Sentence examples for acquisition authority from inspiring English sources

The legislation consolidates DoD acquisition authority on over $300 billion a year in defense contracts into the hands of a small group of high-level Pentagon officials.

The voluntary nature of the HPV program and the limited data acquisition authority of the U.S. EPA under TSCA have led to a lengthy and fragmented data-gathering process, and attempts to update TSCA to address this problem have, thus far, been unsuccessful [see Supplemental Material (http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1104666)].

In a three-page, confidential draft legislative proposal, the command argued that by coupling the proposed changes with its existing special fast-track acquisition authorities, it could provide "a fast turnaround resource for dealing with breaking issues".

"There's a deliberate workflow process and what the department has given us with its rapid acquisition authorities is an opportunity for about 36 months to explore what is governmental and [how] best to engage industry [to] advantage the taxpayer and the warfighter, who wants the best algorithms that exist to augment and complement the work he does".

It is not just creation per se but specifically creation of the counterfeit that "provides a means of black acquisition of authority (even as so-called authenticity is called into question)." The figure in the carpet is "the notion of lying — the artful dodge, faking it till you make it — the forging of black lives and selves in all their forms".

"The Crown's position... is that once a person sends a message into the ether, he or she loses the requisite level of control over that message needed to challenge its subsequent acquisition by authorities from sources outside of that person's control," Nick Devlin, senior counsel with the Public Prosecution Service of Canada, told VICE News.

Some factors are not serious obstacles, such as the probable - but very perfunctory - examination of the acquisition by the competition authorities.

According to the company's statement to the Spanish authorities, the acquisition "represents a unique opportunity for RWE to expand its activities in the Iberian peninsula's energy sector".

We aren't speaking here of systematic violation of civil liberty, or acquisition of the office by unlawful means, or the grave misuses of official authority that triggered impeachment proceedings in the American colonies.

A nationally recognized authority on the acquisition of spoken and written language, Professor Chomsky was on the faculty of the Harvard Graduate School of Education from 1972 until her retirement in 1997.

Air Force officials say their branch of the armed forces should be made the sole authority to manage acquisition of the largest and most deadly class of remotely piloted surveillance and attack aircraft to reduce duplication and produce savings in operations and maintenance.