Sentences with phrase «system serves the public»

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Essentially a distributed database, a blockchain — the system that also underpins the cryptocurrency Bitcoin — serves as a public ledger that can never be erased or rewritten.

Ride - hailing offers a new option for the movement of people around the province and Lower Mainland and could serve as an integral tool in the management of road congestion and a complementary element to a public transit system that is nearing capacity in many communities.

In Bring Back the Bureaucrats, I crudely calculated that we need about one million more full - time federal workers by 2035 in order to serve the public, stop draining its purse, start improving performance, and create an actual system of national public administration.

You can qualify for Federal Perkins Loan cancellation if you are a teacher and have served full - time in a public or nonprofit elementary or secondary school system:

The document differentiates between public and permissioned blockchain platforms, noting that those systems operating with permissioned protocols «do not necessarily involve a virtual currency that may serve as the economic incentive for miner or validator participation in public networks.»

Ouisa Capital believes the investing public will be better served if FINRA and the SEC provide guidance to firms using DLT to help them better understand when transactions effected through a platform require the participants to register as a broker, an exchange, or an alternative tradition system.

Ideaforge, which has made deep inroads into defence and police forces with its unmanned aerial vehicle system, NETRA, is now gearing up to serve public sector companies.

Most significantly, Duddington argues against the charge that permitting an increasing role for religion in the legal and political (i.e., public) spheres would necessitate the imposition of one system of belief upon another, by re-emphasising the argument that Christianity does not serve to generate a moral code, but rather provides a vehicle through which it may be discovered.

The television and cable industries, especially because the broadcast spectrum and wiring systems are limited, have a special responsibility to serve the public - interest.

The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and the national agricultural research systems (NARS) have served the rice - growing community for almost 40 years as providers of international public goods of benefit to rice farmers and consumers worldwide.

And the movement there seems to have already progressed to levels of co-option and greenwashing that we are just beginning to get glimmers of, and once again, our smallness will serve us well in combating those who would deceive the ever - awakening public who want a fair food system.

A good public transit system will help to alleviate many of these potential problems, but this too must be well maintained to keep from falling into disarray and subsequently failing to serve its purpose.

Keeping the system as it is might appease the moralists among us, she noted in 2007 in an opinion piece for The New York Times, but it «doesn't serve the public interest of helping individuals meet their care - giving commitments».

The Woodstock certified public accountant, whose degree in the field includes a specialization in information systems, joined the School Board in 2015 after serving as youth sports coach and PTA volunteer for his two daughters» schools.

David was also the producer of «An Inconvenient Truth,» and just as that film served as a wake - up call for climate change, «Fed Up» hopes to similarly educate the public about the serious flaws in our food system and how the food and beverage industries have a vested interest in maintaining a status quo that puts profits over our collective health — and often with the assistance of the federal government.

From knowing what kind of information is important to have to anticipating potential stumbling blocks to a smooth transition, this course serves as a guide to anyone considering adopting a child older than an infant (whether internationally or from the US public welfare system).

Submitted and Written by Reana KovalcikNancy Easton and Chef Bill Telepan serve as the executive leadership for Wellness in the Schools, a New York City - based non-profit that inspires healthy eating, physical fitness, and environmental awareness as a way of life for kids in the public school system.

«Every day, they stand up and fight for New York City residents, they fight to keep our public hospitals open and serving our most vulnerable patients and on behalf of the thousands of nurses in NYC and the thousands that serve within our public hospital system, we applaud and enthusiastically support these candidates who stand with our patients and communities.»

«This self - serving scheme alleged in the complaint was particularly egregious because it was aimed at enriching powerful people at the expense of the state's public university system,» Schneiderman said.

This report acknowledges that the public have lost confidence in the asylum system under Labour and that the lengthy asylum process is neither serving the asylum seeker nor the taxpayer.

In their letter to EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy, DEC Commissioner Basil Seggos and DOH Commissioner Howard Zucker note that public water systems that serve less than 10,000 people are exempt from the agency's Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule program.

And why should people who live in areas served by public water systems below this threshold be treated as second class citizens — does their health and safety not warrant the same protection as everyone else?»

But MADD Executive Director Richard Mallow says the current system of allowing taxi and limousine commissions in certain municipalities — such as Suffolk and Nassau continues — «has not served the public well» when it comes to current transportation options.

We've spent many decades building an independent and free PUBLIC school system in this country, and it has served us well.

