Sentences with phrase «more public contracts»

The city is urging the State Legislature to grant it several new powers — something it is often loath to do — which the administration asserts will enable it to get more public contracts to so - called minority - and women - owned business enterprises.

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«Contracting out simple day surgeries frees up capacity in our public hospitals to do the more complex surgeries,» explains Cindy MacDougall, a spokesperson for the B.C. Ministry of Health.

Restructuring contracts around the nation's public policy goals would ensure that private operators provide more educational programming, job training classes, and work with their inmates to ensure they are set up for optimal success once they are eventually released.

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).

Drawing from our knowledge of debt restructuring, bankruptcy, public finance, municipal law and governance, labor law, employee benefits, tax, litigation, government contracts and more, our attorneys are adept at positioning municipalities for long - term success.

We need to reinvent federal grants - in - aid to the states, drain the federal for - profit contracting swamps, and wring more public value from grants to nonprofits.

Created by Charles Hoskinson — a co-founder of Etheruem — Cardano is a fully open source and public decentralized blockchain, developing a smart contract platform aiming to deliver more complex and advanced features than any platform out there.

Mr. Powers is presently an independent public director of ELX Futures, L.P. a fully regulated electronic futures exchange formed in December 2007, to establish a faster, more efficient competitive alternative for global market participants trading futures contracts and an independent director of Remate Lince, S.A.P.I. de C.V., a BGC affiliate in Mexico.

«The ACCC considers that the proposed collective bargaining arrangement is likely to result in public benefit, particularly for these small business owner drivers, in the form of transaction cost savings, better market information for the supply of air freight courier services, and the development of more efficient contracts and business practices with Toll Transport.»

Although many will suggest that Robson has a personal vendetta of sorts aimed squarely at the Grinch who stole soccer, that doesn't make his words any less truthful... such tactics are nothing new... in the U.S.this business practice has become so common that even the players regularly use the media to manipulate public opinion (LeBron James did likewise to rally public support for himself and away from his teammate, Kyrie Irving, who has asked to be traded)... whether for contract leverage or to rally support for or against certain players, this strategy can be incredibly effective at times, but when it misses the mark it can be dangerously divisive... for a close - to - the - vest team like Arsenal to use such nefarious means to manufacture a wedge between the fans and it's best player (again), is absolutely despicable... for the sanctimonious higher - ups who demand that it's players adhere to a certain protocol regarding information deemed «in house» or else to intentionally spread «fake» news or to provide certain outlets with privileged information for such purposes is pretty low indeed... no moral high ground here, just a big club pretending to be a small club so that they can continue to pull the wool over the eyes of a dedicated, albeit somewhat naive, fan base... so not only does this club no give a shit about it's fans, this clearly shows that clubs primary interests aren't even soccer related... for all intent and purposes Kroenke doesn't care if we're a soccer club or a tampon factory as long as we continue to maximized his investment... stay woke people... great to see more and more people commenting on the state of the franchise... this club needs to be held accountable for it's actions

You expect me to believe that a bunch of guys that have been around football their entire lives, have access to troves of video, interviews, statistics, and expert opinions that are not available to the general public, and get paid millions of dollars to evaluate the talent of football players and sign them to contracts might know MORE about evaluating football players and signing them to contracts then the patrons of a Dallas Cowboys internet blog?

Dollars and Sense: A Guide to Achieving Adoptions Through Public - Private Contracting (PDF - 339 KB) Freundlich (2007) AdoptUSKids Provides public and private agency program managers, supervisors, and contract managers with information about the purchase of interjurisdictional adoption services, including funding and paying for adoption services, monitoring and follow - up, andPublic - Private Contracting (PDF - 339 KB) Freundlich (2007) AdoptUSKids Provides public and private agency program managers, supervisors, and contract managers with information about the purchase of interjurisdictional adoption services, including funding and paying for adoption services, monitoring and follow - up, andpublic and private agency program managers, supervisors, and contract managers with information about the purchase of interjurisdictional adoption services, including funding and paying for adoption services, monitoring and follow - up, and more.

«We believe that our recommendations for improved oversight, new inspections, more transparency and more effective due diligence on companies who seek public contracts will all contribute to this.

This is more than just a playground spat among vendors, since a company's public image can determine the direction of contracts worth tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars per year.

More recently, the authority was revealed to be withholding its final payments to Zeppelin Communications, the public relations firm with which it had a contract until earlier this month.

Iran needs to consider a Public Private Partnership (PPP) and a legislative framework that would give more flexibility than the current contract in place.

The Smithtown Messenger has been designated an official paper (for required public notices of meetings, contract bids and hearings etc.) by the Suffolk County government, which spent more than $ 50,000 on advertising last year.

The threshold in state law for an interest in a public contract is when an investor owns 5 percent or more of the company involved, according to Ohio Ethics Commission Director Paul Nick.

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.

He said it involves devolving power to the lowest possible level, allowing charities and social enterprises to compete for public service contracts and encouraging more volunteering and social action.

It may have taken more than 12 years, but a teacher contract is finally in place in the Buffalo Public School system.

