes, and recreation professionals agree, it is the responsibility of the public entity to have proper control and oversight of all youth sports programs in their community.
A raid is a raid, and public money should not be bandied about behind closed doors without proper public scrutiny and oversight,» said Environmental Advocates Executive Director Peter Iwanowicz in a statement released immediately after the vote.
«The comptroller's office is to me the independent voice to look out for taxpayers» interests and the issues we raised about oversight, proper checks and balances, transparency, it all speaks to the accountability agenda which I know the public expects the comptroller's office to be a forefront of.»
«A raid is a raid, and public money should not be bandied about behind closed doors without proper public scrutiny and oversight,» said Peter Iwanowicz, executive director of Environmental Advocates of New York.
While charter school advocates say the practice often reflects no more than smart budgeting, some educators and others question whether the schools receive the proper oversight to ensure that religious groups are not benefiting from taxpayer dollars intended for public school students — or that faith - based instruction is not entering those classrooms.
The board's issue: charter schools are perpetuating de facto segregation of students, diverting public education funds to for - profit entities, and are operating without proper oversight.
Edward Snowden's recent disclosures have revealed a need to rethink the way that the current legal structure governing the clandestine activities of intelligence agencies provides for proper oversight by Congress and the public at large.
TfL's spokesman has clearly become accustomed to being grilled by journalists on this topic, and points to comments made by UK information commissioner, Elizabeth Denham, last month who, when asked about the trial at a local government oversight meeting, described it as «a really good example of a public body coming forward with a plan, a new initiative, consulting us deeply and doing a proper privacy impact assessment».