• It was landmarked and it marked a very, very aggressive and important step the federal government took in taking over, really, the levels of accountability or the degree of accountability, public accountability schools are responsible for.

    NPR: Revisions to No Child Left Behind

  • Where does the accountability of the fan breaking the rules end and the accountability of the performer protecting himself begin?

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  • In the past year of business scandals, the Times has not shied away from making tough calls, including criticising a lack of accountability of bosses for corporate failures.

    ECONOMIST: Crisis management for a top media brand

  • One key aspect of accountability is financial accountability, which can refer to processes and mechanisms that are designed to ensure that the funds are distributed equitably, reach the intended users or beneficiaries and are used properly according to the budget.

    UNESCO: Accountability

  • Sir Richard, arguably the second most powerful man in Britain, retains old-school civil-service values: devoted to its ethos, uninterested in partisan politics, and hooked on the traditional though moth-eaten doctrine of the accountability of civil servants through ministers to Parliament.

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  • My main problem with the piece, however, is that its conception of accountability journalism, and accountability itself, seems frozen in time.

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  • Or is it, as the National Union of Teachers claims, legislation that "rides roughshod" over the tradition of local democratic accountability of schools?

    BBC: Schools Bill: Who's taking charge?

  • The union has said it supports the basic principles, but was one of a number of organisations to raise concerns about the pace of change, lack of accountability and involvement of the private sector.

    BBC: Poor morale and job cuts threaten NHS reform, says RCN

  • The marketing of Jaipur Foot is intimately tied to their culture of accountability and the quality of their products.

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  • Second, how we deal with the problem of democratic legitimacy and accountability of decision-making in the EU, which is a growing concern in most member states.

    BBC: William Hague: Britons' EU disillusionment deepest ever

  • The corporate-governance module would be even more nostalgic, given Mr Welch's dislike of newfangled concepts of accountability through the hiring of independent directors and so forth.

    ECONOMIST: Online, straight from the gut and politically incorrect

  • The leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats Kirsty Williams AM agreed with the Conservatives of the need for such elections because of the widespread concern amongst the inhabitants of national parks about the accountability of the authorities that run them.

    BBC: Democracy Live site links

  • They are designed to protect the interests of minority investors, improve the accountability of companies and maximise shareholder value.

    ECONOMIST: Shareholder rights have been bruised by big investors

  • This has led to concerns that replacing the Primary Care Trusts with Commissioning Consortia of GPs will undermine the public accountability of the Health Service.

    BBC: Health reform: A suitable case for treatment?

  • It will not solve all our problems, but at least by imposing a degree of personal accountability on members of Congress, it might encourage constructive cooperation instead of last-minute scrambles and hyperpartisan brinksmanship.

    CNN: 'No Budget, No Pay' is no-brainer

  • In the event, for all the nastiness, buck-passing and back-biting this mass of material exposes, it only reinforces Mr Pollard's conclusions: that the BBC's lines of accountability were deeply flawed and that members of its lavishly paid and top-heavy management saw it as their priority, in a crisis, to flunk responsibility rather than take it.

    BBC: Savile inquiry: Media reaction to BBC transcripts

  • Now, some have asserted that the CFPB will not have adequate accountability, and I wanted to address those assertions right now, because the CFPB has an unprecedented set of accountability provisions that make it, frankly, more accountable, uniquely amongst bank regulators.

    WHITEHOUSE: The White House

  • The city council has been webcasting a range of meetings since 2008 to improve openness and accountability of local decision making.

    BBC: Bristol City Council webcast watched by three people

  • While this practice is more often than not followed to simplify workflow rather than born of malice, it raises serious questions about the accountability of individual members of IT when something in fact does go wrong, e.g. poor decision-making that results in resource downtime.

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  • Chief among these lessons were: the need for political will and engagement at the highest level of policy- and decision-makers, regular consultation with and participation of stakeholders in policy setting and planning, and joint responsibility and accountability of all partners for the reform implementation.

    UNESCO: EDUCATION

  • The group suggested, for immediate action, the improvement of national accountability and more equitable distribution of wealth.

    UNESCO: Bulletin on EFA action worldwide No.45

  • The audit confirmed the findings of an AP investigation last year that found a lack of accountability in California's multimillion-dollar special license plate program and specific examples of misappropriation in the memorial license plate fund.

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  • Her plan follows the release of recommendations by the Commission on the Future of Higher Education, which Spellings created to launch a national dialogue on the accessibility, affordability, and accountability of higher education.

    NPR: Spellings Announces Plan to Improve Higher Ed

  • Irina Bokova took part also in the meeting of the United Nations Development Group (UNDG) Principals, where the Executive Heads discussed the management and accountability of the UN system and the reinforcement of the Delivering as One process.

    UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES

  • He said that until this happens a measure of devolution should take place, with members of the currently suspended assembly taking a role in developing departmental policy, so as to increase the "accountability of the administration in Northern Ireland".

    BBC: Donaldson challenge to devolution plan

  • The lack of financial accountability leads to leakage, mismanagement of resources and inefficient use and it will ultimately affect quality learning.

    UNESCO: Accountability

  • The IMF cut off aid to Kenya in 1997, criticizing it for a lack of openness and accountability and citing allegations of high-level corruption.

    CNN: Kenyans, independent, still seek some freedoms

  • Fortunately, although much needed to be done to create what Mr Shamir calls a culture of transparency and accountability, the basis of a powerful business was there.

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  • "I note also the development, I believe particularly in Berkshire, of the Canadian model of support and accountability as a means of dealing with that most difficult and challenging of subjects, the treatment of sex offenders, " he said.

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  • My job application for any front office accountability is eight pages of mostly essay-type questions (if it's for a management or business development accountability, there are another six to ten pages of those), and my interviews get even more up close and personal.

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