Sentences with phrase «lucrative public contracts»

That hefty campaign donations generate lucrative public contracts is stoutly denied by every politician in receipt.

Fellow campaigner Maham Hashmi added: «How can the UK government give lucrative public contracts to a company that shows such disregard for basic human rights standards across all of its business activities?»

Not exact matches

But thanks to what appears to be a rather lucrative five - year contract deal — it's hard to tell, exactly, because scant details on the agreement have been made public — Donohue appears to have had a change of heart where Cuomo and his political aspirations are concerned, though the union president's newfound magnanimous attitude toward the governor likely won't extend beyond 2018.

Such arrangements are sometimes referred to as «pay - to - play» schemes, in which private entities receive favorable treatment, such as lucrative government contracts, only if they first pay the public officials who make the decisions.

Republican presidential candidates typically pay a flat fee, or cap the amount of commission they'll pay, in part because many GOP ad makers also get lucrative contracts for public affairs campaigns for corporate clients.

Percoco is on trial with three other defendants (who were Cuomo campaign contributors), accused of rigging lucrative public construction contracts in exchange for bribes.

«Even if there is no quid pro quo arrangement, just the mere appearance of someone handing over cash and then receiving a lucrative contract is damaging to the integrity of the public's confidence in government,» said Craig Holman, government affairs lobbyist for Public Citizen, a Washington, D.C. nonprofit that focuses on ethics and campaign finance ipublic's confidence in government,» said Craig Holman, government affairs lobbyist for Public Citizen, a Washington, D.C. nonprofit that focuses on ethics and campaign finance iPublic Citizen, a Washington, D.C. nonprofit that focuses on ethics and campaign finance issues.

Happy to reconnect, the two twentysomething former classmates are soon going into business with one another, as Ephraim gives David a crash course on the process of the United States military handing out lucrative weapon contracts to the highest bidders on an active and public website.

Lawmakers in New Jersey are calling for major reforms in compensation practices for public school administrators in the wake of a scathing report that concludes that millions in taxpayer dollars were spent on lucrative contracts, hidden perks, and pension padding for dozens of superintendents and their top deputies.

The contract promised Bridgeport a state - of - the - art special education software program «for free,» as long as the Public Consulting Group was given a lucrative Medicaid reimbursement contract.

Thanks to the investigative work of the Connecticut Post's Ken Dixon in April, 2012, the public learned that Education Commissioner Stefan Pryor gave Leeds Global Partner a lucrative no - bid contract in January 2012 to help the Malloy administration develop their disastrous «education reform» bill.

In addition, FUSE recently got a lucrative contract from the Louisiana Recovery School District (RSD), the organization that Paul Vallas used to destroy the New Orleans public school system before turning his attention on Bridgeport, Connecticut.

Air India's lucrative $ 8.9 billion insurance cover contract has kicked off a battle between private insurance companies and a public sector consortium led by The New India Assurance Company Ltd, with the latter writing to the airline to complain that tender contract norms have not been adhered to and were relaxed to the disadvantage of two bidders.

Sun Media reports that the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT) has backed Envoy Relocation Service's complaint that the procurement process for the federal government's lucrative public servant relocation contract was flawed, and awarded the company $ 2,400 as reimbursement for its bid costs.

Canada's Auditor - General is undertaking an audit of the federal government's lucrative relocation contracts, acting on a request from the Public Accounts Committee of the House of Commons.

By Kathy Bevan Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) has called for a Judicial Review by the Federal Court of Canada, of a Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT) decision that questions the evaluation process used by PWGSC to award lucrative federal government relocation contracts.