Sentences with phrase «public reporting efforts»

Currently, however, public reporting efforts in most states are geared toward compliance with state and federal laws, rather than being intentionally designed to meet people's needs.

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«Aside from that, the number of districts controlled or influenced by the Afghan government had been one of the last remaining publicly available indicators for members of Congress — many of whose staff do not have access to the classified annexes to SIGAR reports — and for the American public of how the 16 - year - long US effort to secure Afghanistan is faring,» he added.

In an Asset & Wealth Management report released on Monday, PwC said the public was increasingly hostile towards those perceived to be not paying their «fair share» of tax, and that businesses would need to put more effort into tax transparency in future.

«The number of districts controlled or influenced by the Afghan government had been one of the last remaining publicly available indicators for members of Congress — many of whose staff do not have access to the classified annexes to SIGAR reports — and for the American public of how the 16 - year - long US effort to secure Afghanistan is faring,» he added.

The consumer groupâ $ ™ s challenge comes amid reports that Waymo has provided all the necessary information to the DMV as part of its efforts to secure a permit to test driverless cars on public roads.

This report is the result of a coordinated research effort by the central banks of Canada, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States and the Bank for International Settlements on the determinants of market liquidity and on how central banks and other public authorities influence these determinants.

«I was impressed with the efforts of the Panel to understand and balance the interests of the public, the Province and the industry, but I was particularly impressed with how all of the input was considered and integrated to the Modernized Royalty Framework report.

Over at Public Discourse, Greg Pfundstein and Meghan Grizzle report on the latest decision by the Gates Foundation to put more than $ 4 billion behind efforts to expand the use of contraceptives worldwide.

As both an ecologist and long - time freelance science writer, I know how difficult it can be to interpret and summarize scientific analyses for public use, and the Rainforest Alliance impacts report is a fine effort.

The fine stemmed from the company's use of a third - party service incorrectly reporting lobbying figures to the Joint Commission on Public Ethics as the company pushed back against New York City's efforts to curtail its operations.

Also at 2 p.m., women leaders and activists will gather at City Hall to condemn Cuomo's «bullying of elected officials and community organizations» in response to his reported effort to get NYC Public Advocate Tish James not to accept the WFP endorsement to run for AG, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

New York's Joint Commission on Public Ethics released its 2011 lobbying report this week, which found that the lobbying industry spent a record sum of $ 220 million last year in its efforts to influence state legislators.

Today's report also looks at the importance of public vigilance in tackling the threat of terrorism on the transport system, and urges the government and Transec to make more of an effort to enlist people's support.

The natural gas industry has dramatically stepped up its efforts to lobby the New York state government since Gov. Andrew Cuomo took office in 2011, according to a new report from the nonprofit Public Accountability Initiative.

Also, last year, about half of all low - income workers in New York City «were unaware of their right to paid sick days,» according to the CSS report, which suggests the sustained need for public awareness efforts.

The report highlights the money spent by CPV on lobbying and other public relations efforts as the trial of Joe Percoco approached last year.

State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli is proposing legislation that would require the entities administering tax check off funds to improve efforts to spend dedicated contributions within the year they were made and report how the money was spent to the public and state officials.

«These efforts will enable countries to end AIDS as a public health threat by 2030 as part of the Sustainable Development Goals,» the report said.

«Recent press reports indicate that you are co-chairing what appears to be a well funded, albeit desperate, effort by Washington's liberal establishment to try yet again to sell the public on something they know they don't want and they know is wrong,» Pataki wrote in an open letter to Daschle, which was provided to reporters via press release.

In a preliminary report, the Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption expressed frustration with its inability to determine who funneled money into Common Sense Principles» attack efforts.

It is ordered and affirmed that the Department of Environment and Planning, Division of Environmental Compliance, and the Department of Public Works, through its various divisions and the Director of Energy Development and Management, by December 31, 2017, prepare a report to the undersigned promulgating an initial energy usage plan for Erie County to implement the United States target contribution plan to the Paris Agreement, including, but not limited to, achieving a county - wide target of reducing Erie County's greenhouse gas emissions by twenty - six to twenty - eight percent (26 - 28 %) below its 2005 level in 2025 and to make best efforts to reduce its emissions by twenty - eight percent (28 %), as it pertains to the production and / or use of greenhouse gases by Erie County.

2 p.m., Women leaders and activists will gather at City Hall to condemn Cuomo's «bullying of elected officials and community organizations» in response to his reported effort to get NYC Public Advocate Tish James not to accept the WFP endorsement to run for AG, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

The report by the committee of public accounts, into the Cabinet Office's effort to improve shared services, claimed the government «lacks accurate information of what corporate services cost and how they perform».

The Rent Stabilization Association of New York more than doubled its lobbying efforts in 2016, jumping from the $ 1.4 million it spent in 2015, according to a report released by the state's Joint Commission on Public Ethics on Thursday.

As part of a four - part collaborative series produced by public radio stations WBFO in Buffalo, WRVO in Oswego / Syracuse, WSKG in Binghamton and WXXI in Rochester, Chris Caya of WBFO News reports on how upstate residents feel about a multi-billion-dollar state effort to create jobs.

