Sentence examples for a contracting process from inspiring English sources

Still, industry executives say that Mr. Obama and his defense secretary, Robert M. Gates, are clearly serious about making cuts and revamping a contracting process that has let the price tag of the 95 biggest programs grow nearly $300 billion beyond their original cost estimates.

Silvers and Francis (2005) and Christie Hartley (2009a) also maintain that people with severe intellectual impairments can be represented adequately in a contracting process that consists in trust-building more than hard bargaining, even if they cannot participate in it personally.

The comptroller's office said it vetted the firms to spot such potential conflicts, and argued that the process provided swifter relief for homeowners than if the government had hired the companies directly through a lengthy contracting process.

Mr. Torres and his supporters cried foul when they found out Mr. Fabrizi's brother obtained $1 million worth of landscaping work with the city through an expedited contracting process.

Healthcare.gov has been mired in secrecy: little data on enrollment numbers, no access to the website source code, an insider contracting process, and no access to the memos of the website builder before the crash.

But that costly and sweeping initiative — expected to consume $57.6 million over five years — hinges on a little-watched contracting process that unfolded more than a hundred miles north.

WASHINGTON — A federal judge has ordered Mayor Vincent C. Gray to answer questions about the firing of the city's top contracting officer, which is at the heart of a lawsuit alleging that elected officials meddled in a disputed lottery contracting process.

Mr. Giuliani, a Republican, defended the contracting process as proper.

The developer told the A.P. that the Guggenheim delay was related to a review of its contracting process, which drew protest from artists.

Mr. Turner's office said in a statement yesterday that the agency "followed the rules at every step" of the contracting process, with a panel of civil-service employees, and not Mr. Turner personally, selecting the winning bidders.

"The contracting process is a total aberration," he said.