Sentences with phrase «contract stating the system»

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Fully automated contractual systems are proposed to make business and the law work better; the contracts people actually write are unregulated penny stock offerings whose fine print literally states that you are buying nothing of any value.

State election officials are baffled by a Bloomberg report alleging that Russian hackers compromised the voting systems in 39 states, adding that cybersecurity firms were engaging in scare tactics to win state and local contracts to protect election sysState election officials are baffled by a Bloomberg report alleging that Russian hackers compromised the voting systems in 39 states, adding that cybersecurity firms were engaging in scare tactics to win state and local contracts to protect election sysstate and local contracts to protect election systems.

The government's method was to offer private schools four options: (1) continued independence with no aid, (2) integration into the public school system, (3) a permanent «contract of partnership» in which the classes under contract would be taught according to public school schedules by teachers under contract to the state, and (4) a «simple contract» of limited duration in which the designated classes would be taught by teachers hired by the school but certified by the state.

The governor is seeking some reforms, including changes to the state's procurement process for contracts, saying he wants a «tighter system.»

Governor Andrew Cuomo said much of the responsibility for the alleged corruption scandal touching his administration is on the state university system, specifically SUNY Polytechnic Institute, which oversaw many of the contracts.

The groups urged bans on a pay - to - play culture in Albany to limit political donations by firms seeking state contracts, closing a loophole heavily used by Cuomo and others that allow limited liability companies to skirt donation limits to politicians by private companies, creation of «truly independent» ethics oversight agencies, a public, searchable database of state economic development deals and creation of «clean contracting» systems to govern awards of state contracts.

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.»

But Lipton also said there is «more to do,» like restoring «progressivity» to the state's tax code, closing the carried interest tax loophole, and investing in a new «social contract» on public education that ensures full funding for schools — including universal pre-K (an early de Blasio priority)-- and restoration to the public university system to pre-recession levels.

A Mangano administration official who asked for anonymity said campaign donations listed in the state system for certain dates close to contract signings may have been given earlier, but were only deposited on the date indicated in records.

They say the bid rigging charges on state contracts totaling more than $ 780 million dollars show clearly that the state's contracting oversight system has «failed».

(week of) News Corporation subsidiary Wireless Generation loses New York State contract for education information system provision.

The governor must take the lead in advancing contracting reforms that focus on independent oversight, greater openness, and strict limits on the state's «pay to play» campaign financing system.

Rather than concentrating on improving the current system and insuring the timely designations and re-authorizations of state certified MWBE companies and their entry into the universe of state contracting, the law increases the arbitrary power of the director of the program while complicating the reporting systems required of contractors.

He would create a special inspector general to look at economic development and other contracts processed by the State and City University systems.

As The Business Council has consistently stated, we support New York State's efforts to promote minority and women businesses» participation in government contracting However, we find that there are numerous problems in both the current system and the changes being proposed in the Executive Budget.

In the week of 22 August 2011, Wireless Generation, [154] a subsidiary of News Corporation, lost a no - bid contract with New York State to build an information system, for tracking student performance as a consequence of the News International phone hacking scandal.

In a news release the uses the word «balance» multiple times, NYSUT President Dick Ianuzzi says the current system only serves giant test - making companies that the state contracts out to develop the examinations.

· Allowing counties an option to modify how they fund state mandated pension contributions · Providing counties more audit authority in the special education preschool program · Improving government efficiency and streamlining state and local legislative operations by removing the need for counties to pursue home rule legislative requests every two years with the state legislature in order to extend current local sales tax authority · Reducing administrative and reporting requirements for counties under Article 6 public health programs · Reforming the Workers Compensation system · Renewing Binding Arbitration, which is scheduled to sunset in June 2013, with a new definition of «ability to pay» for municipalities under fiscal distress, making it subject to the property tax cap (does not apply to NYC) where «ability to pay» will be defined as no more than 2 percent growth in the contract.

The contract between the Urban League and Erie County says that the state's database should be «the sole system of record» for case information.

The investigations into the state's contracting also identified allegations of a «pay - to - play» system in which government contracts were allegedly awarded to big campaign donors.

The $ 25 million contract would have been part of an «in - state» investment for the multi-billion dollar New York state pension retirement system, which state taxpayers subsidize annually for roughly $ 2.5 billion.

Issues mentioned in the flyer included the Senators failure to: Stand up to the Governor when he shut down hundreds of construction jobs; Stand up to the Governor when he violated public employees contracts; Reform our broken economic development system; Enact a farm workers bill of rights; Increase the state's unemployment benefit.

The clean - elections system, legislated in 2005 and refined in later years, bans executives of firms that have contracts with the state government from contributing to state election campaigns and political party committees that provide money to those campaigns.

Singas has focused on Nassau's procurement system since last spring, when former State Sen. Dean Skelos (R - Rockville Centre) and his son, Adam, were charged in a federal corruption case that related in part to the influencing of a Nassau County contract.

