Sentences with phrase «responsibility on behalf of the public»

«Mary brings to Mass Audubon the keen mind of an environmental attorney and the can - do skills of a manager who has succeeded in positions of increasing responsibility on behalf of the public,» Clayton said.

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Last week, public officials with the city of Utica and Oneida County announced that their government bodies will take the responsibility of seizing the properties that owners refuse to sell on behalf of MVHS.

Balter added, «I believe that a congressional representative is a steward of the public good and that that's a sacred responsibility for an individual to stand up on behalf of your community and your neighbors and to amplify their voices and to ensure that nobody is left behind.»

In this way, superintendents became endowed with the unique responsibility of defending public education, whether protecting it from the critics who sought to dismantle the system or advocating on behalf of more money for schools.

It has the major responsibility in Knoxville and Knox County of planning for services for senior citizens; assessing needs of older citizens and developing resources to meet those needs; coordinating services for the elderly to minimize duplication and avoid overlap — whether provided by public, nonprofit, or for - profit organizations; providing information about services and programs to older citizens and their families and connecting them to those services; and advocating on behalf of older citizens.

But I am confident that I am speaking on behalf of countless thousands of honorable public servants, at Justice and elsewhere, who take their responsibilities seriously and share these views.

According to article 271 paragraph 1 of the Swiss Penal Code (PC), «[a] ny person who carries out activities on behalf of a foreign state on Swiss territory without lawful authority, where such activities are the responsibility of a public authority or public official, any person who carries out such activities for a foreign party or organisation, [or] any person who encourages such activities, is liable to a custodial sentence not exceeding three years or to a monetary penalty, or in serious cases to a custodial sentence of not less than one year.»

Rita Farrell, John Catlin and Toni Bauman observe that «[t] he States and Territories have an obligation and responsibility to act in the public interest and to be satisfied that they will be entering into agreements on behalf of their constituents with the people who hold native title over a particular area».