Sentences with phrase «public accountability for»

The state oil company has long been used by the government to borrow huge sums in a highly opaque manner and with little public accountability for the use of the money.19

«Durham is not going to stand for a loss of public accountability for our schools.»

Public Accountability for Charter Schools: Standards and Policy Recommendations for Effective Oversight - Annenberg Institute for School Reform, September 2014

A 2014 report by the Annenberg Institute for School Reform, Public Accountability for Charter Schools: Standards and Policy Recommendations for Effective Oversight, pulls together both examples and data, finding that poor oversight limits academic...

The Chalkbeat article could have easily been titled «districts facilitate opt - out,» or from my perspective «districts prevent public accountability for student outcomes.»

Public accountability for school performance is necessary, and reporting it so anyone can understand it is the minimum standard.

This report is a way to provide public accountability for what we are doing, to document the lessons learned, and to highlight and share some of the issues and concerns that we, in partnership with the schools, seek to address in coming months and years.

They demand public accountability for education systems across the nation, and many, many public - school systems and educators in the United States simply reject the concept out of hand.

Even so, such a strategy should guarantee that there is public accountability for outcomes, for staff certification, and for eligibility for services.

Glenn endorses public accountability for the content of instruction (academic standards, in other words), but would want, whenever possible, to allow individual schools or organizations to determine their own instructional strategies.

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).

A press release from the group says the students and faculty «object to the governor's proposals to cut CUNY's budget, reduce financial aid, eliminate public accountability for tuition rates, and his attempt to furlough faculty during exam period.»

They object to the governor's proposals to cut CUNY's budget, reduce financial aid, eliminate public accountability for tuition rates, and his attempt to furlough faculty during exam period.

Providers of communication and information services should accept public accountability for the quality of their performance.

A free press is basic to the health of democratic culture in the civil sphere because it offers one line of public accountability for those in public office.

He has been outspoken about the state of venture capital on his widely read blog, «Above the Crowd,» where he advocated for rigorous vetting among start - up investors, and supported public accountability for technology companies.

Not exact matches

Yet the gamblers were allowed to play on for weeks, according to reports by the casino's parent company, Bloomberry Resorts Corp., and the Philippine Senate Committee on Accountability of Public Officers and Investigations.

But for now, I'll point you to the CEO Action for Diversity and Inclusion, an organization comprised of some of the world's biggest companies who have made a public commitment to work together on issues of diversity and accountability in all its challenging nuance.

It features native encryption and secure erase, thereby ensuring compliance with regulations such as HIPAA, the health information law, and Sarbanes - Oxley, the accountability law for public companies.

Lastly, the team examined the connection between character and swearing on a larger, cultural level by comparing the 2012 Integrity Analyses of 48 U.S. states from the Center for Public Integrity, which measured the level of transparency and accountability of local governments, to how frequently residents of that state swore in their Facebook posts.

Reward employees who take accountability for their actions — good or bad — through public recognition and praise.

«I think there's always a need for accountability in the public market and I think that's why originally this push came to the commission as opposed to some legislation,» says David Salmon, senior vice president with Laurel Hill Advisory Group in Vancouver.

Investors for Opioid Accountability (IOA) comprises 30 treasurers, asset managers, faith - based, public and labor funds with over $ 1.3 trillion in assets.

Ms. Gray is also Minister Responsible for Democratic Renewal, a role that coincides with her position as chairperson of the Select Special Ethics and Accountability Committee, which is reviewing the Election Act, the Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act, the Conflicts of Interest Act, and the Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Act.

VICTORIA — B.C.'s New Democrats are calling for new and stronger actions from the B.C. Liberals to ensure long - term sustainability and environmental quality, greater public accountability, and best practices in the natural gas industry as the practice of hydraulic fracturing...

In «Government Intervention in Venture Capital in Canada: Toward Greater Transparency and Accountability,» author Richard Rémillard argues that improving the quality of venture capital policy will provide a win - win outcome for the wider public, government and the venture capital industry itself.

• Calls for a transparent, public process of accountability through apologizing and restitution?

