Sentences with phrase «public function which»

Where the decision - maker is «discharging an important public function which engages a strong public interest» (Eisai [34]-RRB-, the demands of fairness will be heightened.

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It could also be that the Law Societies in the 13 provinces and territories, which are entrusted with regulating the legal profession in the public interest, actually appear to be functioning more like cartels.

According to the FCRA «unfair credit reporting methods undermine the public confidence which is essential to the continued functioning of the banking system.»

On the basis of the above facts, GEI acknowledged in its settlement agreement that the consulting agreements, even those pursuant to which no amounts were actually paid, violated the anti-bribery provision of the CFPOA, as they constituted agreements to provide, directly or indirectly, a benefit to a foreign public official so as to induce the official to use his position to influence decisions of a foreign state for which he performs duties and functions.

Green finance projects are selected using MuniFin's Green Framework and finally approved by the Green Evaluation Team, which consists of two or more members from environmental functions of MuniFin's customers or other environmental public sector entities or organisations.

In this manner, bitcoins are functioning more like the limited quantity of shares made available in an initial public offering (IPO) than as a unit of currency like the US dollar, the total number of which varies constantly.

It's my term for the texts that function like scripture in American public life, the voices to which we are forever returning as we reflect together on what America is all about.

By nature, the present President of America has that element in him — I should not be saying this but I am being inherently made to convey this as comment of exception for America and for Obama whose whole (Obama and his better half) stand as an extension through the ex Presidential candidate's Charisma Of the Secretary Hillary Clinton that President Obama's Charisma has selflessly absorbed for function in the cabinet gracefully for America and the world.That shows the humbleness of President Obama and maturity of Hillary Clinton of acceptance without a feeling of high and low of ego regarded as exceptional in Divinity.I was not supposed to make this comment and I have done so to urge the Republicans to accept their Light within of consensus through individual projections under control as Obama's gesture of bipartisanship that will come to address.In short, this comment is all about health and health care where economics alone does not come into the picture with a rigorous analysis on it but should also extend as leverage to the person in play (Obama) who is also selflessly poised with corrections on it over the infra structure of it that he has proposed for approval as ego of his working element as the executive public ally chosen as the President that had appealed to the public at large voting even putting behind able dleaers like McCain?George W Bush was the last to steer America into the Light over the past of America and that stands as the subtle truth even today as on date with Bill Clinton the ex President of America giving support through his excellent independent caliber for Obama ultimately to head the show of America that was time bound of its reality that sees no barriers and to which he accepted well in his individual capacity as the free lance ex President of America.

The nature of religious television in America can be seen to be a function of the interaction of four main players; changes over the past decades have come about because of changes in the relative power and relationships of the four following players: (1) the regulatory agencies of the federal government, which, through the legislative process, provide the structure within which interaction inside the television industry takes place; (2) the television industry, primarily network and local station managements, which control the airwaves within the legislated structure; (3) the viewing public, which selects what it is that will be watched; and (4) the religious broadcasters who provide the material for broadcasts.

Elections in America serve two functions — a «formal» function of filling the personnel for the constitutional offices, which takes place in every election, and an «informal» function of signaling what the people want, which takes place in a meaningful way only in certain elections, where national public sentiment has congealed on a common message or theme.

The first is that the quality of life in families and churches is in part a function of the public order in which they exist.

Additionally, this church practiced «public baptisms» (which usually meant in the tank on the church platform, almost always attended by the church folk) and «private baptisms» (by invitation only — usually in someone's backyard pool, and occasionally in the church baptistry at a time when no other function was scheduled at the church — and always followed by a «party» that included food).

He has been reproached by sociologists for believing in the omnipotence of the scholarly analyst of the laboratory without ever having used the laboratory, and for explaining events as the function of «technical» expressions which hide reality from him in the same manner that the accounts of corporations are carefully edited and kept from the public by so - called «experts.»

That pattern or movement in the stories about Jesus, that structure, functions something like a «depth grammar» in all enactments of the practice of the public worship of God in Jesus» name, by virtue of which all its culturally and theologically diverse instances bear family resemblances to one another.

