Sentences with phrase «public agencies monies»

We foresee Lifelong Links as saving local authorities and other public agencies monies given the relatively low set up and delivery costs compared to the potential beneficial outcomes.

Not exact matches

This week's order prevents GDB's depositors, such as municipalities and public agencies, from withdrawing their money, except to fund essential services.

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.

Whether church - related agencies can get all the public money they want with out having to conform to the constitutional requirements that properly go with it should hardly be the crucial litmus test of church - state relations or of the optimal application of the First Amendment's religion clauses.

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.

These numbers may change as free agency continues and public money begins to enter the marketplace, so make sure to visit our blog throughout the offseason for the latest analysis.

Once this is exposed (and it will be because it is so widespread, and the amount of money and power in running the Agencies and Authorites to their own benefit is astounding), Cuomo will be gone from public service and his family totally discredited.

In the 2014 - 2015 budget, the agency was unable to guarantee money to any of the state's counties for public defense.

«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.

Meanwhile, 30 government reform groups wrote a letter to Cuomo asking him to make good on his call for public campaign financing, and for an independent agency to enforce regulations by putting money for those plans in the budget.

The fine print also says the governor will not take money from a state agency officer, an employee who serves at the pleasure of the governor or other members of public authorities or other boards appointed by the governor.

There is always a principle / agency question where public money is being invested in development.

He says the public deserves to know how the MTA is spending its money and that the new rule ensures the agency won't be able to leave the public in the dark.

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.

The government is shedding public money on its regional development agency (RDA) scheme, new research has revealed.

The final measures passed Sunday by the Senate provide for the flow of funds to state agencies, money to be sent to school districts, public college tuition to be cut or raised for students depending on their family incomes, and non-fiscal matters, including the legalization of ride - hailing upstate.

But the majority of lobbyists in the UK's # 2 billion public affairs industry work in - house for large organisations or for agencies, raising value - for - money questions about the estimated # 50,000 initial annual cost of the register.

The Suffolk Legislature's Public Safety Committee effectively killed a bill that would have given it oversight over money seized by county law enforcement agencies after opposition surfaced from Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone and incoming District Attorney Timothy Sini.

At a budget public hearing two weeks ago, concerns were raised that the sharp decline in recyclables would have the dual effect of depriving the agency of revenue and costing it more money to ship garbage to a landfill in Seneca Meadows near Syracuse.

But the capital city's agency is not the only one suspected of misusing public money meant to combat blight and slums.

He's campaigning on the motto «Stop Wasting Our Money,» and proposes capping public - sector salaries at $ 100,000 a year and eliminating various state agencies such as the Thruway Authority, the Division of Human Rights, and the Office of Homeland Security.

The New York State Legislature has passed Industrial Development Agency (IDA) reforms that will increase transparency and accountability for use of public money in private economic development projects.

Comptroller DiNapoli's past proposals created a «campaign finance board» consisting of seven members appointed by a variety of offices and gave that newly formed agency sufficient time to consider and issue regulations and develop the necessary procedures for shepherding and safeguarding the public money under its charge.

Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament, James Klutse Avedzi, has lamented the huge sums of money the state had lost over the years with regards to unearned salaries paid staff of the various Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs).

Among others, lawmakers want to insulate the anti-graft agency from the influence of the Presidency, enhance its financial autonomy, prescribe tougher penalties for stealing public money and create a special court for speedy trial of cases.

The federal agency that oversees public housing and urban renewal says there was simply too much demand from local governments to give them all money to inspect homes and remove lead paint, including Syracuse.

Does it not bother you that only a statement was made concerning monies retrieved from the homes of these judges and that there are no exhibits presented to the public or the media as is characteristic of Nigerian security agencies?

That money is aimed at helping the tourism agency develop a comprehensive public relations and marketing campaign to bring ride - share services to upstate and Western New York.

The water authority has long kept agency information from the public, even though the agency has more than doubled the amount of money budgeted for «public information» since last year.

Lawmakers want a portion of that money to be dedicated to local public transit agencies to help them deal with expected ridership declines to the new services and to help fund programs to expand transportation options for disabled people.

«As a general rule, the federal government can not receive money to pay its bills from any source but Congress,» explained Susan Lowe at the public affairs office for the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA)- Energy.

«The money came at a time when no agency, public or private, even knew about bioinformatics,» Levitt recalls.

The report is part of a series intended to give the public a clearer idea «of how their money is being spent,» says Hart, adding that future reports will examine the policies and practices of other research agencies.

Unlike governmental funding from the National Cancer Institute and other agencies — public support from tax dollars — private money is often used to advance early ideas that are considered a bit riskier to support, Pietenpol says.

Any observer of public contracting can appreciate the difficulty: a government agency involved in the delivery of a public service, except in unusual situations, can not fairly administer a system where it decides whether to let others have some of «its» money.

In June 1997, the California Department of Education awarded $ 10 million in grant money to local education agencies for truancy prevention and public safety programs.

So worried are some school districts and state education agencies that they are waging their own public - relations campaigns to counter misconceptions about how much they receive from lottery proceeds and6where the money goes.

Should the number of complaints filed by two or three enterprising private citizens be the standard for judging how much public money a regulatory agency receives?

