Sentences with phrase «private vendors»

The quality of data from private vendors is another concern, he noted.

Especially among small business owners who deal with private vendors; many don't see the need to be diligent about their score.

For instance, the school may not allow private vendors to sell on campus.

Rather, the materials are directed at private vendors that sell goods and services to the legal profession.

But as long as district officials search for ways to stretch their dollars, they will solicit bids from private vendors to see whether they can beat the district for cost and quality.

As recently as 25 years ago, public schools rarely contracted with private vendors for services.

ESAs allow tax dollars to be spent on a wide array of private vendors with zero accountability apart from outright fraud.

And, by USDA's own admission, around 80 % of school food is sourced through private vendors, so the appearance of Chinese - processed chicken on school trays is a real possibility.

The Republican majority on the county legislature «joins with County Executive Curran in condemning either the solicitation or acceptance of anything of value by any county official connected with the procurement process or the approval of contracts between private vendors and the County,» said presiding officer Richard Nicolello (R - New Hyde Park).

If she hasn't already Ms Beyer might want to learn some Tulsa shelter history and read shelter experts before divining that divvying up animal shelter operations to various private vendors is the answer.

Besides ending beer sales at the start of the third quarter, the Bears also proposed that private vendors under contract with the park district give away unlimited soft drinks and coffee to «designated drivers «who pledged not to drink at the game.

This joint venture would be one of several recent instances of Orland Park considering private vendors for public land.

AP U.S. History is the work of one none - too - beloved private vendor, whereas the Common Core enjoyed the sponsorship of the National Governors Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers.

California's union - controlled legislature passed a law they termed «CRONEY» (Civic Reporting Openness in Negotiations Efficiency Act), which mandates government agencies with COIN ordinances make public all negotiations with private vendors involving contracts over $ 250,000.

Private vendors disclose proprietary cost information in negotiations, and public entities are already required to take multiple bids in a competitive process.

ESAs provide funds directly to individuals to pay not just for private school tuition, but for a whole range of products from private vendors including tutoring, books, and computer hardware.

The Indiana Department of Insurance does not recommend or endorse private vendors.

The Education Savings Account (ESA) voucher allows parents to hold public funds in an account to be used for private school tuition, home schooling, private tutors, online courses, and purchases from an array of private vendors.

USDA - supplied commodities are domestic, but schools can and do purchase food items from private vendors.

The Florida Supreme Court ruled unanimously Thursday that local governments can allow private vendors to review footage from red - light cameras as long as the decision to issue tickets remains with police.

The government can afford to buy only so much,» he explained, noting that more competition between private vendors will help keep the costs down.

Corresponding with other divisions and departments which include Equipment Services, IT, Building Maintenance, Parks and Recreation, and various private vendors.

Two consortia tasked with developing common assessments to support the Common Core (PARCC and Smarter Balanced) have begun to work with private vendors to develop the questions and Read more about Consortia Provide Preview of Common Assessments -LSB-...]

I live in a TX school district where the school chooses to bring Chick - Fil - A into the cafeteria twice a week over a private vendor bringing in whole grain, nitrate free sandwiches whose contract was cut to four schools and whose product they do not promote.

If you want to be a chooser, stop being a beggar and purchase all your kid's food at market rates from private vendors.

Initially, the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service website indicated that such chicken could not appear on school lunch trays but after my post last week, the agency changed its website to make clear that private vendors (which supply 80 % of school food) can use Chinese - processed chicken, up to 49 % of the total product, in processed food items sold to schools.

And, as I learned in my investigation, items from private vendors may contain Chinese - processed chicken, up to 49 % of the total product, without violating the «Buy American» rule imposed on school districts.

But the USDA is well aware that school districts also procure significant portions of their school food from private vendors, and this method of school food sourcing is entirely omitted from the answer above — despite the blanket «no» response.

-LSB-...] that such chicken could not appear on school lunch trays but after my post last week, the agency changed its website to make clear that private vendors (which supply 80 % of school food) can use Chinese - processed -LSB-...]

Translation: as I revealed earlier this week, if a product sold to a school district by a private vendor is comprised of 49 % or less Chinese - processed chicken, * it is considered a «domestic» product and may be freely purchased even under the «Buy American» rule imposed on districts.

«Nothing in 107.3 precludes a private entity from using state facilities operated by a private vendor,» an aide said.

The town had engaged some private vendors who were paid rates too low for some of the Sandy cleanup work, officials said.

Our private vendor paid another 5 to 6 hundred thousand dollars to AMC.»

The data collection is in many cases run by a private vendor, not the local school or the state education department.

I'm sure there are some good ones out there, but I personally prefer to go through our private vendor because I know what I'm getting and it's stuff that lasts for years and years and years.

Supplemental Educational Services is an attempt to privatize public education by using public funds for private vendors.

In some instances, the private vendors were members of the charter boards, posing conflict - of - interest questions.

Last summer, for example, the Camden, New Jersey, school board outsourced its substitute hiring to a private vendor because the job was so onerous: between teachers calling in sick or on leave, the district needed to find subs for up to 40 percent of its teachers each day, it told the local newspaper.

A recent press release from Missouri, for instance, sounded at first blush like the state had thrown over the Smarter Balanced tests for new assessments created by a private vendor.

In many ways, these programs are simply the education - specific version of a broader trend toward outsourcing the provision of public services to private vendors.

A lot of the private vendor providers have great talent.

The funds are placed in an authorized Education Savings Account (ESA) and may be used for private school tuition or other non ‑ public educational costs, which may include homeschooling, online learning, tutoring, or to purchase other products and services from private vendors.

Others fear that private vendors have access to personal information.

Moreover, if training is left to private vendors, no one is filling in the gaps to explain to students which of these subscription services is better at doing various tasks, or when to choose free over fee.