Sentences with phrase «in our government contracts group»

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In 2007, The Laljis» company, Larco Group, struck a $ 1.7 - billion deal with the federal government to buy and then lease back seven Ottawa office buildings; the CBC reported in 2015 that the arrangement has been plagued by years of disputes between the two parties, including acrimony over repairs, contract tendering and even parking feeIn 2007, The Laljis» company, Larco Group, struck a $ 1.7 - billion deal with the federal government to buy and then lease back seven Ottawa office buildings; the CBC reported in 2015 that the arrangement has been plagued by years of disputes between the two parties, including acrimony over repairs, contract tendering and even parking feein 2015 that the arrangement has been plagued by years of disputes between the two parties, including acrimony over repairs, contract tendering and even parking fees.

Programmed managing director Chris Sutherland says the group's annual results show the benefits of its diversification, with its government and property contracts largely offsetting a decline in resource sector work.

Construction firm Georgiou Group has won a contract to build Primewest's $ 31 million multi-storey office development in Joondalup, which will be occupied by state government departments.

Long - running negotiations between CPB Contractors and the state government have resulted in the CIMIC Group subsidiary signing a $ 47.9 million contract for the New Lord St project at Ellenbrook.

The Philippine press is reporting that industry sources said that a consortium that is vying for the Light Railway Transit extension contract is on the verge of breaking up as two members (AMA Group Holdings and SNC Lavalin) are engaged in a dispute over who should supply the equipment and trains and how much funding the Philippine government should source.

A group of Afghan vets who went to court to fight the slashing of benefits were informed, in response, that the Harper government has torn up the social contract with vets that has been in place since World War I. Fantino's department, in the midst of all the cutbacks, returned $ 1.13 billion of unspent funds, and then announced that $ 200 million of that would be returned to improve services.

Midland's Washington D.C. - based group has substantial contracting experience and demonstrated expertise in providing payment processing, loan administration, loan accounting, and asset and portfolio management services for Government credit programs.

The term refers to a civil, legal contract in terms of government and something spiritual for churches and other religious groups (and yet other things for other cultural groups).

In fact, groups like Catholic Charities often lose money on government contracts, and the government knows it.

She is a member of the firm's Litigation group and is also active in the Health Care and Life Sciences, and Federal Government Contract and Agency Regulation groups.

In the same statement, the groups recommended «[i] ncreasing overall government accountability and transparency, by... ending the use of state controlled non-profit groups and the state university system in the contract award process.&raquIn the same statement, the groups recommended «[i] ncreasing overall government accountability and transparency, by... ending the use of state controlled non-profit groups and the state university system in the contract award process.&raquin the contract award process.»

With wages in decline compared to inflation, zero - hours contracts, food banks, the benefits cap and the bedroom tax, the unemployed and lowest paid have undoubtedly suffered more than any group under the coalition government.

(June 22, 2017, Albany) A coalition of prominent government watchdog groups say Governor Cuomo, Senate Leader Flanagan and Speaker Heastie have completely failed to address the huge problems revealed by last year's alleged rigging of $ 800m in state economic development contracts and that... (read more)

(June 22, 2017, Albany) A coalition of prominent government watchdog groups say Governor Cuomo, Senate Leader Flanagan and Speaker Heastie have completely failed to address the huge problems revealed by last year's alleged rigging of $ 800m in state economic development contracts and that billions of state funds remain at risk for bid rigging and pay to play.

Culture Secretary Matt Hancock replies that there were government contracts in the past with this group of companies but «no ongoing arrangements» with Cambridge Analytica or its group.

The GJA's call came in the wake of the Jospong Group's [owners of, Zoomlion and other subsidiaries] denial of claims that it inflated the cost of a contract it had with the Mahama government to supply waste bins.

The Herald's preliminary findings about the Rural Electrification Project in which Smarttys, has been mentioned, has revealed that the contract was rather between Ghana Government and the China Hunan Construction Engineering Group Corporation, and that Smarttys, has no business transaction with the government as claimed by the Minority New Patriotic Party Government and the China Hunan Construction Engineering Group Corporation, and that Smarttys, has no business transaction with the government as claimed by the Minority New Patriotic Party government as claimed by the Minority New Patriotic Party (NPP) MPs.

In a letter to the state's political leaders, the groups urged that steps be taken to reduce the risk of corruption in how the state doles out government contractIn a letter to the state's political leaders, the groups urged that steps be taken to reduce the risk of corruption in how the state doles out government contractin how the state doles out government contracts.

Government observers and watchdog groups have called for oversight of the city and state university systems to be expanded under the state Comptroller, not the Inspector General, including certain contract oversight powers that were stripped by Cuomo and the Legislature in 2011.

Government reform groups in Albany want state lawmakers Cuomo to strengthen the state's contracting and procurement system after nine people were arrested on charges of bid - rigging related to a lucrative economic development project.

Instead, the decision is largely in the hands of the State Department and the national nonprofit groups that the US government contracts with to distribute refugees nationwide.

Responding to the Government's proposal to outlaw «exclusivity» in zero hour contracts and increase transparency, the Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (LITRG) have argued that the proposals fail to grasp what is actually needed to bring sustainable protection for low paid workers on zero hour contracts.

Big, important groups with name - recognition have been hollowed out of their principles in the desperate bid for government contracts.

Good government groups, in response, pointed out the myriad loopholes in the governor's plan; among them, that the chief procurement officer would not be independent of the governor — unlike the state comptroller, already tasked with overseeing state contracts.

The groups said there should be stricter laws against pay to play, where companies with business before government, or in competition for state contracts, would be restricted from giving large campaign contributions to politicians.

