Political beliefs, no matter how sincerely held, do not lessen accountability for murder.
Josh Havens, a spokesman for Gov. Rick Perry, said the governor favored a curriculum that required four years of math and science and "does not support efforts that lessen the accountability and academic rigor that prepares our students for career and college".
What they mean is weakening the legal rights of patients, lessening the accountability of incompetent doctors and unsafe hospitals, and giving more money to the insurance industry.
Moreover as the AP piece points out, shifting spending decisions from earmarks to formulas or bureaucrats (or mayors or governors) may lessen transparency and accountability.
We conclude that the effect of transparency practices and FTAs on trade flows comes from openness and responsiveness to lessen unpredictability, increase accountability, and give more importance on FTAs utilization.
In other words, the central feature of the super PAC that drove both Gingrich's outrage and Matthews' hyperbole is the fact that this financial arrangement is designed to lessen transparency and accountability.
Improving accountability might lessen suspicions among South Sudan's deeply polarised communities, who are quick to view Unmiss as politically motivated.
To lessen this threat Congress introduced Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and included safeguards to protect the confidentiality and security of patient data.
"These initial steps will take place within the limits of U.S. law and do not signal any lessening of the importance we place on human rights and accountability," Mr. Gates told reporters at the presidential palace complex here.
He said that such limits also lessen the potential for family friction and foster greater responsibility and accountability in the young person.
In many instances, too, reduced government accountability and transparency increases the risk of harm to the public and lessens governmental integrity.
