Sentences with phrase «public budget process»

Pocan's version does agree with the public record (as far as that goes) and also explains Doyle's contemptuous dismissal of calls for a more public budget process.

We are also concerned about this blatant subversion of the public budget process, apparently in response to political pressures.»

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This effort resulted in two subsequent omnibus budget bills passed in 2012, which further undermined the public's confidence in the NEB and its pipeline review process.

For example, the Commission could help facilitate local deliberative bodies or citizen assemblies, support local authorities conduct effective participatory budgeting exercises, and experiment with new means for the public to engage in political decision - making processes in more direct and sustained ways.

To ensure irreversibility, we are implementing the following measures to tackle some of the long - term structural issues: a. capping of the statutory funds at 25 percent of government tax revenues b. operationalization of the Treasury Single Account (TSA) to consolidate all government funds at the Bank of Ghana c. tightening of expenditure controls in GIFMIS to minimize inefficiencies and budget overruns d. strict enforcement of the PFM Act, as well as the Public Procurement Act, to ensure efficiency in public procurement, and e. adoption of the competitive tender process, which is eliminating wastage and giving Ghanaian taxpayers real value for their Public Procurement Act, to ensure efficiency in public procurement, and e. adoption of the competitive tender process, which is eliminating wastage and giving Ghanaian taxpayers real value for their public procurement, and e. adoption of the competitive tender process, which is eliminating wastage and giving Ghanaian taxpayers real value for their money.

Lawmakers met Monday afternoon for the start of the joint budget committee process — a meeting known in Albany as the «mothership» and initially held as a way of enhancing transparency in the opaque state budget process, but also a chance for lawmakers to lay out their public priorities in the talks.

Under Public Protection and General Government legislation submitted as part of the budget process, Cuomo proposes rebranding START - UP as the «Excelsior Business Program» (not to be confused with the «Excelsior Jobs Program»).

«It complicates the public's ability to engage in the school budget process and creates instability for schools.

access to public information, inadequate oversight, and shadowy state budget process.

For Capital and Expense Budgets, the process begins with consultations at the district level and moves on to consultations at the borough level; public hearings scheduled by the board, the borough president and the city council before the budget is adopted.

The Public Campaign Action Fund pushed hard during the legislative session and the budget negotiating process for the public financing of political campPublic Campaign Action Fund pushed hard during the legislative session and the budget negotiating process for the public financing of political camppublic financing of political campaigns.

And after a secretive budget process this spring, he began holding weekly public meetings with top lawmakers.

In his resolution, Holmquist says the salary discussion should have been a part of the budget process and deserved more public input and review.

She said it should've been part of the budget process, when it could have been reviewed at public hearings.

Among Citizens Union's proposals are: independent budgeting for JCOPE; investing in database resources and information technology; an open process of personnel selection; making internal workings public and transparent; improving the process of financial disclosure reporting by coordinating with different agencies; reducing response time to complaints; and improved guidance of grassroots lobbying to ensure ethics compliance.

Lobbyists are hopeful that public support for school funding can have an impact on the state budget process in Albany.

The Black, Hispanic and Asian Caucus issued a statement saying it's unacceptable to leave the senator, who is African - American out, and Stewart - Cousins spoke up at a public summit meeting for all of the legislative leaders, known as the «mothership budget committee,» saying the process is «greatly flawed.»

On Saturday morning, state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said the secretive budget negotiation process left the public «in the dark about how taxpayer money will be spent.»

When lawmakers passed HCRA, they thought that collecting and spending the money outside of the state's budget would help protect important revenues for public health programs from the vagaries and fluctuations of the annual state budgeting process.

«By doing our due diligence during the budget process, we ensure that services can be provided, infrastructure maintained, and public safety operating efficiently.

«I congratulate all of you,» Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan said shortly after 11 pm as he closed out an especially challenging budget process that began in January and intensified during the past month of public and private battles at the Capitol.

While some future costs are estimated as part of the budget process, others, such as tax expenditures granted by the State and public authorities, would have to be calculated for the first time.

But the plan would allow the governor to make changes through his own branch of government to the budget after it's approved, without input from the Legislature — worrying other officials that an already opaque process will be further hidden from public view.

«I am pleased that we are returning to the joint, public budget negotiation process that is set in law,» said Skelos.

