Sentences with phrase «violations of the public authorities»

The complaint asks the Authorities Budget Office to investigate the State Environmental Facilities Corporation for potential violations of the Public Authorities Reform Act it engaged in while fast tracking the approval of a $ 256m loan for the Thruway Authority to pay for Tappan Zee Bridge construction.

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A «whistleblower» discloses information he or she reasonably believes evidences: • A violation of any law, rule or regulation • An abuse of authority • Gross mismanagement • A gross waste of funds • A substantial and specific danger to public health or safety

The three voting members of the Public Authorities Control Board must unanimously approve the loan, which has been criticized as a violation of state and federal law by state and local legislators as well as the Environmental Protection Agency.

He maintained that «plaintiffs alleging equal protection violations must prove intent and causation and not merely the existence of racial disparity,» and that «public schooling, even in the South, should be controlled by locally elected authorities acting in conjunction with parents, and that it is desirable to permit pupils to attend schools nearest their homes.»

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) is committed to protecting current and former Federal employees and applicants for employment from interference and retaliation when making protected disclosures, or «whistleblowing,» which includes disclosing information related to a violation of law, rule, or regulation; gross mismanagement; gross waste of funds; abuse of authority; or a substantial and specific danger to public health or safety.

These provisions are consistent with and do not supersede, conflict with or otherwise alter the employee obligations, rights, or liabilities created by existing statute or Executive order relating to (1) classified information, (2) communications to Congress, (3) the reporting to an Inspector General of a violation of any law, rule, or regulation, or mismanagement, a gross waste of funds, an abuse of authority, or a substantial and specific danger to public health or safety, or (4) any other whistleblower protection.

Advertising and selling flights without an approved Public Charter prospectus constitutes engaging in air transportation as an indirect air carrier without Department authority in violation of 49 U.S.C. § 41101.

This order concerns the unlawful assertion of sovereign immunity by Thai Airways International Public Company Ltd. («Thai Airways»), a foreign air carrier holding permit and exemption authority to operate to and from the United States, conduct that violated the express terms of its operating authority, 49 U.S.C. $ 41301, and constituted an unfair and deceptive practice in violation of 49 U.S.C. 3 41712.

The Justice Department announced today that it and the National Federation of the Blind have reached a settlement with the Sacramento Public Library Authority in Sacramento, Calif., to remedy alleged violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

Turley writes that «arresting someone for communications based on public observations is an abuse of authority and a violation of the Constitution.»

(a) A state or local governmental entity may not suspend or terminate the employment of, or take other adverse personnel action against, a public employee who in good faith reports a violation of law by the employing governmental entity or another public employee to an appropriate law enforcement authority.

«The trial court may take aggressive action to safeguard the public interest and preclude a speedy trial violation... and the District Attorney has the authority to dismiss the death penalty notice, if that will make adequate funding available to the defense and allow for a speedy trial of this case,» Nahmias wrote.

A covered entity is not in violation of the requirements of this rule when a member of its workforce or a business associate of the covered entity discloses protected health information to: (i) A health oversight agency or public health authority authorized by law to investigate or otherwise oversee the relevant conduct or conditions of the covered entity; (ii) an appropriate health care accreditation organization; or (iii) an attorney, for the purpose of determining his or her legal options with respect to whistleblowing.

Served on the Springfield Housing Authority SWOT Team which conducted a review of the Springfield property, to ensure the housing authority was no longer in violation of HUD public housing regAuthority SWOT Team which conducted a review of the Springfield property, to ensure the housing authority was no longer in violation of HUD public housing regauthority was no longer in violation of HUD public housing regulations.