Sentences with phrase «public agencies doing»

She also has been an organizational consultant since the 1960's, working with a wide range of voluntary and public agencies doing organizational and staff development.

Procurement rules ensure both a level playing field and that public agencies don't use arbitrary contract rules to favor some bidders over others.

New York City is a sanctuary city, meaning that the NYPD and other public agencies do not inquire about a person's legal status during normal interactions, and do not honor federal requests that it detain nonviolent offenders.

Not exact matches

First, public companies have an «agency problem,» the inherent conflict of interest between executives wanting to create wealth for themselves and doing what's best for shareholders.

No - one at the Treasury was immediately able to break down the 3 billion pounds committed by Hammond, but obvious calls on the public purse include investment in new customs points and officers, increased staffing to handle migration issues, and new regulatory agencies to do the work currently done at EU level.

A recent Abacus Data poll, done on behalf of Public Response — an agency that works with labour — indicates that a majority of Canadians, 61 %, believe unions do a good job of protecting their members» jobs.

Collection agencies don't have the best reputations with the general public.

Whitmarsh declined an interview, but did say his correspondence with the government began after reading in the media that officials said the Public Service Agency could do the review because they said they weren't involved in the firings.

And you don't have to be a regulator to recognize that an independent and objective economic analysis should be performed during the public comment process, especially when the regulatory agency making the decision is not a subject matter expert.

Most of these deals go through a privatized economic development agency called JobsOhio, which doesn't require as much transparency as a public agency about what taxpayers are getting for their money.

The ordinance seeks to establish regulation and a permitting process that would enable the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency or Department of Public Works to take action against scooters from companies that don't have an official permit from the city.

Also, I will make sure that this does go public and will also go to the appropriate agencies.»

Shoving people into positions of power at Federal agencies that were created to protect the public interest based on little more than Trump's gut instinct that his picks will show him the requisite personal loyalty that he demands is undermining the Federal government's ability to do its job.

The TSA's account still achieves the same goals that other government accounts do (informing the public); but by giving us a glimpse into just how much the TSA actually catches, their Instagram also helps demonstrate why they are a beneficial agency.

At what point do we conclude that this relentless public mauling at the hands of government MPs and their private sector proxies is intended not merely to expose the CBC to proper scrutiny as a public agency, but to intimidate it in its function as a news organization?

Public Services Minister Judy Foote, who is responsible for Shared Services Canada, said she didn't see a need for the agency to be exempt from the IT arrangement.

It's agony to do business with public bodies and their bureaucracies and agencies, but it's the agony that keeps many other software companies from coming into the market.

By buying government (or agency) debt, and paying banks to hoard the reserves it creates by doing so, the Fed shunts a bigger share of the public's savings into the Fed's coffers, and from there to government or its agents.

Together with this, it's also worth keeping in mind the fact that these agencies don't have a good reputation with the public, considering the fact that the NSA has been accused of not respecting the right to private life of people from all around the United States.

Don, for principled (or egotistical) reasons, has occasionally done mischief to everyone's finances — above all, as Bert notes, when his fit of pique at a Jaguar exec blew up the agency's public offering, «cost [ing Joan] a million dollars» in Season Six.

It's about the determination of Republicans to cut funding for Planned Parenthood, National Public Radio and the Environmental Protection Agency - efforts that have absolutely nothing to do with the deficit.

No people in need should have to go to or through a church agency to obtain public benefits to which they are entitled if they do not wish to do so — particularly if those public benefits are» shaped to conform to the sponsoring churches» religious beliefs that are not shared by the recipients.

Furthermore, when appropriations for education are made directly from the public treasury, they should be granted to politically independent agencies so that government financial support does not become a means for political domination of education.

First, accepting public money to perform a government - desired service does not make a private agency part of the government.

Whether they do it consciously or not, groups like the Anti-Defamation League seem to argue from the presumption that any public money passing through religious agency hands is somehow rendered «baptized» and therefore unable to serve the common good.

In its first statement of principles, the AAUP declared that schools run by churches or by businesses as agencies for propagandizing a particular philosophy were free to do so, but that they should not pretend to be public institutions.

The sin of the church, according to Annie Dillard, is the absence of expectancy in its life and witness, the failure to take adequate account of what the living God is contemporaneously doing in the world to bring his reign to visibility in, with, and under the affairs of the earth; the practical denial of the trustworthiness of the Father, the efficacy of the Son, and the agency of the Holy Spirit in personal and public life.