They say the bid rigging charges on state contracts totaling more than $ 780 million show clearly that the state's contracting oversight system has «failed.»

Nassau's contracting system came under scrutiny last May after then - State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (R - Rockville Centre) was charged in a federal corruption case that included influencing the award of a county contract to a company that hired his son, Adam.

Controversy over the county's contracting procedures system erupted last year when former State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (R - Rockville Centre) was charged in federal court with influencing the county to award a $ 12 million contract to a company that employed his son.

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.

«When the Governor's closest associates are implicated in rigging economic development contracts worth more than $ 780 million clearly the state's contracting oversight system has failed.»

- 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 oSystem 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 osystem 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;

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.

The message rings as spin to a number of expert observers who insist Cuomo has long overseen a system that allows, at the very least, for the appearance of pay - to - play to flourish as mini-economies have popped up around the state where connected consultants work with both state government entities and those looking to win state contracts, and where the state funnels money through non-profits, allowing them to avoid scrutiny and standard state contracting procedures.

In fact, Rattner was also being advised by his lawyers to make himself a lower - profile target for federal and state investigators who were probing whether he had paid off a middleman to win a lucrative contract from New York's pension system while he worked on Wall Street, a government source said Wednesday.

ALBANY — Several lawmakers are calling for broad reform of the State University system's contract procurement process, following charges against SUNY Polytechnic Institute president Alain Kaloyeros for alleged bid rigging.

Nassau's procurement system has been under scrutiny since a federal indictment this spring of state Sen. Dean Skelos (R - Rockville Centre) who is accused of improperly influencing a $ 12 million storm - water treatment contract that the county awarded to a company that employed his son, Adam.

«New Yorkers can draw a direct line from the state's opaque system of government contracting and limited oversight to the recent allegations of corruptions raised by the US Attorney.

The proposals include would lower overall campaign donation limits, cap soft - money contributions at $ 25,000, create a public financing system for state campaigns and create new criminal penalties for public officials who steer government contracts to themselves, relatives or business partners.

Several state lawmakers are calling for broad reform of the State University system's contract procurement process, following charges against SUNY Polytechnic Institute president Alain Kaloyeros for alleged bid rigstate lawmakers are calling for broad reform of the State University system's contract procurement process, following charges against SUNY Polytechnic Institute president Alain Kaloyeros for alleged bid rigState University system's contract procurement process, following charges against SUNY Polytechnic Institute president Alain Kaloyeros for alleged bid rigging.

State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli just announced he has rejected a $ 118 million contract between the NYC Transit Authority and Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), the firm that designed the scandal - plagued CityTime payroll system, saying the firm's role in the mess «remains unclear.»

Miner told the committee she would like to see reforms like «comprehensive» contracting oversight and a modernization of the state's election system.

That day, according to state records, Gerrity gave $ 4,000 to the New York State political action committee of United Water, the private company that recently had received a 20 - year, $ 1 billion contract to manage Nassau's sprawling sewage treatment systate records, Gerrity gave $ 4,000 to the New York State political action committee of United Water, the private company that recently had received a 20 - year, $ 1 billion contract to manage Nassau's sprawling sewage treatment syState political action committee of United Water, the private company that recently had received a 20 - year, $ 1 billion contract to manage Nassau's sprawling sewage treatment system.

However, according to Freeman, in January, SUNY simply entered the same previously rejected contract into the state's accounting and financial management system «as a zero dollar contract» that is not subject to the comptroller's approval, «even though it is subject to our approval.»

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo says much of the responsibility for the alleged corruption scandal touching his administration is on the state university system, specifically SUNY Polytechnic Institute, which oversaw many of the contracts.

A DWP spokesman said later: «This analysis does not include the benefits from previous contracted - out pensions that were integral to the state pension system up to April 2016.

State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli's office reviewed the sole - source contract awarded to Minnesota - based Growe Technologies to spruce up SUNY Downstate Medical Center's data system, which includes electronic medical records.

So the group calls for relief from two very costly state mandates - a pension system whose costs have spiraled since the stock market crash, and a labor law that ties the hands of management when negotiating contracts.

Singas campaigned on fighting public corruption, touting recent probes of the county contract system and state lawmakers» travel.

And the deal has been raising eyebrows since June when the Daily News» Rachael Monahan reported that the state Department of Education was about to award a $ 27 million no - bid contract to Wireless Generation to develop a system for the state similar to the city's Achievement Reporting and Innovation System orsystem for the state similar to the city's Achievement Reporting and Innovation System orSystem or ARIS.

One of the companies the state contracts with for the operation of its cashless tolling system is the New Jersey - based Conduent.

The watchdogs call for a «database of deals,» which would digitally compile every entity receiving funds from the state along with where each dollar is going; dramatic overhaul of the campaign finance system to eliminate the appearance or reality of pay - to - play; and a bill to restore the powers of the state comptroller to review procurement contracts for SUNY, CUNY, and Office of General Services before they are approved.