Mr Clarke, who served as chancellor under John Major, wants a return to proper cabinet government, arguing it is essential «to make government work better and to reverse public cynicism about the tacky system of government and politics which New Labour has imposed upon us.»

«The basic purpose of this commission, according to the governor's charge, was to «comprehensively review and assess New York State's education system, including its structure, operation and processes...» In failing to deal at all with such major issues as funding, special education, the lack of appropriate supports for English language learners, as well as ignoring major current controversies such as implementation of [teacher evaluations] and common core systems, the commission has ill - served students, parents, and the public at large.»

I am committed to working to reform our system of government in a way that increases transparency and holds public officials accountable to the people they serve.»

The next leader of the state's sprawling public university system is an engineer and inventor who, in addition to serving as and undersecretary of the U.S. Department of Energy, helped develop technology that aided the 3 - D glasses used in films like «Avatar.»

New York City, as well as Maine and parts of Connecticut serve as thriving examples of effective public financing systems.

«This self - serving scheme alleged in the complaint was particularly egregious because it was aimed at enriching powerful people at the expense of the state's public university system.

«As the end of the job approaches, we thank local elected officials and community members for their patience, which will be rewarded with a more reliable water supply and sewer system, and reconstructed roadways that will serve the public for years to come.»

«At the end of the day, people know that we have a system that allows our public officials to serve two masters,» Kaminsky said.

«The old, discredited and flawed system of expenses has shaken the public's confidence in the conduct of those it elects to serve them.

We know that the public interest would be better served if out elected officials were able to run for office using a system of public campaign finance like New York City's.»

Klein said the IDC had served as a «strong, stabilizing force» during its partnership with the Senate Republicans, but the time has come to reassess that relationship in light of the fact that top progressive priorities like the DREAM Act, a statewide public campaign finance system and the Women's Equality Act aren't being allowed to the floor of the Senate for a vote due to the opposition of GOP Leader Dean Skelos.

«The Governor's Executive Order was designed to restore public confidence in our criminal justice system — yet the actions we detail today only served to further erode that confidence.

While other communities take such services for granted, their re-introduction here will have a profound positive impact and will serve as a learning model for a new public health system of delivery.

She also serves as a member of 81 boards and commissions including, the Board of Equalization, the Board of Control, California Public Employees» Retirement System and California State Teachers» Retirement System.

«Dr. Shah is a nationally recognized medical researcher and practitioner whose commitment to reshaping our public health system will serve the people of New York well,» Governor Cuomo said.

That's a far cry from the $ 591 million that Exelon, the plants» owner, expects to pocket by 2021, but it's worth noting the ZEC system was developed based on what the PSC could get away with without asking for legislative permission, not what best served the public interest.

«The tax legislation, in its current form most recently passed by the US senate, would be a disaster for New York State's public education system and the 2.6 million children it serves,» the groups wrote in the letter.

The city's three systems are the Brooklyn Public Library, the Queens Library and the New York Public Library (NYPL), which serves Manhattan, The Bronx and Staten Island.

«Good government and earning the public trust is not a partisan issue, and I thank Assemblyman Lalor for working with me to reform the system in Albany to better serve our constituents in the Hudson Valley,» said Senator Terry Gipson.

I was sitting at my desk at the EPA, buried in paper, and the phone rings, and an elected official asks if I have two to three million dollars to give to the Village of Hoosick Falls to install a carbon filtration system on their public water supply that serves thousands of people.

«It's never easy to leave an organization after 25 years of service, but I do so knowing that the MTA will continue to serve the public so well and that our governor will ensure New York continues to have the most robust transportation system in the country,» Prendergast said.

Even after legislative leaders were convicted — and public support for change soared — it was always going to be difficult if not impossible for lawmakers to change the rules of a system that has served them so well.

«Rob Astorino is a product of public schools, a father of three children in the public education system and a former school board member who was recruited to serve by teachers,» spokeswoman Jessica Proud said in a statement.

The referendum isn't about AV versus the perfect system so, instead of simply criticising the imperfections of AV, perhaps you would care to explain why FPTP serves the public better than AV does.

- This team «will serve as a go - to resource for non-Executive agencies, local governments, and public authorities in how to better protect their information technology assets, critical operating systems and data from cyber-attacks, malware and ransomware.»

The loss of aid would also affect public transportation systems in Buffalo, Rochester, Albany, New York City and smaller cities in New York state such as Utica, which is served by Centro.