Sentences with phrase «state agencies contract»

If this was really about saving the state money, the governor would support the cost - benefit analysis bill to require a cost - benefit analysis before state agencies contract out work to higher priced consultants.

Visit the OSC website, and take a good look at the volume / dollar values of (OSC --RRB- approved state agency contracts.

Not exact matches

Programmed Maintenance Services will provide infrastructure maintenance services to seven state government agencies under a contract potentially worth up to $ 1.5 billion.

Not only will the state enforce payment with the threat of jail time, but the money is funneled through the state agency from the perpetrator to the victim so that there is no direct contract between the two, and all at little or no expense to the small business owner.

Oracle says it will still honor its existing business contracts with Oregon and related state agencies.

States and provinces have the right to exempt certain public agencies from competitive bidding under WTO rules, although Canada entered these NAFTA negotiations hoping to expand free trade for public contracts with the giant U.S. market.

(it doesn't include contracts with other agencies or states).

In Hawaii, Governor David Ige ordered state government agencies to only take Internet - related services from companies whose contracts include net neutrality principles.

With the new legislation, the Ombudsman office would be contracted out to a nonprofit entity rather than be a direct state agency, as it is now.

Only last August, Surfing WA boss Mark Lane had revealed the event «didn't have a pulse» after its previous contract expired last year until a last - ditch bid to save it succeeded, thanks in no small part to financial commitment of State - agency Tourism WA.

Later on Friday afternoon, collection agents for the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), which had been contracted to oversee drug testing for the Mayweather - Pacquiao fight, went to Mayweather's Las Vegas home to conduct a random unannounced drug test.

Keep in mind that most states not only place foster children for adoption from the county department of social services, many also have contracts with private adoption agencies to find homes for these children.

With foster care adoption you will need to work with either your county child welfare agency / foster care agency or a private adoption agency with a contract with your state to find adoptive families for children in foster care.

People wanting to foster or adopt a child often have the choice between using the county foster care agency or a private agency with a contract with the state.

Though he has been trying to distance himself from the issue, many expect the governor to step in at the last minute to settle a contract his state agency, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, and unions that represent some 5,400 LIRR workers.

Another bill would require state agencies to pay small businesses under contract with the state within 15 days of receipt of an invoice.

Around half a dozen state agencies and authorities currently can use the method, which combines the design and building phases into a single contract.

Use of uniform contract award process by state agencies, authorities, SUNY, and all state controlled non-profits;

It is a recipe for disaster to allow billions in state funds to be contracted through state controlled non-profits, including SUNY Poly, Fort Schuyler / Fuller Road Management and SUNY Research Foundation — all of which are exempt from the bidding rules for state agencies, and exist in a deliberately designed legal gray area of non-accountability.

The groups urged bans on a pay - to - play culture in Albany to limit political donations by firms seeking state contracts, closing a loophole heavily used by Cuomo and others that allow limited liability companies to skirt donation limits to politicians by private companies, creation of «truly independent» ethics oversight agencies, a public, searchable database of state economic development deals and creation of «clean contracting» systems to govern awards of state contracts.

The agency denied a Times Union public records request for the document, arguing its release could «impair imminent contract awards,» endanger «life and safety» and compromise the state's ability to «guarantee the security of its information technology assets.»

State agencies that may currently use design - build contracting will be authorized to do so for another four years, according to Part RRR, for projects costing more than $ 10 million.

Requiring competitive and transparent contracting for the award of state funds by all state agencies, authorities, and affiliates.

«The comptroller already reviews most large contracts of state agencies and authorities before they are executed.»

Additional language would be aimed preventing favoritism in contracting by having the chief procurement officer review and examine policies of state agencies and non-profit entities in order to recommend changes.

«The final contract represents a wider than anticipated scope of these tasks, which included sifting through hundreds of thousands of pages of documents, meetings, and other tasks associated with the review of $ 400 million in contractual payments and the development of new, stronger protocols for state agencies,» Empire State Development spokesperson Jason Conwall state agencies,» Empire State Development spokesperson Jason Conwall State Development spokesperson Jason Conwall said.

«We have been assured by Executive staff that when we receive the contract for review that it will be thorough, complete and contain the necessary documentation that every state agency knows it must include when making multi-million dollar purchases,» Freeman said.

Red - faced Kingston Housing Authority officials had no (plausible) answers on a state comptroller's report that found it took almost nine years for the agency to award a $ 300,000 contract on routine upgrades of its buildings.

The lawsuit details claims by LI Clean Tech that the state economic development agency and the state Department of Transportation kept Talon Air's competitors as well as the public, local residents and the airport's commission in the dark while the contract was steered to Talon.

This will allow other government agencies and watchdog groups to easily combine political contribution data on the NYOG site with state and city contracting and public expenditure data.

For example, the Executive proposes to exempt agency contracts from the State Comptroller's review and approval.

Cuomo, state agencies and Katz deny any favoritism in the contract bidding.