Bishop Azariah of Dornakal, in theologically justifying the rejection of the reserved minority communal electorate offered by Britain to the Christian community in India, spoke of how the acceptance of it would be «a direct blow to the nature of the church of Christ» at two points — one, it would force the church to function «like a religious sect, a community which seeks self - protection for the sake of its own loaves and fishes» which would prevent the fruitful exercise of the calling of the church to permeate the entire society across boundaries of caste, class, language and race, a calling which can be fulfilled only through its members living alongside fellow - Indians sharing in public life with a concern for Christian principles in it; and two, it would put the church's evangelistic programme in a bad light as «a direct move to transfer so many thousands of voters from the Hindu group to the Indian Christian group» (recorded by John Webster, Dalit Christians - A History).

This is another of the significant issues in the recent growth of paid - time religious programming: by displacing all other types of religious programming, the paid - time religious broadcasters have virtually eliminated the community - responsibility orientation of media functioning in America which had been represented by public - service programming, much of which was religious in orientation.

In the same way, powers which they currently say they need to transfer functions between public bodies for Brexit could be used in a few years time to dismantle an environmental regulator.

It introduced continuity plans, which ensured that the public and businesses continued to function well.

Mr Pickles» predecessor in government questioned whether the private sector had the capacity to carry out audit functions at the same cost as the public sector, to which the communities secretary replied: «I expect it to be a lot cheaper.»

When, after the gazetting, pursuant to section 38, of a notice stating places (which must include the offices of the Electoral Commission) at which the public may inspect, without charge, a description of the boundaries of the proposed districts, the Commission makes a determination relating to the boundaries of any district, the Surveyor - General must communicate the details of that determination to the Electoral Commission and such other entities or persons directly concerned with the administration of this Act as have been specified by the Representation Commission by name or by position or by the functions they perform.

The budget squeeze isn't easy but it is forcing local government to innovate (which the Coalition has given it unprecendented freedoms to do so) and also merge functions with other councils or public sector institutions.

The Business Council supports provisions found within Part D, of the Public Protection & General Government Article VII budget bill, which propose to create a not - for - profit entity to assume the current functions of the NYS Office of Cyber Security & Critical Infrastructure Coordination and authorizes the State to contract with that not - for - profit to carry out cyber security services and functions.

on the books, but few have an agency quite like COG, which functions in part as a kind of public help desk.

All other states have some sort of open records law on the books, but few have an agency quite like COG, which functions in part as a kind of public help desk.

«By signing such double emoluments and large benefits laws which they knew or ought to know that they would be beneficiaries, these former governors have abused their entrusted public functions and positions, and thereby obtained an undue advantage, contrary to article 19 of the convention.»

(b) Each Democratic organization shall have a written constitution which provides among other things (i) that the annual election of officers be by a secret ballot of the members of the organization; (ii) that membership in the organization be open to all enrolled Democrats residing in the political subdivision for which the organization is to function; (iii) that there be periodic financial reports to the membership, with at least one report each year and that the receipts and expenditures of the organization may be reviewed upon the written request of any member of the organization at a reasonable time and place fixed by an officer of the organization designated for that purpose; (iv) that endorsement of all candidates for party position or public office in the party primary be by a secret ballot of the members of the organization.

Cuomo signed two bills repealing the statutory authorization for 28 local public authorities and 95 urban renewal and industrial development agencies that are «either defunct, were never ultimately established by local law, or are no longer needed to carry out the public function for which they were formed.»

Using the Google Hangout's chat function, participants such as Joe Kerns, co-founder of the start - up Roundview.co and a volunteer with the New York City Code for America brigade betaNYC, and Chris Whong, a data solutions activist at Socrata who is co-captain of betaNY, asked questions about the degree to which information about constituent services prompted by social media and other avenues is available as public data for analysis.

«In any event, the leak is certainly a highly prejudicial and perhaps politically - motivated act, which is contrary to both your non-partisan, independent function and to the bi-partisan charge of the agency by which you are employed — that is, if you or your office was responsible, directly or indirectly,» Laufer wrote to Sugarman in a letter made public.

«Conflict of interest represents a situation where the person exercising a public function has a personal interest of patrimonial or commercial nature, which could influence the objective fulfilment of the duties incumbent on public officers under the Constitution and international standards.»