Having said that, and in light of the investigation into the awarding of contracts at the Solar City facility in Buffalo, we hope that New York State and relevant agencies do everything in their power to provide a transparent bidding process,» said Joshua Reap, a government affairs director for the group.

For a nation that was waiting for a messianic vision and direction from his government, President Buhari does not have the privilege or the right to remain silent on issues such as the current fuel scarcity (save for a one - page press release signed by him), the Mainagate, the NNPC $ 25bn contract scandal, the continued Fulani herdsmen attack on communities, despite their being listed as the fourth deadliest terror group in the Global Terrorism Index, and the full report of the Presidential Panel of Inquiry set up to investigate a former Secretary to Government of the Federation, Lawal Babachir, and a former DG, National Intelligence Agency, Ayo Oke, because beyond election, the validation of the legitimacy of any government through good governance rests on this core element which is commgovernment, President Buhari does not have the privilege or the right to remain silent on issues such as the current fuel scarcity (save for a one - page press release signed by him), the Mainagate, the NNPC $ 25bn contract scandal, the continued Fulani herdsmen attack on communities, despite their being listed as the fourth deadliest terror group in the Global Terrorism Index, and the full report of the Presidential Panel of Inquiry set up to investigate a former Secretary to Government of the Federation, Lawal Babachir, and a former DG, National Intelligence Agency, Ayo Oke, because beyond election, the validation of the legitimacy of any government through good governance rests on this core element which is commGovernment of the Federation, Lawal Babachir, and a former DG, National Intelligence Agency, Ayo Oke, because beyond election, the validation of the legitimacy of any government through good governance rests on this core element which is commgovernment through good governance rests on this core element which is communicating.

Pressure group, OccupyGhana, has alleged that government has ordered the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), to acquire a 24 % stake in a contract awarded to one of the companies belonging to businessman, Alfred Agbesi Woyome, the man at the centre of the controversial GHc51 million judgment debt saga.

A coalition of good - government groups said the use of the SUNY Polytechnic and its Fort Schuyler nonprofit arm blurs the lines of responsibility and accountability in deciding which companies get big contracts.

The management of the Youth Employment Agency [YEA], has served notice it will take on new service providers to handle its Youth in Sanitation Module from June this year [2018], when the government's contract with Zoomlion, a subsidiary of the Jospong Group of Companies expires.

Launched in 2003 with government support, NIBS offers its group leaders generous funding for the duration of their 5 - year contracts.

After 20 years of research and almost as many years fighting industry groups in court for control of their data, government scientists can finally publish two papers showing that underground miners exposed to diesel fumes have a threefold increased risk for contracting lung cancer.

They put their safety in the hands of a small group of men, contracted by the US government.

The contract awarded to the Portakabin Group is the first scheme in the # 28 million Surrey and Kent batch of the Government's Priority School Building Programme.

A U.S. court of appeals recently upheld California's Proposition 209, a statewide referendum which forbids special consideration for women or minority group members in jobs, government contracts, or university admission.

Commonly known as the «Anti-Affirmative Action Proposition,» among other things, it prohibited ``... the state, local governments, districts, public universities, colleges, and schools, and other government instrumentalities from discriminating against or giving preferential treatment to any individual or group in public employment, public education, or public contracting on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin.»

Placement groups, businesses, and others who do not have a «brick and morter» facility, or are not in contract with a government entity to provide animal control services or housing (no voting rights, may not run for board).

When the Deepwater Wind contract was approved by the state government in 2010, ratepayers on the mainland, the state's attorney general and the environmental group Conservation Law Foundation all sued, citing the high cost and alleged strong arm tactics employed to get the project approved.

A growing group of companies, including DuPont, Dow, Ford, Bayer and numerous city governments (see the impressive list here) have signed on to a legally binding contract to reduce their emissions, and trade their right to pollute on a free market exhange based in Chicago - the CCX.

Jonathan S. Aronie is the Co-Practice Group Leader in the Government Contracts, Investigations & International Trade Practice Group and former co-Managing Partner of the Washington, D.C. office.

Davis Wright Tremaine's government contracts counseling and litigation group offers a full range of legal services to companies involved in providing goods or services through public procurement systems.

Members of the working groups include regular attendees at the ULCC, as well as government and other experts in the area, while much of the work of law commissions is carried out by in - house staff or by persons contracted for a particular project.

David Gallacher is a partner in the Government Contracts, Investigations & International Trade Practice Group in the firm's Washington, D.C. office.

Kenneth A. O'Brien, Jr. is a special counsel in the firm's Los Angeles office, and is a member of the Government Contracts, Investigations & International Trade Practice Group.

Joseph Barton is an associate in the Government Contracts, Investigations & International Trade Practice Group in the firm's Los Angeles office.

Sheppard Mullin's Government Contracts, Investigations & International Trade practice group includes 50 attorneys firmwide, the firm's Healthcare practice includes 70 attorneys firmwide, and the firm has 50 attorneys based in its Washington, D.C. office.

In addition to further strengthening the firm's government contracts team, he adds depth to the GRCI practice's defense, aerospace and national security sectors on government contract investigations and enforcement matters, and to the new Strategic Risk and Crisis Management group.

Steggerda, a former Navy aviator, is a premier government contracts lawyer who will head McGuireWoods» government contracts team and play a key role in the new Strategic Risk and Crisis Management group.

Francis E. «Chip» Purcell, Jr. is a partner in the Government Contracts practice group.

In 2006, David moved to Smith, Currie & Hancock, where he practiced for five years in the construction, government contracts, and commercial litigation practice groupIn 2006, David moved to Smith, Currie & Hancock, where he practiced for five years in the construction, government contracts, and commercial litigation practice groupin the construction, government contracts, and commercial litigation practice groups.