Sentences with phrase «public contracts act»

Following the discovery of certain corrupt practices in Quebec's construction industry, the province's government introduced the Integrity in Public Contracts Act in 2012.

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These risks and uncertainties include: Gilead's ability to achieve its anticipated full year 2018 financial results; Gilead's ability to sustain growth in revenues for its antiviral and other programs; the risk that private and public payers may be reluctant to provide, or continue to provide, coverage or reimbursement for new products, including Vosevi, Yescarta, Epclusa, Harvoni, Genvoya, Odefsey, Descovy, Biktarvy and Vemlidy ®; austerity measures in European countries that may increase the amount of discount required on Gilead's products; an increase in discounts, chargebacks and rebates due to ongoing contracts and future negotiations with commercial and government payers; a larger than anticipated shift in payer mix to more highly discounted payer segments and geographic regions and decreases in treatment duration; availability of funding for state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs); continued fluctuations in ADAP purchases driven by federal and state grant cycles which may not mirror patient demand and may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; market share and price erosion caused by the introduction of generic versions of Viread and Truvada, an uncertain global macroeconomic environment; and potential amendments to the Affordable Care Act or other government action that could have the effect of lowering prices or reducing the number of insured patients; the possibility of unfavorable results from clinical trials involving investigational compounds; Gilead's ability to initiate clinical trials in its currently anticipated timeframes; the levels of inventory held by wholesalers and retailers which may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; Kite's ability to develop and commercialize cell therapies utilizing the zinc finger nuclease technology platform and realize the benefits of the Sangamo partnership; Gilead's ability to submit new drug applications for new product candidates in the timelines currently anticipated; Gilead's ability to receive regulatory approvals in a timely manner or at all, for new and current products, including Biktarvy; Gilead's ability to successfully commercialize its products, including Biktarvy; the risk that physicians and patients may not see advantages of these products over other therapies and may therefore be reluctant to prescribe the products; Gilead's ability to successfully develop its hematology / oncology and inflammation / respiratory programs; safety and efficacy data from clinical studies may not warrant further development of Gilead's product candidates, including GS - 9620 and Yescarta in combination with Pfizer's utomilumab; Gilead's ability to pay dividends or complete its share repurchase program due to changes in its stock price, corporate or other market conditions; fluctuations in the foreign exchange rate of the U.S. dollar that may cause an unfavorable foreign currency exchange impact on Gilead's future revenues and pre-tax earnings; and other risks identified from time to time in Gilead's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).

Part of that marketing is how team members act while inside the skatepark where Halterman can observe interactions between teammates and other riders, but all team members must sign a contract that requires that they maintain good grades and conduct themselves properly in school and in public.

In 2015 - 16, for example, $ 1.5 million went to Pitino under his personal services agreement with the apparel company while just $ 25,000 went to the program, according to a contract obtained by the Courier - Journal under the state public records act.

Claim 27: «The Chairperson, Mrs. Charlotte Osei unilaterally awarded a contract of about $ 25,000 to a South African company, Quazar Limited to change and redevelop the Commission's logo under the guise of rebranding without going to tender contrary to the Public Procurement Act.»

She then awarded the contract to the tune of $ 21,999, 592 without going through tender contrary to the Public Procurement Act.

Under the law, the MTA and the NY Power Authority are governed by independent boards whose directors are obligated to act in the «public interest» and have to approve major agency expenditures, contracts and capital expenses.

«The lurid details underlying the case — where county contracts and legislation were traded for personal favors — were laid out for all to see, leaving the public now to wonder whether even the most brazen acts are beyond the grasp of the law.»

Albany, New York — Prominent budget and transparency watchdog groups today called on the legislative leaders to act on their public statements on clean contracting, and pass meaningful legislation in response to the largest bid - rigging scandal in state history.

The defendant, from in or around March 2008 to in or around October 2013, in the County of Monroe, acting in concert with others known and unknown to the Grand Jury, knowingly and intentionally entered into and engaged in and continued to engage in a contract, agreement, arrangement, and combination in unreasonable restraint of combination and the free exercise of activity in the conduct of business, trade, and commerce, specifically, to restrain competition in the bidding process of Monroe County for the Public Safety Contract, by means of bid contract, agreement, arrangement, and combination in unreasonable restraint of combination and the free exercise of activity in the conduct of business, trade, and commerce, specifically, to restrain competition in the bidding process of Monroe County for the Public Safety Contract, by means of bid Contract, by means of bid rigging.