Paterson, however, has held out for more cuts and focused instead pressuring public - employee unions to accept $ 250 million in contract concessions.

A public accounts committee report into asylum housing found the contracts given to Serco and G4S to provide it had saved little money, failed to improve the service and in fact made it considerable more insecure.

Repeal of the Triborough Amendment will establish a more equitable collective bargaining system in New York's public sector, preserving basic union rights while giving local officials the tools they now lack to negotiate needed changes to costly and outmoded contracts.

David Cameron wants the BBC charter reviewed every five years instead of ten, presenters» salaries will be made public, the BBC will be prevented from showing popular shows at popular hours, more moves will be taken to stamp out supposed «political bias», the BBC will be forced to put out all production contracts to competitive tender, effectively privatising it from within.

· 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.

Kent has also drawn fire for orchestrating the Democratic primary endorsement of Zephyr Teachout, who unsuccessfully challenged Gov. Andrew Cuomo, and for awarding a contract worth more than $ 700,000 to a public relations firm that helped Kent with her candidacy more than two years ago.

Though not related to contracting practices, Council Member Ben Kallos introduced a bill in February that would require the DOE to more thoroughly disclose information about applications and enrollment to New York City public schools.

Antonacci, a certified public accountant and an attorney, says DiNapoli should have done more to oversee potential conflicts of interest between political donations and state contracts.

Antonacci, a Certified Public Accountant and an attorney, says the current Comptroller DiNapoli should have done more to oversee potential conflicts of interest between political donations and state contracts.

A consistent theme is graft (either the crass cash - stuffed - envelope variety, or more genteel political contributions) in exchange for career advancement, public contracts, and development deals.

Prosecutors on Thursday afternoon wrapped up 10 weeks of testimony and arguments in Central Islip, where they sought to make the case that the one - time elected officials accepted an illegal stream of benefits from restaurateur Harendra Singh and, in exchange, abused their public positions to get him two county contracts and more than $ 20 million in town - guaranteed loans.

Rick Karlin at CapCon, who has done more work on state worker issues than anyone of late, wrote exactly this time last year that MC workers did receive the same contract terms Public Employees Federation members received in their agreement.

- 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;

«We do plan on reviewing more public authority contracts,» she said, noting the office has already called for review of the proposed contract for Cuomo's planned major expansion to the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center.

Repeal of the Triborough Amendment would establish a more equitable collective bargaining system in New York's public sector, preserving basic union rights while giving local officials the tools they now lack to negotiate needed changes to costly and outmoded contracts.

A public vote by the county legislature is necessary for any contract of more than $ 25,000, or any two totaling $ 50,000 to the same company within the same year.

Lately, the governor and his aides have portrayed Schwartz's role as more limited, saying that he will essentially just review contracts and documents that are already public, including any deals that result from a recent state allocation of $ 485 million to the Buffalo Billion's SolarCity factory project.

In the wake of the latest public corruption scandal, Cuomo said his State of the State message next January will include a reform package that will provide more checks and balances when it comes to awarding state economic development contracts.

Eighteen companies, with more than $ 800 million in past and current contracts with the city, responded to a pre-solicitation notice from the Trump Administration for the «design and build of several prototype wall structures in the vicinity of the United States border with Mexico,» according to the public advocate.

The protest, organised by the TUC, called for a higher minimum wage, a ban on zero - hours contracts and more funding for the NHS, education and other public services.

«As we get into the holiday season, people will be traveling, entertaining visitors and having more contact with the public while shopping and attending holiday parties, thus increasing their chances of contracting the flu.

The NFB has welcomed a package of government proposals to remove barriers to SMEs winning more government and public sector contracts.

The Public Employees Federation is floating the idea of some so called tweaks to the tenets of the rejected labor contract, including, perhaps charging more for health care on a sliding scale based on the amount of a worker's pay.

As The Post first reported, Custom Computer Specialists could earn more than $ 1 billion over the life of a contract set for approval by the Panel for Educational Policy Wednesday to provide Internet upgrades at public schools.

LAKE PLACID, NY (07/02/2013)(readMedia)-- The Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA) has agreed to enact a contract CSEA members ratified more than a year ago, after being cited by the state Public Employment Relations Board (PERB).

Mr. de Blasio, along with prominent administration and elected officials like Public Advocate Letitia James and Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, took turns rejecting the entire premise of Comptroller Scott Stringer's analysis, which tarred the mayor's Department of Education for not submitting for review more than 70 percent of the city's contracts with pre-K providers.

Key public contracts will also make more use of project bank accounts, particularly in construction but also in defence, to ensure that entire supply chains are paid on time rather than simply the prime contractors, which can then hold on to the cash to support their own balance sheets.

The request for proposals wasn't published in the New York State Contract Reporter, billed as the state's «official source of contracting opportunities» where «all state agencies, authorities, state universities and public benefit corporations advertise bid opportunities valued at $ 50,000 or more.»

We have the Code of Conduct Bureau, Independent Corrupt and other Related Practices Commission, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and banking rules have stretched and contracted and yet the theft and mismanagement of public funds have never been easier and more rewarding.