The proposed changes in the latter category would modify the overall goal, contract goal, and good -
faith efforts provisions of the rule, as well as add provisions concerning diversification in the DBE program and provide greater flexibility to recipients.
Not exact matches
In short, our
provision of technical assistance was a good -
faith effort to help schools improve but, at the end of the day, they were responsible for their results and we were responsible for holding them to account for those results.
This notice of proposed rulemaking would propose to improve the administration of the DBE program by increasing accountability for recipients with respect to good
faith efforts to meet overall goals, modifying and updating certification requirements, adjusting the personal net worth (PNW) threshold for inflation, providing for expedited interstate certification, adding
provisions to foster small business participation and improve post-award oversight, and addressing other issues.
It was also suggested that there be
provision for granting extensions of the compliance date, based on some criteria, such as a good
faith effort to comply or that the compliance dates be extended to two years following completion of a «state - by - state preemption analysis» by the Department.
(c) A collaborative law agreement must include
provisions for: (1) full and candid exchange of information between the parties and their attorneys as necessary to make a proper evaluation of the case; (2) suspending court intervention in the dispute while the parties are using collaborative law procedures; (3) hiring experts, as jointly agreed, to be used in the procedure; (4) withdrawal of all counsel involved in the collaborative law procedure if the collaborative law procedure does not result in settlement of the dispute; and (5) other
provisions as agreed to by the parties consistent with a good
faith effort to collaboratively settle the matter.