They measure a developing country's "polity score", based on factors like transparency and constraints on executive power.
For instance, we can take steps to put in place greater oversight, greater transparency and constraints on the use of this authority.
For instance, we can take steps to put in place greater oversight, greater transparency, and constraints on the use of this authority.
The first of four bolt-tightening reforms on Obama's list involved "greater oversight, greater transparency and constraints" on the use of Section 215 of the Patriot Act, which was what the government pointed at to get Verizon to give it the records of millions of phone calls.
Obama said he wants "greater oversight, greater transparency, and constraints" on vacuuming up data, and urged Americans to trust him that abuses of existing laws weren't occurring.
The proposed new legal framework should for the first time explicitly set out surveillance capabilities, detailing the authorisation procedures, privacy constraints, transparency requirements, targeting criteria, sharing arrangements, oversight, and other safeguards.
I'm a Good Democrat and a benevolent leader; therefore, no limits, oversight, checks and balances, legal or Constitutional constraints, transparency or due process are necessary for me to exercise even the most awesome powers, such as ordering people executed.
Architects are responsible for the visibility and transparency of design constraints and the rationale behind design decisions.
This should also include the privacy constraints, transparency requirements, targeting criteria, sharing arrangements and other safeguards that apply to the use of their capabilities".
The opponents faced constraints of transparency; a condition that the Seoul government argued was inevitable due to the need for confidential information and lack of expertise on the part of opponents of the plan.