«The most troubling aspect of the whole situation,» the letter added, was that the management at the Northport center «reportedly became aware of the problem in mid-February yet took no effort to notify the public or Congress until after the numerous media reports emerged.»

More collaboration is needed between the several efforts under way to revitalize upstate New York's «legacy cities,» says a report released this week by a public affairs institute.

Every effort seems to be made by the Cuomo administration — and this is backed up by the comptroller's reports — to deprive the Legislature and the public of reliable data that would prove or disprove whether this economic engine of his is worth a damn.

I interrupt the state's incessant stonewalling of my efforts to use public records to track the Buffalo Billion program to report some progress.

Borough President Katz's efforts to reform the Queens Borough Public Library's governance began early in February 2014 when news reports surfaced about questionable spending decisions made by Thomas Galante, the Library's former President and CEO.

Borough President Katz's efforts to reform the Queens Borough Public Library's governance began early in February 2014 when news reports surfaced about questionable spending decisions made by Mr. Galante.

Among Ganim's reported expenses in the last three months were $ 10,000 for the Simsbury law firm that unsuccessfully represented him in his effort to overturn a state law that barred him from participating in the public campaign financing system because of his felony conviction and more than $ 3,400 to reimburse the city of Bridgeport for the mileage driven by the city police detective who chauffeurs him to political events as well as events in his official capacity as mayor.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the new Director will also report quarterly on the current status of women both in Santa Clara County public jurisdictions and within the Santa Clara County Democratic Party and lead the compilation and publication of an annual report of the current number and percentage of women in elected office in Santa Clara County and post the report on the Party website and in an electronic communication to all members; and that the new Director will lead this effort by recruiting, training and supporting democratic women seeking public leadership positions in collaboration with the Director of Endorsements and Candidate Recruitment, the Director of Issues, the Director of Political Engagement and DAWN as well as any other interested Party Directors and clubs.

The New York State Public Employment Relations Board has appointed a three - member fact - finding panel that will take testimony, hold hearings and issue a report and recommendations in an effort to resolve the contract dispute between the New York City Department of Education and the UFT.

«We hope this report will support agency efforts to effectively evaluate these future products in ways that ensure public safety, protect the environment, build public confidence, and support innovation.»

«The evidence before the committee leads to one inescapable conclusion: the Bush administration has engaged in a systematic effort to manipulate climate change science and mislead policymakers and the public about the dangers of global warming,» the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform wrote in its report on the matter in December 2007.

That structure is too complex, hampers interdisciplinary research, and makes aligning the agency's efforts with national priorities difficult, two top government advisers said in a report made public along with 2025 - Vision (Dutch).

Lead exposure has been decreasing since the 1970s, validating public health efforts to reduce childhood exposure, the report says.

Rzhetsky said that as the first reports of the flu begin to come in each fall, these tools could be used to help public health officials focus prevention efforts.

The nongovernmental organization, headquartered in Beijing, may be best known in China for its efforts to popularize science for the general public and its occasional reports on the state of the nation's scientific workforce.

In a collaborative research effort between Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Qi and colleagues analyzed the impact of tooth loss in large studies of adults, aged 45 to 69 years, in which participants had reported on the numbers of natural teeth they had, then in a follow - up questionnaire, reported recent tooth loss.

«A recent WHO report on IPV recommended that there is a clear need to scale - up efforts to both prevent IPV from happening in the first place and to provide necessary services for women experiencing IPV,» says senior author Peter A. Muennig, MD, MPH, associate professor of Health Policy and Management at Columbia's Mailman School of Public Health.

In March 1996, the nation's governors met in Palisades, N.Y., and called for an «external, independent, nongovernmental effort» to measure and report on each state's annual progress in raising student achievement and improving the public schools.

The Wallace Foundation has funded leadership improvement efforts in public schools in 24 states and has issued more than 70 reports on school leadership, from how principals are trained to how they are evaluated.

Thirty Chicago public schools agreed to hand out the parent report cards along with student grades last week, in an effort led by United Neighborhood Organizations of Chicago.

After the report appeared, stimulating a variety of reform efforts, public evaluations of their local schools climbed steadily to an all - time high of 51 % in 2000, just prior to the national debate over the passage of the federal No Child Left Behind Act, which held schools accountable for low performance.

Looming fiscal trouble in a number of states could inhibit current and future efforts to improve their public schools, a report from the National Education Association concludes.

The release reports that sample tests will be posted on the Internet in fall 1998 and AIR will oversee efforts to get public comments on the sample tests and to develop user - friendly reports of student test results.

Billions in federal economic - stimulus dollars are slated to be spent to help improve public education, but Americans relying on traditional news outlets are likely to find out little, if anything, about what that effort might mean for the schools in their communities, a new report suggests.

Parent attendance at school - sponsored events varies throughout the nation, according to the National Center for Education Statistics report «Parent Involvement in Children's Education: Efforts by Public Elementary Schools.»