Sentences with phrase «strengthening open government»

These are important bills for strengthening open government and this is a useful resource for understanding and tracking these bills.

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The pace of progress, progress in the direction of more openness to capital flows and greater exchange rate flexibility, will depend in part on the pace at which these governments are able to strengthen the resilience of the domestic financial system and set in place the broader institutional framework and supervisory regime that are vital for an open economy.

A strengthened and more independent Parliamentary Budget Office would promote greater understanding of complex budget issues; it would force the government to defend its economic and budget forecasts; it would promote a straightforward and more understandable and open budget process; it would promote accountability by commenting on the government's projections and analysis; finally, by being nonpartisan, it would provide research to all political parties.

There are of course policy options open to the government to strengthen growth and job creation, but they are not ones this government could accept for ideological reasons.

A strengthened (more resources), and more independent (report to Parliament) PBO would promote greater understanding of complex budget issues; it would strengthen credibility by encouraging simplification and forcing the government to defend its economic and budget forecasts; it would improve the budget process by promoting a straightforward and more understandable and open process; it would promote accountability by commenting on the government's projections and analysis; finally, by being nonpartisan it would provide analysis and research to all political parties.

Speaking at the opening ceremony, Dr. R.R.A. Wijekoon, Director General of Agriculture, Government of Sri Lanka, said «This will strengthen rice research development activities in the country especially to ensure food and nutrition security and sharing of global innovative technologies for the country's successful rice production.»

He turned pro in 1958 and, until the South African government strengthened its apartheid policies concerning athletic competitions more than a year ago, he played in most of the open tournaments in South Africa.

These include strengthening the central government Chief Information Officer's role over ITC procurement, ensuring that ITC projects do not exceed # 100m in total value, opening up access to government data, reviewing large databases and scrapping ID cards and Contact Point.

Heastie, a Bronx Democrat, had pledged to strengthen the Assembly's open government regulations after he was elected speaker in February, replacing Sheldon Silver, who is under indictment.

FOIL is the most important law in ensuring government transparency, and strengthening it is essential to truly practice open government.»

The goal of the Open Government Partnership is to get governments to make (and carry out) concrete commitments that promote transparency, empower citizens, fight corruption, and harness new technologies to strengthen governance.

All over the world, groups and individuals are using technology in a variety of innovative ways to increase government transparency, fight corruption, open data, hack on civic problems, strengthen economic development, address environmental problems, improve public health and education, and advance the conditions of women and children.

He said: «It is an open fact that the successive democratically elected governments in the State since 1999 have been totally committed to democratic principles, rule of law, strengthening of democratic institutions as well as implementation of programmes and policies that would enhance the wellbeing of all Lagosians, without bias for tribe, religion, political belief or gender.

Most recently she was a Scientist at Open Source Drug Discovery, a unit of the Indian Government, dedicated to developing and strengthening the contributions of Indian institutes to the entire tuberculosis drug discovery pipeline.

In the President's Executive Order on making open and machine - readable the «new default» for government data, he noted that «[o] penness in government strengthens our democracy, promotes the delivery of efficient and effective services to the public, and contributes to economic growth.»

Fiona Jeffery, Reed Travel Exhibitions Director World Travel Market, told the 500 senior travel executives attending the Official Opening: «Travel and tourism, supported by governments, must strengthen their efforts; more need to actively get involved, not just pay lip service to something which is now deemed fashionable.»

Strengthened company's growth and reputation by completing multiple projects simultaneously — never missing opening or closing dates — through meticulous attention to detail; maintaining clean, safe work sites; and effective relationship building with owners, subcontractors, and government officials.