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'So what' just won't cut it anymore -- Letter of the day
La Brea :: Peru | about 15 hours ago
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So what' just won't cut it anymore Letter of the day Sunday, November 22nd 2009 "Enough is enough": Conrad Enill Thanks to (Energy Minister) Conrad Enill for so perfectly encapsulating the attitude of the Government to the concerns of the people in...
Tags: Mr Enill, Peru, La Brea, Political corruption, Social philosophy, Politics, Accountability, Democracy, Evaluation
'Hold them accountable', Gomes joins call for citizens to start demanding more from authorities
Kingston :: Jamaica | 1 day ago
Credibility Dr Carolyn Gomes, executive director of Jamaicans For Justice (JFJ), has joined the call by an internationally recognised child advocate, declaring that people should hold the Government accountable for upholding the laws regarding children. "All of the...
Tags: Dr Carolyn Gomes, Wess Stafford, held accountability, Jamaica, Kingston, Protect, Politics, Jamaicans for Justice, Accountability, Carolyn Gomes
Army Announces Independent Body Armor Review
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 1 day ago
Credibility Secretary of the Army John McHugh announced today that the National Research Council (NRC) will perform an independent assessment of the Army's body armor testing, following last month's recommendation by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) for...
Tags: body armor, Army, Government Accountability Office, independently assessment, John McHugh, Afghanistan, Kabul, United States Army Test and Evaluation Command, Contracting with the United States Government, Personal armour, Ballistic vest, Ballistics, Health Medical Pharma, Assessment, AccountAbility, War Conflict, National Research Council, Politics, Dragon Skin
The forces of impunity are in full retreat in Kenya
Nairobi :: Kenya | 5 days ago
Credibility A comparison can be made with the changes that took place in the economy in the early mid 1990s, to what is happening now. The Goldenberg and related scams that brought the economy literally to its knees was swiftly followed by a series of shake-ups and...
Tags: Kenya, Nairobi, Impunity, Punishment, Mwai Kibaki, Accountability, Politics, Politics of Kenya, Human rights, International law
War-torn nations 'most corrupt'
London :: United Kingdom | 5 days ago
Credibility It said this was a result of "political stability, long established conflict of interest regulations and solid, functioning public institutions". The issue of corruption in Afghanistan is particularly pressing. Widespread fraud marred the country's last...
Tags: United Kingdom, London, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Tax haven, Accountability, G-20 major economies, Political corruption, 16th arrondissement of Paris, International trade, Politics
Govt planning to make judiciary more accountable: Moily
Kōchi :: Japan | 7 days ago
Credibility Union law minister Veerappa Moily on Sunday said the government was planning to make judiciary "more accountable" but without compromising its independence and the respect for it. "The government is planning to make judiciary more accountable. However,...
Tags: Japan, Kōchi, Accountability, V. R. Krishna Iyer, Romanian judicial reform, Mangaloreans, Tulu people, Veerappa Moily, Law Crime, Politics
A green call to arms | Joshua Wickerham
Beijing :: China | 8 days ago
Credibility A green call to arms To jump-start the green economy, Obama should encourage co-operation between US and Chinese businesses Barack Obama can use his inaugural China visit to jump-start the transformation to a global low-carbon economy. The US and China...
Tags: EU-China, Barack Obama, UN Copenhagen, China, Beijing, AccountAbility, Low-carbon economy, Political positions of Barack Obama, International reaction to the United States presidential election, Business Finance, Luo people, Punahou School alumni, Environment
Quangos – still undemocratic after all,
London :: United Kingdom | 8 days ago
Credibility Significant new research on quangos is published today by the Local Government Association (LGA) and reported in today’s Daily Telegraph as further evidence that quangos are ‘unrepresentative, closed to scrutiny and offer bad value’ . The LGA report examines...
Tags: LGA, Democratic Audit, United Kingdom, London, Non-departmental public body, Scottish Government, Accountability, Scottish public bodies, Regional development agency, Politics, Acronyms, Quango, Government of the United Kingdom
Watchdog seeks sharper teeth
Nairobi :: Kenya | 8 days ago
Credibility Public complaints chief wants out of government and a broader mandate A public service watchdog set up two years ago now seeks to be delinked from central government and placed under Parliament. The head of the Public Complaints Standing Committee,...
Tags: Parliament, Mr Simani, Kenya, Nairobi, Ombudsman, Accountability, Politics
Public services want to be more accountable. Why don't banks? | Andrew Haldenby
Auckland :: New Zealand | 8 days ago
Credibility The closed circle Public services want to be more accountable. Why don't banks? Something I didn't expect happened at the Reform conference on the agenda of the new government on Tuesday. Remarkably, it was the speakers on government who argued passionately...
Tags: public services, New Zealand, Auckland, Bank, Hector Sants, Crime, Oliver Letwin, Accountability, Business Finance, Politics
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