Sentences with phrase «public scrutiny over»

The FTC's inquiry comes as Facebook faces unprecedented public scrutiny over its handling of the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

Over the past three years, the VA has been working to clear the backlog of first - time benefit applications after intense public scrutiny over the inefficiency of the system.

«It's very disappointing that the reform bill was not signed into law,» agreed Assemblyman James Brennan, a Brooklyn Democrat and sponsor of an identical reform bill in Albany, in a separate statement, adding that «each measure was aimed at providing greater transparency and accountability to an authority that has come under growing public scrutiny over the years, as abuses and scandals accumulated.»

Trump lashed out at the more than two dozen states that have objected to a presidential commission's sweeping request for voter data, accusing them of circumventing public scrutiny over potential voter fraud.

The three - year agreement between the state and Uber, an on - demand car service that lets users order cars through a mobile app, comes after lengthy public scrutiny over Uber's price surging policy.

Facebook delayed the announcement of the speakers because of recent public scrutiny over how personal information is collected and used by Facebook and its partners.

The royal family have faced many scandals and other public scrutiny over the years, and they most certainly don't want another riff in the family due to a silly little board game.

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But she claims on the show that the public scrutiny isn't the real reason for her change of heart over public attention.

I think history's lessons tell us that public scrutiny and competition favors the harsh realities of the public spotlight with its trials and tribulations over the easy of autocracy, control and cloaked decision - making.

With mounting scrutiny over the sizzling hot housing market and the risks it poses for our public coffers, though, it's unlikely that Ottawa will step in to raise the cap again this time.

Practices regarding the collection, use, storage, transmission and security of personal information by companies operating over the Internet have recently come under increased public scrutiny.

Over the last several decades, the SBC's public profile has increased significantly due to the actions of its leaders and as a result of the media scrutiny that has come from solidly positioning itself on the conservative wing of American evangelicalism.

Loeb's donations to Gov. Cuomo and other New York Democrats and Republicans have come under scrutiny since last week because of a since - deleted Facebook post accusing Stewart - Cousins, who is black, of having done «more damage to people of color than anyone who has ever donned a hood» by supporting public teacher unions over charter schools.

Others said Heastie and Flanagan had not only failed to deliver on their promises to open the Legislature's notoriously secretive processes to greater public scrutiny but also abandoned their pledges to reduce the near - dictatorial powers that leaders have over individual legislators.

Taxpayers spent $ 1.4 billion over a decade to rebuild dozens of Buffalo's public schools, but how roughly $ 549 million of that was spent hasn't been specified, raising questions about how much profit the developer made and what kind of scrutiny a local oversight board exercised.

But since being elected by fellow MPs in 2009 he has also often found himself under scrutiny over his use of public funds.

In 2007, then Prime Minister Gordon Brown stated, during a House of Commons debate on constitutional reform, that he believed that the House of Commons should have more authority over the selection of «public officials whose role it is to protect the public's rights and interests, and for whom there is not currently independent scrutiny.

But the report by the State Authorities Budget Office, a watchdog over public authorities and public benefit corporations created in 2009, found that the board of the Environmental Facilities Corporation did not exercise sufficient scrutiny of the loan.

The embattled head of New York City's Housing Authority, the nation's largest system of public housing stock, is resigning amid increasing public scrutiny of her tenure and twin crises over lead paint and a lack of heat in city - run apartments.

In the decision, which came in June, the judge, Gabriel Gorenstein, ordered NIH to turn over the waivers, but allowed the agency to protect other documents, known as recusal lists, from public scrutiny (although they had to turn over redacted versions of the lists during the course of the litigation).

In waging a nasty public fight over CRISPR, they have already attracted the scrutiny of the mainstream press (The Washington Post and the Boston Globe Media's STAT, to name two avid voyeurs), the scientific press and, oh boy, the Internet.

But many projects come under public and federal scrutiny — the recent fracas over gene therapy trials is a case in point (Science, 24 March, p. 2163), often because the manner in which they were conducted led to concerns over the safety of the recruited participants or the protection of their confidentiality.

The retirement benefits of teachers, and of other public employees, have received increased scrutiny in recent years over concerns about the fiscal sustainability of defined - benefit pension plans and the peculiar incentives they create.