SUNY Poly and state officials have argued that as a private non-profit, Fuller Road Management is not an official government agency and therefore technically exempt from government contracting and public disclosure laws.

Agency attorney Andy Zweben blamed the state's «cumbersome» contract review procedures.

That the target of an investigation received an incomplete fill - in - the - blanks notice speaks to what critics say are ongoing problems at the Justice Center, which Gov. Andrew Cuomo created in 2013 following a series of stories about how disabled New Yorkers have been abused and neglected while in the care of state agencies or private facilities that contract with the state.

From the President who has refused to act on investigative reports submitted to him on grievous allegations of diverting over a billion naira meant for resettlement of Internal Displaced Persons (IDPs) by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal under the Presidential Initiative for the North East (PINE) and the miraculous discovery of 13billion naira in an apartment at Ikoyi, Lagos under the supervision of the Director of the Nigerian Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ayodele Oke, to the Head of Service of the Federation, Oyo - Ita Winifred Ekanem, who connived with others to reinstate into active duty and promote Abdulrasheed Maina, the former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, who allegedly stole over 6billion naira pension fund; the Chief of Staff to President Buhari now renamed the «Thief of Staff», Abba Kyari, who allegedly received a bribe of 500million naira to negotiate a fine reduction for MTN Nigeria, and has continuously been in the heart of every sharp practices in the Presidency; the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu who allegedly received a kickback of 3.8 billion naira in exchange for marginal oilfield using his brother, Dumebi Kachikwu as front; the Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, who was the brain behind the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina; the Chief of Army Staff, General Tukur Buratai who during his time as the Director of Procurement at the Army Headquarters allegedly diverted funds meant to equip the Military into buying choice properties worth millions of dollar in Dubai; the Minister for Solid Minerals, Dr. Kayode Fayemi who allegedly embezled State Universal Education Board (SUBEB) funds as the Governor of Ekiti State; the Minister for Interior, Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau who was indicted by a Presidential investigative committee probing Arm procurement for awarding ghost contracts worth $ 930,500,690 with others while as the Chief of Army Staff between 2008 - 2010 and one of the brains behind the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina; the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi alleged to have stolent 142billion naira as the Governor of Rivers State.

The new agency would be controlled by a three - member board appointed by the governor and would have unlimited eminent domain powers and the ability to void existing state contracts.

Cuomo's Empire State Development agency also has taken a number of steps to increase oversight of contracts.

Horner said reformers» collective wish list includes changes to government contracting, including pay - to - play activities, and greater appropriations for enforcement agencies such as the state Board of Elections, the Joint Commission on Public Ethics and the Authorities Budget Office.

Empire State Development had been providing much of SUNY Poly's funding for economic development projects, but it was the college's nonprofit real estate arms — which are not subject to the same checks and balances as state agencies — that negotiated contracts and paid venState Development had been providing much of SUNY Poly's funding for economic development projects, but it was the college's nonprofit real estate arms — which are not subject to the same checks and balances as state agencies — that negotiated contracts and paid venstate agencies — that negotiated contracts and paid vendors.

Republican State Assemblyman Gary Finch is raising concerns about a new state agency that would oversee all state contracts over $ 50 million dolState Assemblyman Gary Finch is raising concerns about a new state agency that would oversee all state contracts over $ 50 million dolstate agency that would oversee all state contracts over $ 50 million dolstate contracts over $ 50 million dollars.

Following the bid - rigging scandal involving several upstate economic development projects last fall, it is clear stronger protections on the procurement process are necessary.9 All state agencies, public authorities, and affiliates should be required to have competitive and transparent contracting processes.

NYC's Administration for Children's Services failed miserably in implementing recommendations made in a 2015 audit that found kids are being put at risk by the agency's renewal of contracts with poorly performing vendors, the state Comptroller's Office said.

- 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;

State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli will audit the Port Authority's $ 1 million worth of contracts with outside consultants, along with similar contracts at some two dozen state agenState Comptroller Tom DiNapoli will audit the Port Authority's $ 1 million worth of contracts with outside consultants, along with similar contracts at some two dozen state agenstate agencies.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued an executive order this morning that will reduce the cost of many personal services contracts used by state agencies by 10 percent.

Gary Johnson, the head of the agency charged with managing state workforce labor contracts, has left for another job.

A Plattsburgh construction company secured a $ 10.4 million state contract to build the new Schenectady train station less than two months after one agency declared the vendor «non-responsible» and removed it from a project at the Harriman State Office Building Campus in Alstate contract to build the new Schenectady train station less than two months after one agency declared the vendor «non-responsible» and removed it from a project at the Harriman State Office Building Campus in AlState Office Building Campus in Albany.

Cuomo had proposed an alternative plan that would created a chief procurement officer to oversee contracting at state agencies.

In both cases, for example, lobbyist Todd Howe worked for LPCiminelli and the state - affiliated economic development agency that managed Buffalo Billion projects and chose which companies would win contracts.