So if the general population is at fault for having no choice but to elect yet another fraudulent and unrepresentative politician to some public office, then at least the prerequisites for running are faulty, the process absent of any oversight, the office free of any accountability, and the whole government essentially run by people who do not respect the law, to put it nicely.

If that were to happen, there would less accountability for public figures, the news would be very carefully stage - managed, and we would all be impoverished.

The Christian «vision» that frames this principle disposes practical thinkers to adopt a «realist» stance in public life, resisting both naïve illusions about the possibilities for human goodness and cynical dismissals of moral accountability.

«EU minimum requirements for EPR will increase accountability for all private and public stakeholders.

As publicly - funded agencies with significant enforcement powers conferred by legislation, we are concerned that this last - minute cancellation of a public event demonstrates disregard for public accountability and openness to scrutiny.

«With massive foodborne illness outbreaks grabbing headlines around the world and a growing public mandate for accountability, the conditions are right to establish a global standard for food safety manager certification,» Lynch added.

To help create that Culture of Accountability for everyone, you might also consider posting the family rules in a public area in your home, like the refrigerator door.

Additional accountability requirements: Rule 6.12.6 NMAC (2006) requires each school district and charter school to develop and implement a policy that addresses student and employee wellness through a coordinated school health approach and must submit the policy to the Public Education Department for Approval.

Of interest today, these compromises included questions of assessment and accountability, an ongoing challenge for all Waldorf educators and a particular question for those in the sphere of public education.

POTTERThat's, again, why we really — we're working towards licensure in Virginia and achieve licensure for certified professional midwives in Virginia because it creates a mechanism of accountability that not only upholds public safety and allows an overview of competency and a community standard, but it also creates a much better mechanism for review of practices of midwives or any health care providers.

This proposal has been sharply criticized by some USDA poultry inspectors, who claim in affidavits that it will put the public at greater risk for foodborne illnesses, and USDA's own methodology in defending the new procedures has been questioned by the Government Accountability Office.

«Making public data available for re-use is about increasing accountability and transparency and letting people create new, innovative ways of using it,» Sir Tim Berners - Lee, the man widely credited with inventing the internet and a key figure in the development on the site, said.

The Socio - Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has hinted on the readiness of the World Bank to release more information on the spending of recovered loot by late General Sani Abacha as «it has referred portion of appeal by its Archives Unit for processing for public access.

Building on this public desire for transparency and accountability, I am keen to take crime maps on to the next level as soon as possible.

Those who favour a renewed commitment to public support for the media will therefore have to rethink the role of public policy, of public service media organizations, and reconsider how governments can support those private sector media companies that provide public goods like the kinds of accessible accountability journalism and diverse public debate that democracies benefit from.

The NY Post says an «excellent place» for the commission to start would be the package of reforms contained in the Public Officers Accountability Act — proposed by the Assembly GOP.

If, say, questions about austerity or the regulation of banks are in the public eye, different ideologies will try to win the debate by appealing to the virtues of private enterprise, or to the need for public transparency and accountability, or to the greater redistribution of wealth.

We expect many of the concepts associated with NPM such as active management, public accountability through performance measures, and a strong focus on cost, will remain important for some time to come.

It is time for the state to drop the costly gimmicks of «accountability» testing and charter schools and do what works: fully - funded, integrated public schools.

Cuomo continues to push for accountability and choice in public education — even if, in the face of union opposition, he doesn't get all that he wants.

The UFT is hitting the airwaves today with a 60 - second radio spot that slams for - profit charter school management companies as «more interested in making money and ducking accountability than fighting for our kids» and spending «millions on false attacks against teachers and public schools.»

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, Election Law Committee Chair Michael Cusick and Assemblyman Brian Kavanagh today announced the Assembly's approval of legislation to close the Limited Liability Corporation (LLC) loophole in the state's campaign finance laws in order to bring greater transparency and accountability to elections for public office in New York State.

«We're for accountability in charter schools just as in traditional public schools and assume that most candidates who aren't bought and paid for by the for - profit charter school operators will agree with us,» said WFP spokesman Dan Levitan.