But he is accountable to a board of directors: God Himself, the Blessed Trinity.
No one is accountable to voters for the laws issued by such regulators.
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For all intents and purposes, an independent counsel is accountable to no one and is bound by no budget or time constraints.
The Bank of England likes to claim it is accountable to the Treasury Select Committee, because it has to appear there quarterly.
But in fact it is accountable to the Chancellor, who has signed away most of his rights to hold it to account.
As a senator, Mr Obama is accountable to an entire state's voters.
If you have a tax problem, you are best represented by a competent tax attorney, who is accountable to the organized bar, and to you.
It in turn is accountable to government and the Scottish Parliament.
Assembly government officials are part of the UK civil service and its top official, Permanent Secretary Dame Gillian Morgan, is accountable to the UK Cabinet Secretary Sir Gus O'Donnell.
The mighty city councillors are more interested in mobilising discontent in their localities than in promoting the good of the city as a whole, and the school system is accountable to nobody but itself and the teachers' unions.
The bank is accountable solely to its own members and has its own sources of finance, including subscriptions and income from loans.
Prime ministers's questions, or PMQs, is the half hour in the parliamentary week when the prime minister is directly accountable to MPs, answering questions about his government's responsibilities.
Unlike the U.S. commercial aviation industry, with strict Federal Aviation Administration oversight that can ground a fleet of aircraft, the cruise industry is largely accountable to countries like Panama or the Bahamas -- which may or may not want to offend their cruise line friends in Miami.
The goal is to hold them accountable by having them scrutinize their supply chain practices to ensure that no filthy water is seeping into waterways somewhere in the process from chemical to laptop.
The currency regime that would succeed it would mean the re-emergence of the mark as the Continent's dominant currency and rule by the German Bundesbank, which is even less accountable to Europe's public than the European Central Bank.
Apart from populist pledges that are similar to those of the ruling coalition, it is promising to make government more accountable and transparent and to fight corruption.
No magic medicine or easy cure is apparent, but perhaps the most effective message that government can send is to hold individuals accountable for their own personal lifestyle decisions.
While it is important for us to hold Washington accountable for its actions regarding taxing and spending, it is also vital that we have the same conversations closer to home.
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Speaking on behalf of the Conservatives, William Graham AM argued that an effective and accountable leadership is vital to improving social services in Wales.
Your CCO is hesitant to be accountable for meaningful metrics .
The solution is simple: Remove air traffic control from the FAA and set up a nonprofit corporation that is funded by and accountable to the aviation industry.
He is accountable, first, to Donald Dewar, the (elected) Scottish secretary who chose him for the job, and, second, to the Scottish Grand Committee, which allows members of the Commons to interrogate all ministers, including those who sit in the Lords.
Congress would specify the total budget for which it is willing to be held accountable and divide it among agencies roughly in proportion to potential lives saved or some other metric for what is regarded as a regulatory benefit.
Accountability is not straightforward either: the commissioners will be accountable to the electorate, but just how much authority they have over chief constables is yet to be clarified.
As expected for some months now, the announcement of a Commission on Public Service and Delivery, involving all parties and that "provides an opportunity for those who are involved in delivering services, those who are politically accountable for them and users of them to examine how public services are governed: that is, held accountable for their performance and delivered most effectively to the public".
Constructed around these organisations is a complex infrastructure designed to ensure the NHS is properly accountable, coordinated and regulated.
The need in those circumstances is to ensure those who care about and are accountable to the Welsh people have sufficient powers to deal with the country's challenging problems.
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