Sentences with phrase «of outside consultants»

These entities would then run the schools while being exempt for the state's laws on competitive bidding, purchasing and the use of outside consultants.

In a similar vein, a group of teachers known as Educators 4 Excellence, which is sometimes at odds with the teachers» union in New York, proposed an alternate evaluation plan to Cuomo's that uses peers instead of outside consultants.

Directly managed work of outside consultants, third party vendors, and equipment and signage suppliers.

Simpson says this proposal, created without the help of any outside consultants, tackles persistent problems that local businesses have the capability of meeting head on.

The Cabinet Office is also singled out for having failed to implement proper cost - benefit analysis of outside consultants in the 16 years since it first raised the problem.

«We have real questions about the role of outside consultants advising elected officials who have public staff to provide them with strategy and communication ideas,» says Susan Lerner of Common Cause New York.

«Since the beginning, we've made it clear that no state funding would be provided for the use of outside consultants during the Regional Council process.

Come July 1, contractors and other employers will have to disclose the identities of outside consultants that employers might have hired to help disrupt union organizing and other labor - related activities.

Although these companies help navigate the exceedingly complex EU applications, says Aebersold, universities and research institutions often have their own experts who can help, saving the expense and time demands of outside consultants.

When Governor Andrew Cuomo proposed a new teacher evaluation system in January that would rely heavily on the judgment of outside consultants, rank - and - file teachers and principals across the city exploded in outrage.

In Kansas the history stretches back to 2003 when the first decision in Montoy v Kansas specified that the state spending on schools was not constitutionally adequate and that the legislature should fully fund a cost study provided by a group of outside consultants.

And Little failed to mention that the focus groups had been financed by Wal - Mart and were under the auspices of an outside consultant.

A team of outside consultants was deployed, tasked with «report [ing] on current programs» and «recommend [ing] areas ripe for change which could increase adoptions, while reducing shelter intake and euthanasia.»

Any object considered for deaccession undergoes rigorous review by the professional staff (often drawing on the expertise of outside consultants) and the museum's acquisitions committee, which approves all accessions (additions) to and deaccessions from the collections.

Solo practitioners have increased the use of outside consultants by 29 % and staff members other than a partner by 60 % from 2005.

The advertising, developed with the assistance of an outside consultant, confirmed what most New Yorkers and REALTORS ® already knew from first - hand experience: state property taxes are among the highest in the nation and have grown at twice the rate of inflation and salary growth.

Paterson rejected the unions» suggestions for saving money, saying the call for buying low - cost drugs from Canada is «illegal» and a proposal to cut down on the use of outside consultant «only benefits their dues collections.»

A group of teachers known as Educators 4 Excellence, which is sometimes at odds with the teachers» union in New York, proposed an alternate evaluation plan to Cuomo's that uses peers instead of outside consultants.

He noted that the use of outside consultants has exploded since 2004 and the contracts are kept hidden from public view.

After several scandals, the Department of Education's use of outside consultants has been coming under increased scrutiny with Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer demanding the agency put a freeze on all new non-essential contracts, pending a review.

That included cutting back on the use of outside consultants and reducing the number of public authorities through the SAGE Commission.

Unions rejected both plans, adding Paterson could save money by reducing the use of outside consultants.

Under Malloy's proposed «Commissioner's Network» system, the commissioner of education will take over 25 failing schools, fire the staff, ban collective bargaining, turn the schools over to a third party and that entity will then be legally exempt from the state's laws requiring competitive bidding and the law limiting the use of outside consultants.