In his opening remarks, Mr Boehner said the objective of Republicans was to give government back to citizens of the US and provide honesty and accountability.
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He sees his work as closely aligned with the open government movement and efforts to make government more accessible to citizens through digital channels.
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Ashcroft said it was important for the government to alert citizens of the threat.
That is the advice of the United States government to American citizens.
We're also launching a new partnership to promote open government and to empower citizens.
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But the statistics offer little cheer to a government trying to persuade its citizens to burn less fuel.
As academic evidence mounts that graft deters investment and economic growth, aid agencies tie their largesse more directly to clean government, and citizens from Argentina to Indonesia demand less venal politicians, no country can afford to ignore its reputation for corruption.
The federal government now answered to citizens, not the states.
In particular, he defended the need for popular entitlement programs that provide government benefits to senior citizens, the poor and the disabled, saying they were part of the American fabric.
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As you know, my duties have me here in Washington tonight to oversee the federal government's efforts to help citizens recover from Hurricane Gustav.
As a result of these efforts, we are working to transform how government works for citizens, and I am honored to be recognized on behalf of the work of so many.
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The size of our government now extends to guaranteeing citizens low or no-cost housing, food, education and medical care.
"It simply is not the role of the government to micro-regulate citizens' dietary decisions, " the governor wrote about his decision.
France's government warned French citizens to avoid travel in northern Cameroon after the kidnapping and urged anyone currently there to leave immediately.
Planning for the future will require both the government and everyday citizens to much more seriously forecast technological penetration and map their strategies accordingly.
Some aid agencies reckon it amounts to just three to six weeks' supplies, while the Iraqi government claims its citizens have enough to last six months.
And for as long as it takes, I intend to use the full force of the federal government to protect our fellow citizens and the place where they live.
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Ryan, the conservative House Budget Committee chairman from Wisconsin, has proposed a partial privatization of the entitlement that would provide government subsidies to help senior citizens pay for coverage they would choose from a list of options.
Furthermore, the government has encouraged citizens to go on-line for education and business purposes, hoping that a well-educated and entrepreneurial population, under strict state supervision, will lead to greater regional and global influence, increased economic opportunities and foreign investment.
Two Malaysian companies have been licensed to develop the "e-government, " which aims to enable citizens to pay their taxes, check their traffic summonses and a host of other things on-line.
Haarde, said Wednesday that he was optimistic that Iceland would be able to secure the loan from the Russian government, but his citizens would have to face a reduction in living standards.
The decision goes to the heart of a big controversy in civil law: To what extent can the government be held liable for failing to protect citizens against risks that are conceivable, but expensive and burdensome to protect against?
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The Open Data Initiative, an effort to make government data machine-readable and accessible to all citizens.
"It will allow ordinary citizens to ask legitimate questions about spending, questions which will become an irritant to government departments, but I think a legitimate irritant, as citizens seek to find out what money was spent on, " its chairman Michael O'Higgins said.
In recent weeks, the Beijing government has promised to end its ban on American beef, to try harder to respect intellectual-property rights, to abide by international rules for government procurement and to allow Chinese firms and citizens to buy more dollars and invest them abroad.
The government spending watchdog Citizens Against Government Waste routinely took Stevens to task for his expertise with the earmark.
We chose the name FirstGov to signify the citizens' first click to electronic government.
Switzerland agreed on Monday to provide information about Indian citizens even if the government is able to give limited details.
Instead, the Chinese government leases the land to its citizens and lets them purchase the property.
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And a government agency uses BPM to let citizens renew their passports or get building permits.
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