ALBANY — Taking a scythe to one of the weedier corners of the state's administrative garden, Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed two bills repealing the statutory authorization for 28 local public authorities and 95 urban renewal and industrial development agencies that are «either defunct, were never ultimately established by local law, or are no longer needed to carry out the public function for which they were formed,» according to the governor's release.

Over the summer, the government will carry out a wide public consultation to give people their say on which programmes should be protected, and which government functions could be left to the voluntary sector.

These functions include a variety of activities which assist both governmental agencies and the general public, such as: (1) Review and approve and sign street acquisition and damage maps for Department of Transportation (DOT) and Department of Environmental Protection (DEP); (2) Review and approve street alteration maps; (3) Review and ensure the maintenance of survey monument information; (4) Review and ensure maintenance of street grade and elevation data for the Borough; (5) Issuance of street house numbers and the management of the topographical record room; (6) Present new revenue stream ideas and develop the fee structure for topography services and a system to collect, maintain and reconcile said fees; and (7) Work with the Office of Management and Budget, the Comptroller's Office and other Borough President's Offices to ensure that the fee structure and collection system is compatible and appropriate.

It's something which would probably happen automatically as a result of one of my manifesto proposals (a requirement that laws must be consistent, where possible, with uncontroversial principles such as equality of opportunity) but it's the kind of thing that a properly functioning system would do automatically, without requiring the general public to agitate about it.

Giving further explanations on the party's request on Eyewitness News, Policy Adviser for PPP, Kofi Asamoah Siaw said: «over the years, the Electoral Commission and some other institutions have conducted public service in a manner in which they please and they have hurt this nation's progress and development, so we have taken issues with the Electoral Commission's function of being a regulator of the activities of political parties.»

The rate at which patients only suffered minor losses in brain function or regained it fully increased from 4.9 to 6.1 percent at home and from 9.5 to 14.7 percent in public.

Many of these identified endocrine - disrupting chemicals (EDCs), which include pesticides and substances used in manufacturing a multitude of products, have been reported to interfere with thyroid hormone function, yet public health policy does not fully address the risks to vulnerable populations.

Despite holding fast to most of his administration's intelligence practices, Obama did acknowledge the potential for abuse: «Intelligence agencies can not function without secrecy, which makes their work less subject to public debate.»

Texas A&M School of Public Health researchers have already shown that stand - capable workstations — those in which the worker could raise or lower the desk to stand or sit as they wished throughout the day — boost productivity in office workers, help students» cognitive functioning and improve kids» BMI.

And their concentration in water sources is also a function of the amount of water which is taken for use in public supply.

«We have deposited all the data and the toolkit in a public platform, which will help researchers identify and validate the functions of their genes of interest,» says Auwerx, placing the project within the context of EPFL's ongoing efforts to advance open science.

At the Cavendish Laboratory the group that formed around Bernal, a man of wide public and scientific interests, included the Nobel Prize winners Max Perutz and John Kendrew, who in 1937 began to use X rays to analyze two proteins fundamental to life, myoglobin and hemoglobin, both of which function in the transport of gases in the blood.

understanding of the way in which public institutions function, the decision - making procedures and the role of citizens in a democratic society;

It's not the fault of anyone in the system today, but patterned after the dominant factory model of the era in which public schooling scaled, our education system functions as though all students learn at the same pace and have the same learning needs, which we know is not true.

The main entrance hall has an atrium, which leads into communal areas and public function rooms.

The tension about which Andy is ill at ease may not lie in the reform impulse but in striking a balance between the equally important private and public functions served by schools.

A little more checking, and I found that the study was paid for by a small endowment at Rutgers called the Daniel Tanner Foundation which describes itself as «advancing American public education, specifically with regard to the democratizing function and design of the curriculum of nonselective elementary schools and nonselective secondary schools of the comprehensive type.

Does the public approve of private industry holding student information AND being such an integral part of developing «THE» standards upon which the WHOLE public education system will function?

Inspired by the University of Chicago Consortium on School Research, which has access to a broad range of Chicago Public School data, the D.C. group envisioned their think tank serving a similar function as the Congressional Budget Office.

According to the authors, the two predominant models, bureaucratic accountability and professional accountability, do not take into account the complex social and political contexts in which public schools function.