For example, the city's capital construction agency contributed $ 314 million to D.C. public schools for facilities in fiscal 2011, money that was not available to charter schools.

To these advocates, the very idea of public oversight of private providers is redundant: market forces will ensure that schools will deliver high quality service because customers — parents just as much as outsourcing public agencies — will otherwise just take their money, and children, elsewhere.

When public money is given to large private agencies with minimal oversight, these businesses often fill their pockets at the public expense.

As Melnick asks, «Should the number of complaints filed by two or three enterprising private citizens be the standard for judging how much public money a regulatory agency receives?»

As White points out: «School choice» means something different to everyone but usually encompasses the idea that a benevolent federal agency «allows» low - income parents to move from one education facility to another (charter schools), with public money (vouchers), «in order to provide their children with what the bureaucrats or philanthropists think will be a better education for them.»

As noted by the journalist of this article, however, this is the biggest concern with this (potentially) big win for education in that «There is broad agreement that students should be tested less, but what agency wants to relinquish the ability to hold teachers, administrators and school districts accountable for the money we [as a public] spend on education?»

North Carolina's superintendent of public schools is asking lawmakers to delay a planned $ 5.1 million cut to the state education agency's operating budget for the 2018 - 19 school year, saying his agency needs the money to be more efficient and effective.

Dr Mary Bousted, joint general secretary of the National Education Union, said she «fundamentally opposes the way in which supply agencies drain public money which should be spent on children's education».

The UK Debt Management Office (DMO) is an Executive Agency of HM Treasury and is responsible for lending money to local authorities and managing public sector funds for the UK Government.

Prohibited acts.A credit services organization, a salesperson, agent, or representative of a credit services organization, or an independent contractor who sells or attempts to sell the services of a credit services organization shall not: (1) Charge a buyer or receive from a buyer money or other valuable consideration before completing performance of all services, other than those described in subdivision (2) of this section, which the credit services organization has agreed to perform for the buyer unless the credit services organization has obtained a surety bond or established and maintained a surety account as provided in section 45 - 805; (2) Charge a buyer or receive from a buyer money or other valuable consideration for obtaining or attempting to obtain an extension of credit that the credit services organization has agreed to obtain for the buyer before the extension of credit is obtained; (3) Charge a buyer or receive from a buyer money or other valuable consideration solely for referral of the buyer to a retail seller who will or may extend credit to the buyer if the credit that is or will be extended to the buyer is substantially the same as that available to the general public; (4) Make or use a false or misleading representation in the offer or sale of the services of a credit services organization, including (a) guaranteeing to erase bad credit or words to that effect unless the representation clearly discloses that this can be done only if the credit history is inaccurate or obsolete and (b) guaranteeing an extension of credit regardless of the person's previous credit problem or credit history unless the representation clearly discloses the eligibility requirements for obtaining an extension of credit; (5) Engage, directly or indirectly, in a fraudulent or deceptive act, practice, or course of business in connection with the offer or sale of the services of a credit services organization; (6) Make or advise a buyer to make a statement with respect to a buyer's credit worthiness, credit standing, or credit capacity that is false or misleading or that should be known by the exercise of reasonable care to be false or misleading to a consumer reporting agency or to a person who has extended credit to a buyer or to whom a buyer is applying for an extension of credit; or (7) Advertise or cause to be advertised, in any manner whatsoever, the services of a credit services organization without filing a registration statement with the Secretary of State under section 45 - 806 unless otherwise provided by the Credit Services Organization Act.

(1) A credit services organization, its salespersons, agents, and representatives, and independent contractors who sell or attempt to sell the services of a credit services organization may not do any of the following: (a) conduct any business regulated by this chapter without first: (i) securing a certificate of registration from the division; and (ii) unless exempted under Section 13 -21-4, posting a bond, letter of credit, or certificate of deposit with the division in the amount of $ 100,000; (b) make a false statement, or fail to state a material fact, in connection with an application for registration with the division; (c) charge or receive any money or other valuable consideration prior to full and complete performance of the services the credit services organization has agreed to perform for the buyer; (d) dispute or challenge, or assist a person in disputing or challenging an entry in a credit report prepared by a consumer reporting agency without a factual basis for believing and obtaining a written statement for each entry from the person stating that that person believes that the entry contains a material error or omission, outdated information, inaccurate information, or unverifiable information; (e) charge or receive any money or other valuable consideration solely for referral of the buyer to a retail seller who will or may extend credit to the buyer, if the credit that is or will be extended to the buyer is upon substantially the same terms as those available to the general public; (f) make, or counsel or advise any buyer to make, any statement that is untrue or misleading and that is known, or that by the exercise of reasonable care should be known, to be untrue or misleading, to a credit reporting agency or to any person who has extended credit to a buyer or to whom a buyer is applying for an extension of credit, with respect to a buyer's creditworthiness, credit standing, or credit capacity; (g) make or use any untrue or misleading representations in the offer or sale of the services of a credit services organization or engage, directly or indirectly, in any act, practice, or course of business that operates or would operate as fraud or deception upon any person in connection with the offer or sale of the services of a credit services organization; and (h) transact any business as a credit services organization, as defined in Section 13 -21-2, without first having registered with the division by paying an annual fee set pursuant to Section 63J -1-504 and filing proof that it has obtained a bond or letter of credit as required by Subsection (2).