Transparency, Responsiveness, Accountability, and Increased Stability and Success Sample Clauses

Transparency, Responsiveness, Accountability, and Increased Stability and Success. The reforms—increased open, public deliberation, and increased consultation with local stakeholderscaused by actors who recast concession agreements as traditional matters of public policy will substantially enhance transparency, responsiveness, and accountability in the creation of concession agreements. Debate in a public forum would allow affected individuals to follow the proceedings easily, as compared to closed-door meetings between high-level government officials, lawyers, and representatives from the concessionaire company. Public debate would also enhance transparency by giving opposing political parties,149 NGOs,150 and media sources151 increased access to 149. For example, even if the parties to the agreement did not make terms available directly to the public, opposing parties would strategically release the information they can access to the public or interest groups that support their position. The United Nations election and referendum supervision programs, such as those in Malawi and Cambodia, recognized the opposing party’s ability to access and present government information as so important to transparency and accountability that it served as a key guideline to effective elections. See Letter Dated 30 October 1991 from the Permanent Representatives of France and Indonesia to the United Nations Addressed to the United Nations Secretary-General, at 00, X.X. Xxx. A/46/608 (“Ensuring fair access to the media, including press, television and radio, for all parties contesting in the election . . . .”); ARTICLE 19 GLOBAL CAMPAIGN FOR FREE EXPRESSION, GUIDELINES FOR BROADCAST COVERAGE OF ELECTION CAMPAIGNS IN TRANSITIONAL DEMOCRACIES, guideline 9 (1992), xxxx://xxxxxxxxxx.xxx/ero- en/topics/parties-and-candidates/mex01.pdf. 150. For example, Transparency International, one of the leading NGOs in the field, seeks to increase NGOs’ access to and dissemination of government information in order to increase transparency and decrease corruption. Transparency Int’l, Anti-Corruption Handbook, xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx/policy_research/ach (last visited Nov. 4, 2007). 151. See, e.g., Democracy Dialogue on Journalists’ Access to Government Information, U.S. INFO, June 4, 2007, xxxx://xxxxxx.xxxxx.xxx/xarchives/display.html?p=washfile-english&y=2007&m =June&x=20070604163025eaifas2.117336e-03 (Xxxx Xxxxxxx, the executive director of Internews International, describing how he increased journalistic access to governments in information about terms and poten...
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  • Wall Street Transparency and Accountability Act In connection with Section 739 of the Wall Street Transparency and Accountability Act of 2010 (“WSTAA”), the parties hereby agree that neither the enactment of WSTAA or any regulation under the WSTAA, nor any requirement under WSTAA or an amendment made by WSTAA, shall limit or otherwise impair either party’s otherwise applicable rights to terminate, renegotiate, modify, amend or supplement this Confirmation or the Agreement, as applicable, arising from a termination event, force majeure, illegality, increased costs, regulatory change or similar event under this Confirmation, the Equity Definitions incorporated herein, or the Agreement (including, but not limited to, rights arising from Change in Law, Hedging Disruption, Increased Cost of Hedging, an Excess Ownership Position, or Illegality (as defined in the Agreement)).

  • Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act (FFATA Subrecipient shall comply with the requirements of 2 CFR part 25 Universal Identifier and System for Award Management (XXX). Subrecipient must have an active registration in XXX, xxxxx://xxx.xxx.gov/XXX/ in accordance with 2 CFR part 25, appendix A, and must have a Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number xxxxx://xxxxxx.xxx.xxx/webform/ Subrecipient must also comply with provisions of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act, which includes requirements on executive compensation, 2 CFR part 170 Reporting Subaward and Executive Compensation Information.

  • Wall Street Transparency and Accountability Act of 2010 The parties hereby agree that none of (i) Section 739 of the WSTAA, (ii) any similar legal certainty provision included in any legislation enacted, or rule or regulation promulgated, on or after the Trade Date, (iii) the enactment of the WSTAA or any regulation under the WSTAA, (iv) any requirement under the WSTAA or (v) any amendment made by the WSTAA shall limit or otherwise impair either party’s right to terminate, renegotiate, modify, amend or supplement this Confirmation or the Agreement, as applicable, arising from a termination event, force majeure, illegality, increased cost, regulatory change or similar event under this Confirmation, the Equity Definitions or the Agreement (including, but not limited to, any right arising from any Acceleration Event).

  • Health Care Accountability Ordinance If Administrative Code Chapter 12Q applies to this contract, Contractor shall comply with the requirements of Chapter 12Q. For each Covered Employee, Contractor shall provide the appropriate health benefit set forth in Section 12Q.3 of the HCAO. If Contractor chooses to offer the health plan option, such health plan shall meet the minimum standards set forth by the San Francisco Health Commission. Information about and the text of the Chapter 12Q, as well as the Health Commission’s minimum standards, is available on the web at xxxx://xxxxx.xxx/olse/hcao. Contractor is subject to the enforcement and penalty provisions in Chapter 12Q. Any Subcontract entered into by Contractor shall require any Subcontractor with 20 or more employees to comply with the requirements of the HCAO and shall contain contractual obligations substantially the same as those set forth in this Section.

  • Service Accountability Agreements The HSP acknowledges that if the LHIN and the HSP enter into negotiations for a subsequent service accountability agreement, subsequent funding may be interrupted if the next service accountability agreement is not executed on or before the expiration date of this Agreement.

  • A Service Accountability Agreement This Agreement is a service accountability agreement for the purposes of section 20(1) of LHSIA.

  • Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Grantee certifies that it is in compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), Public Law Xx. 000-000, 00 XXX Parts 160, 162 and 164, and the Social Security Act, 42 USC 1320d-2 through 1320d-7, in that it may not use or disclose protected health information other than as permitted or required by law and agrees to use appropriate safeguards to prevent use or disclosure of the protected health information. Grantee shall maintain, for a minimum of six (6) years, all protected health information.

  • Transparency On request, the data exporter shall make a copy of these Clauses, including the Appendix as completed by the Parties, available to the data subject free of charge. To the extent necessary to protect business secrets or other confidential information, including the measures described in Annex II and personal data, the data exporter may redact part of the text of the Appendix to these Clauses prior to sharing a copy, but shall provide a meaningful summary where the data subject would otherwise not be able to understand the its content or exercise his/her rights. On request, the Parties shall provide the data subject with the reasons for the redactions, to the extent possible without revealing the redacted information. This Clause is without prejudice to the obligations of the data exporter under Articles 13 and 14 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679.

  • Substance Abuse Treatment Information Substance abuse treatment information shall be maintained in compliance with 42 C.F.R. Part 2 if the Party or subcontractor(s) are Part 2 covered programs, or if substance abuse treatment information is received from a Part 2 covered program by the Party or subcontractor(s).

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