«This does not include the hundreds of millions of dollars believed to have been lost through inflated contracts as the President has presided over the effective shredding of the Public Procurement Act, giving him and his people the free range to award contracts without the very transparency and accountability he is now promising to deliver if re-elected.

- Administering the New York State and Local Retirement System for public employees, with more than one million members, retirees and beneficiaries and more than 3,000 employers; - Acting as sole trustee of the $ 129 billion Common Retirement Fund, one of the largest institutional investors in the world; - Maintaining the State's accounting system and administering the State's $ 12.6 billion payroll; - Issuing reports on State finances; - Managing the State's assets and issuing debt; - Reviewing State contracts and payments before they are issued; - Conducting audits of State agencies and public benefit corporations; - Overseeing the fiscal affairs of local governments, including New York City; - Overseeing the Justice Court Fund and the Oil Spill Fund Acting as custodian of more than $ 9 billion in abandoned property and restoring unclaimed funds to their rightful owners;

They want assurances of transparency before they invest, as well as strict enforcement of the Public Procurement Act to end sole sourcing of contract and the passage of the Right to Information Bill.»

Cuomo signed legislation to extend New York's Iran Divestment Act to keep companies that invest in Iran's energy sector from contracting with state or local public authorities, as well as the state and city universities.

Opening last night's debate, Lord Harrison, argued «that the BBC has failed the humanist community in Britain both in the spirit and in the letter of the Communications Act 2003, which requires the BBC to schedule programmes on religion and other beliefs, including humanism... The truth is that religious public broadcasting is growing while Anglicanism contracts.»

The staff are claiming Ms Osei without recourse to laid down administrative structures and the Public Procurement Act, singularly abrogated contracts, secured a V8 Land Cruiser for her use, and awarded contracts worth thousands of dollars.

The EC chair «then awarded the contract to the tune of $ 21,999,592 without going through tender contrary to the Public procurement Act.

Justice Aikawa further agreed with the submission of ICPC's counsel, E. A. Shogunle, that the 1st Respondent, ICPC, had established that there were reasonable grounds to suspect that certain high - ranking public officials and lawyers acted in abuse of their offices to facilitate a breach of contract with Chief Afe Babalola in order to confer corrupt advantage upon themselves in violation of sections 19 and 25 of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act 2000.

«In employment, the Equality Act fails to protect the rights of employees working for religious organisations, even those organisations working under public contract.

The contract was for an upgrade to the Transit Authority's VHF radio system in Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens and the Bronx was the first contract submitted to DiNapoli's office under the Public Authority Reform Act passed earlier this year.

A statement by Lt. Col OM Daudu, Acting Deputy Director, 81 Division Army Public Relations said, «The authorities of 81 Division Nigerian Army also wish to bring to the awareness of the general public the obnoxious activities of some so - called land grabbers who deliberately contract the services of impostors across the state to forcefully take over plots of land that do not belong toPublic Relations said, «The authorities of 81 Division Nigerian Army also wish to bring to the awareness of the general public the obnoxious activities of some so - called land grabbers who deliberately contract the services of impostors across the state to forcefully take over plots of land that do not belong topublic the obnoxious activities of some so - called land grabbers who deliberately contract the services of impostors across the state to forcefully take over plots of land that do not belong to them.

The judge was also reportedly sanctioned for his decision to grant an interlocutory injunction stopping the EFCC from investigating and arresting Senator Stella Oduah, a former Minister of Aviation, who was accused of embezzlement of public funds and acts of fraud in contracts.

At 1:30 p.m., the Senate Standing Committee on Energy and Telecommunications will meet to discuss various amendments to public service and general business law - including an act in relation to requiring companies to allow victims of domestic violence to cancel contracts when there is a permanent order of protection in place.

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Mr. Armstrong was hired in 2003 by the Washington office of Ketchum Inc., a public relations firm, which had a one - year contract with the department to provide services to promote the No Child Left Behind Act.

According to the contract with the Sparta Area School District, SAILS Compass, Inc. acts as a governing board for SAILS (Sparta Area Independent Learning School) Charter, a public charter school serving youth - at - risk.

Many school districts in the state extended teacher contracts through the 2011 - 2012 school year after Act 10, Gov. Scott Walker's law gutting collective bargaining powers of most public employees, was implemented in 2011.