The Public Health Advocacy Institute («PHAI») has urged the USDA to put a provision in the agency's proposed wellness policy rules that would prohibit companies from using brand names, logos, characters, etc. on school product packaging if those same marketing elements are also used on products which don't meet the Smart Snacks nutritional requirements.

This work was not done under the auspices of the Public Health Agency of Canada or the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics and the views expressed do not necessarily represent those of these agencies.

For a checklist on what schools, government agencies, and the Healthy Schools and Youth Commission need to do to comply with the reporting requirements, check out the Healthy Schools Act: Reporting and Public Disclosure Requirements.

The best (though not ideal) solution lies in public involvement in governmental decision - making (it is also our duty — we are, after all, a sovereign people), both via direct action (such as what Bettina does) as well as via indirect advocates (i.e. lobbyists), combined with intelligent decision - making by the government agencies which takes into account and reflects the diverse nature of our society.

«Ads for ARA and DHA - laced formula, found on public billboards and even in the offices of some WIC state agencies, are very effective at doing their job,» says Lawrence.

These are all individuals who are being assassinated for suspected or actual disloyalty or insubordination of some form, and a public identifiable, high profile hit tells others who might consider disloyalty or insubordination that even if it seems like they are in the clear, that they can be made to suffer a horrible death at any time as a consequence of their disloyalty or insubordination and that the agency of the sovereign government to whom they owe loyalty won't hesitate to do it.

Federal agencies are less likely to receive blasts of comments on rules and regulations, and I've seen agency officials step back and reconsider an action when they're deluged with citizen messages (though of course, we've all also seen agencies ignore vast amounts of public input and do exactly the opposite what's asked).

In simple terms, the corporation will work with other entities — a state agency or a public university, for example — to ensure their construction projects don't fall behind or balloon in cost.

While the New York attorney general's office does sometimes investigate public corruption, it often focuses on acting as the attorney for state government agencies in civil matters.

«We urge our law enforcement agencies to ensure that those jubilating over the outcome of the legal battle do so within the ambit of law without jeopardizing public peace».

The state asked the federal Environmental Protection Agency to regulate the amount of colorless contaminant 1,4 - dioxane found in public water systems and the state would set its own limit if the feds fail to do so, in a letter that will be sent to the EPA, Cuomo announced.

«Because the fare does not nearly cover the cost of delivering the service, if you leave it flat you're just asking the public to give you the money elsewhere,» said Vitiello, who believes that, even if the agency does find a new revenue stream, it would likely still need the anticipated fare increase.

He added that as well as doing straight public affairs, the new agency would also be doing media relations, corporate campaigns and work for NGOs.

«We are all from Westminster so we can do the public affairs quite easily, but that's not necessarily our prime focus,» Stephenson told PAN shortly after the agency was set up.

The case challenges whether unions can collect what are known as agency fees from public workers who do not choose to join the labor organization.

Local Law 28 requires City department and agency «advertising and other materials pertaining to public events to include information regarding accessibility for people with disabilities» but it does not include elected officials or Community Boards.

DHCR said factors such as unpaid property taxes and labor violations do play a role in the agency's decisions on which projects receive public funds.

The command in a statement said, «Contrary to the report which is an orchestrated attempted to disparage the Command and pitch the public against the police, it is pertinent to state unequivocally that the Police which is a law enforcement agency guided by the rule of law and duty bound to respect, protect and fulfill the rights of citizens did not play any role, under whatever guise, in the murder of the deceased.

But since he also said the agency learned to «pay some close attention to this» after the news broke, and that «our audits often don't reveal [the] kind of information» that was made public by the complaint, this seems unlikely.

But numerous skeptics expressed concerns that the agency did not also penalize then - Assembly Speaker Sheldon SIlver, who had secretly used $ 103,800 of public money to settle with a Lopez accuser.

And even as multiple wells in nearby Hoosick Falls tested positive for elevated and potentially dangerous levels of the same toxic chemical more than a year ago, state health department employees suggested a delay in reporting results and did not initially recommend a wider outreach to the public, according to emails between state, county and federal officials, some of which were obtained through a Freedom of Information Law request to the federal Environmental Protection Agency.

Since then, public employees who don't want to support their union's entire agenda can request to simply pay «agency fees.»

Ryan McMahon, chairman of the Onondaga County Legislature, asked the Industrial Development Agency to look into the procedure and says the IDA will do an environmental review of the property with potential public hearings.