Sentences with phrase «think of a watchdog»

Not exact matches

The conspiratorially minded might think it has to do with publishers» efforts at buffing up ebook prices with the tech company — something that has brought all parties no end of grief from antitrust watchdogs.

Think tanks and industry watchdogs Rogue players can give your industry a bad reputation, but formal definitions, guidelines, and regulations improve credibility and direct negative sentiment toward individual companies instead of the industry as a whole.

The church needs to establish a watchdog agency which would conduct continuous research and debate to ensure that the message and practice of religious programs remains congruous with established Christian thought.

We also need to get everything sorted for environmental agencies, financial watchdogs, competition authorities and countless other bodies most of us don't think about on a day - to - day basis.

The Albany - based think tank and fiscal watchdog group Empire Center for Public Policy launched in 2005 as a project of the Manhattan Institute is being «re-launched» as an independent organization, the organization's president E.J. McMahon announced.

Liberal watchdog group Media Matters was the first to sound the alarm, but within a day, gay - rights supporters — from Mark Stern at Slate to John Aravosis at AmericaBlog — had joined the chorus of voices asking Klein: What were you thinking?

There had been speculation that the business secretary would use his powers to prevent the takeover after consultation with media watchdog Ofcom as a matter of public interest if it was thought the takeover would damage the plurality of the industry.

«I think 9 percent from one industry is starting to become a significant portion of his overall funds, such that the public might perceive the industry could have an outsized influence,» said Alex Camarda of government watchdog group Reinvent Albany, noting that such contributions are legal.

DiNapoli, a Democrat, has used the pension fund to throw some political weight around when it comes to social causes — think of the Chevron lawsuit, which is being challenged by former ethics watchdog David Grandeau, and the plan to divest from firearm manufacturers.

«We think there's an inherent corruption risk in having your state university system, which has a different set of rules than state agencies, be the one that's handing out enormous sums of money,» Kaehny said at a news conference in Albany where several watchdog groups called for the changes.

«All of the people that work on this issue, the good government groups and watchdogs, think at this point you need dramatic reform given what has happened in Albany.

Dick Dadey, executive director of the government watchdog group Citizens Union, said «this is more of a perception problem than a conflict problem,» adding Wolfson owns «too small» of a sum in Forest City Enterprises stock to think there's a conflict or his judgement could be impaired.

Morgan Pehme, executive director of the political watchdog group, Effective NY, wrote in an email, «This strikes me as a grievous, very poorly thought out conflict of interest.»

The Democracy Alliance has helped shape the institutional left, steering more than $ 600 million since its inception in 2005 to a portfolio of carefully selected groups, including pillars of the Clinton - aligned establishment like the think tank Center for American Progress and the media watchdog Media Matters.

«It's ironic that Sinatra thinks so highly of his community contributions when he can't even take the basic step of paying his taxes,» said Robert Galbraith, a researcher at the Public Accountability Initiative, a government watchdog group that was the first to reveal the tax debt.

At the time, State Senator Gayle Slossberg, the only Democrat to vote against Malloy's plan, was quoted as saying, «I just think that the proposal in front of us undermines the independence and the integrity of the [State Election Enforcement Commission and the other] watchdog agencies,»

There are reports for all education stakeholders by national agencies (U.S. Department of Education), watchdog groups (Education Week), international collaboratives (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development) and academic think - tanks (Stamford History Education Group).

This week, Media Matters for America, a media watchdog group based in Washington D.C., released a report — a guide essentially — outlining the numerous connections in the «echo chamber» of advocacy front groups, think tanks, and media outlets that see schools and students as «an untapped market.»

Contrary to what some people may think, we are not a «watchdog» of the academic research industry.

Think of Robert Fletcher and his endless claims that we wanted a meeting with the various watchdog groups.

Some indie authors are weird and crazy, and I think writers are naturally awkward people with poor social skills (I certainly am)... but there's a tremendous amount of support in the indie publishing community, with organizations and watchdogs and bloggers trying to help one another.

«I don't think it's much of a stretch to say that most MPs are doing better in office than they would in their careers in private life,» says Duff Conacher, co-ordinator at Democracy Watch, a government watchdog in Ottawa.

He should be thought of as a keen watchdog or an alarm system rather than as a formidable guard dog.

Tibetan Terriers are thought to be good watchdogs that are careful or reserved with strangers, which indicates they have some amount of low level anxiety or concern about them.

Plus, her forward - thinking and independent lifestyle never fails to captivate contemporary art world imaginations, from painter Hilary Harkness to watchdogs of the National Portrait Gallery.

He also added that the introduction of any cryptocurrency regulation in the country will only promote digital currency trading, as investors will think that the watchdog already recognizes cryptocurrency as «actual» currency.

The UK's throwaway culture and baffling sell - by dates are thought to be at the heart of the problem although, in recent years, there has actually been a decrease in avoidable food waste by a fifth, although research by watchdog Which?