Cuomo has supported public financing of political campaigns in the past, but has up until this point not included such a system in the state budget proposal — a process that the governor's office has broad power over.

«Every dollar for these projects is approved through the budget process and has to go through the Public Authorities Control Board — a member of which Kolb appoints,» said Cuomo spokesman Rich Azzopardi.

Exceptions are made for public safety (per standing law), the active duty military (per a bill which did get passed to approve it), and things which are funded outside the standard budgeting process (such as Social Security).

The mayor also said he wants to work with student leaders to provide them with opportunities «to lead meaningful discussion» on the Boston Public Schools budget process.

Cuomo included $ 150 million in last year's budget for the initial phases of the process, and he has included an additional $ 600 million in this year's budget request to build the new campus and create public health and biotech partnerships with industry.

Robert Zimmerman, co-president of Zimmerman Edelson Inc., a public relations firm used by the school district, said the budget process is at such an early stage that any comments by district officials would be «speculative.»

Indeed, the legislative leaders also have joined the governor in disregarding the state Finance Law requirement that they hold a public meeting to «quick start» the budget - making process.

«As in past years, the budget negotiation process was mostly done behind closed doors, leaving the public in the dark about how taxpayer money will be spent,» DiNapoli said in a statement.

City Hall officials have also called on Cuomo to release $ 200 million for public housing included in last year's state budget and authorize the de Blasio administration to employ «design - build,» a process of combining design and construction work, which they say would expedite repairs by at least 12 months.

Any appearance of corruption in the budget process can result in a cynical public to losing interest in political participation altogether.

Troy Mayor Patrick Madden, a first - term Democrat, held his first of three public workshops on the 2017 budget process this week.

Details on those local reports are not yet available to the public, said Joe Wierschem, counsel for the agency, citing the ongoing budget process.

The Majority Caucus's focus this budget process was on prioritization and we agreed that this was among the county's top needs at this time,» said Legislator Edward Rath, Chairman of the Public Safety Committee.

Participatory budgeting (PB) is a democratic process in which community members directly decide how to spend part of a public budget.

Area Assemblyman Pete Lopez said that the whole budget process has been out of the public's eye & the rank & file Lawmakers... Continue reading →

«These public hearings help to bring greater transparency and accountability to the budget - making process and I urge New Yorkers to utilize these opportunities.»

If there's anything that the recent budget and polls show, it's that the public is outcome oriented, not process - oriented.

The Enugu State government has dismissed as baseless and legally untenable, allegations by members of the State House of Assembly that the government was in breach of the constitution when it applied the process popularly known in the public service as «virement» to reallocate funds in the 2012 budget.

She stressed the importance of public input in a variety of contexts, from improving policing to the state budget process to the search for a new Albany City School District superintendent: «You have to be a part of the process.»

New York's participatory budgeting process is now the largest in the country with $ 10 million in public funds being voted on.

«This schedule provides an opportunity for legislators and the public to take part in the budget making process, and identifies the steps both houses will follow to reach a budget agreement that invests in its people and provides the state with fiscal stability,» said Assemblyman Herman D. Farrell (D - Manhattan).

Throughout the budget process, she said, «the Council's ability to fulfill its Charter - mandated review and oversight role was hindered by the administration's delay in providing vital information, despite public assurances that documents and data would be provided promptly.»

The Black, Hispanic and Asian Caucus issued a statement saying it's «unacceptable» to leave the Senator, who is African American out, and Senator Stewart Cousins spoke up at a public summit meeting for all of the legislative leaders, known as the Mothership budget committee, saying the process is «greatly flawed.»

The budget review process is very involved, and I think, in the end, we'll have a budget that holds the line on property taxes and pleases the majority of the public.

On Saturday, Theatre for an Oppressed NYC hosts three workshops starting at 11 a.m., including «legislative theatre» on how to participate in the legislative process; «participatory budgeting,» where participants can learn to get involved in spending public money in their neighborhoods; and «Take Action: from Ideas to Public Policy,» learn how ideas become law in NYC, and how to can help the policy ideas becompublic money in their neighborhoods; and «Take Action: from Ideas to Public Policy,» learn how ideas become law in NYC, and how to can help the policy ideas becomPublic Policy,» learn how ideas become law in NYC, and how to can help the policy ideas become law.

Through the office's powers of appointment, the Public Advocate also influences City planning, the budget process, and the management of retirement funds.