California's union - controlled legislature passed a law they termed «CRONEY» (Civic Reporting Openness in Negotiations Efficiency Act), which mandates government agencies with COIN ordinances make public all negotiations with private vendors involving contracts over $ 250,000.

It was their last contract before Act 10 kicked in, Gov. Walker's law erasing collective bargaining rights for most public unions.

The contracts are an example of how the charter schools sometimes cede control of public dollars to private companies that have no legal obligation to act in the best interests of the schools or taxpayers.

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In November, In the Public Interest, a research and policy organization focused on privatization and contracting, submitted a request under the Freedom of Information Act to the Department of Education requesting all communications between Jason Botel and Julia Keleher between July 1 and mid-November, and all emails sent or received by Botel during that period that mention charter schools or Puerto Rico.

«What the state did [in Public Act 4] means nothing to me,» Johnson said, citing the DFT's current contract, which the union negotiated with Bobb in 2009.

But education experts say Public Act 4 has come to represent more than the contract between Detroit and its teachers — it's an example of the increasingly polarized state of education reform nationwide.

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The Charter Schools Act of 1998 provides that existing local schools, private individuals, private organizations, and state and local public entities may organize a charter public school subject to a performance - based contract approved by both the state and local boards of education.

FTA is also providing a limited public interest waiver for solicitations and contracts that were underway when the FAST Act was enacted in 2015.

A federal regulation which requires lenders to promote the availability of credit to all creditworthy applicants without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, or age (provided the applicant has the capacity to contract); to whether all or part of the applicant's income derives from a public assistance program; or to whether the applicant has in good faith exercised any right under the Consumer Credit Protection Act.

The Equal Credit Opportunity Act and the Fair Housing Act identify a number of factors that are illegal to use in evaluating a prospective applicant's qualifications: race, color, religion, sex, national origin, marital status, age (provided the applicant has the legal capacity to contract), source of income derived from public assistance, handicap, familial status (families with dependents under age 18).

The Federal Equal Credit Opportunity Act and comparable provisions of Massachusetts law prohibit creditors from discriminating against credit applicants on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, ancestry, handicap, marital status, age (provided that the applicant has the capacity to enter into a binding contract), or because all or part of the applicant's income derives from any public assistance program.

The Federal Equal Credit Opportunity Act prohibits creditors from discriminating against credit applicants on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, age (provided that the applicant has the capacity to enter into a binding contract); because all or part of the applicant's income derives from any public assistance program; or because the applicant has in good faith exercised any right under the Consumer Credit Protection Act.

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The Federal Equal Credit Opportunity Act prohibits creditors from discriminating against credit applicants on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, marital status or age (provided the applicant has the capacity to enter into the binding contract); because all or part of the applicant's income derives from any public assistance program; or because the applicant has in good faith exercised any right under the Consumer Credit Protection Act.

The federal Equal Credit Opportunity Act prohibits creditors from discriminating against credit applicants on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, age (provided the applicant has the capacity to enter into a binding contract); because all or part of the applicant's income derives from any public assistance program; or because the applicant has in good faith exercised any right under the Consumer Credit Protection Act.

The Federal Equal Credit Opportunity Act prohibits creditors from discriminating against credit applicants on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, age (provided the applicant has the capacity to enter into a binding contract); because all or part of the applicant's income derives from any public assistance program; or because the applicant has in good faith exercised any right under the Consumer Credit Protection Act.

Notice: The Federal Equal Credit Opportunity Act prohibits creditors from discriminating against credit applicants on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, age (provided the applicant has the capacity to enter into a binding contract); because all or part of the applicant's income derives from any public assistance program; or because the applicant has in good faith exercised any right under the Consumer Credit Protection Act.

We are at risk of contracting diseases from our fellow human beings who leave used tissue paper in bowls and cups in public eating places, cough and sneeze in public, and indulge in other unhygienic acts.

The Act mandates that animals released from public or private shelters in Oklahoma be spayed or neutered, either by contract or pre-adoption sterilization.

Given that external contracts are signed and held by the Observatory, and given that in 2012, in response to 2009 / 2010 - onward series of requests by Greenpeace under the Freedom of Information Act the Institution chose to make public the details of all such contracts that had been used to fund Dr Soon's stipend, claims that he has failed to disclose information about who has funded his past research are manifestly false.