And, given the relative lack of public scrutiny and my interactions with state officials over the past few months, I'm almost certain that the full impact of this work has yet to be realized — even by many of the very people that are essential to implementation.

Over time, public scrutiny of the day can help improve the quality of the data and higher quality can increase trust in using the data to inform practice and policy.

S.B. 2 may include some improvements over the status quo but this radical change in education funding was drafted in the dark and has never been subjected to the light of a public hearing or given sufficient scrutiny.

It's no secret Amazon is the subject of intense public scrutiny at the moment over a flurry of controversial decisions from the online retailing giant against some of the publishers with which it does business.

A denier makes his case to the unprepared and unwitting public, avoiding scientific scrutiny altogether... Is that why you yourself are posting here instead of over there?

Over the past 18 months, I have been the subject of intense speculation and public scrutiny, in large part because of the philanthropic investments of the Mercer Family Foundation and the political contributions made by my father and me.

Over the last year, the publicity - averse brothers have found themselves and their company, Koch Industries, under increased scrutiny from the public and the press.

The debate over APS's RFP is one example of how clean energy advocates are pressuring utilities to alter their procurement practices and open them up to more public scrutiny as renewable resources and storage become increasingly competitive with conventional generation.

As the Wall Street Journal and other conservative media hyper - ventilated over the hacker leaks they referred to as the «Climategate Scandal»; Nature quickly retaliated in defense of Anthropogenic Global Warming with a scathing editorial titled: «Climatologists Under Pressure» stating: «Stolen e-mails have revealed no scientific conspiracy, but do highlight ways in which climate researchers could be better supported in the face of public scrutiny.»

She simply deleted 5,000 text messages rather than turn them over for public scrutiny.

If you're superstitious, you can avoid being drenched in court or tripping over the Green Book on Friday 13 June 2008 by spending a half day watching the Civil Procedure Rules Committee changing the law as it opens itself to public scrutiny in central London.

Developing the framework over a six - year period involved multiple drafts and extensive consultations with the energy industry and the wider public, before being subject to parliamentary scrutiny — all of which proceeded without legal challenge.

Barclays has faced intense public scrutiny in recent years: from the Serious Fraud Office's investigation into the bank's # 12bn fundraising at the height of the financial crisis, which resulted in criminal charges against the bank and former executives relating to a # 2.3 bn loan Barclays provided to Qatar, a multibillion - dollar legal battle with the US Department of Justice over allegedly - fraudulent mortgages and a New York currency trading probe that ended in a $ 150m settlement.

The role of insurance companies, especially in acting on behalf of the public against governmental authorities, may provide the resources and momentum to increase scrutiny over the issue of emergency preparedness.

In the lead - up to Groupon's initial public offering in 2011, the company had to weather scrutiny from more than a few people over whether it would be able to sustain its basic business model, offering daily deals on goods and services to a subscriber base.

All of this news comes as Facebook faces intense scrutiny from both the public and governments around the world over its mishandling of user data.

California's public utility regulator on Friday signaled it would allow self - driving car companies to transport passengers without a backup driver in the vehicle, a step forward for autonomous car developers just as the industry faces heightened scrutiny over safety concerns.

While public scrutiny of the major internet companies has grown steadily over the past two years, it's unclear whether this past week's revelations will leave an indelible mark in anyone's memory — or more importantly, lead to more regulations of or substantive new policies at Facebook.

In recent years, the USPTO has come under increasing scrutiny over the quality of its patent examinations.1 The growing push for reform of the patent system is fueled by the rapid rise of technology, financial services, telecommunications, and other innovations driving the information economy, all straining the USPTO's ability to evaluate and issue quality patents.2 Problems with patent quality occur when the Patent Office grants patents on claims that are broader than what is merited by the invention and the prior art. 3 In fact, a number of these problematic patents have been issued and publicized to much fanfare, including the infamous Smuckers» peanut butter and jelly patent where the company asserted a patent on their method of making the UncrustiblesTM crust-less peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, among others.4 These «bad» or improvidently granted patents impact the USPTO's ability to promote overall patent quality which, I will show, has serious implications for the public domain.

In the lead - up to the hearings, the social network has scrambled to respond to increased scrutiny from journalists and the public over its privacy practices.

Perhaps the biggest surprise for Boudreau has been the level of public and media scrutiny focused on Celebration, with journalists and buses of tourists arriving daily from all over the world.