Sentence examples for contracting experts from inspiring English sources

The ballooning budget for outside contracts at the State Department is emblematic of a broader trend, contracting experts say.

National contracting experts said the District's spending policies are unique among cities and states across the country.

"We've been pushing for a two-year time line, which we are confident is plausible based on advice from technical and contracting experts".

KBR is scrambling to respond with a plan to correct the problems cited by the Defense contracting experts, Pentagon officials said.

Workers are attacked, engineers and contracting experts have fled government ministries, construction companies refuse to take jobs in risky areas and building materials are not available.

He said the effort started with 13 contracting experts from the Defense Contract Management Agency at the Pentagon and gradually hired and trained 26 local Iraqis.

We're relying on coalitions of the billing," said P.W. Singer, a contracting expert with the Brookings Institution.

The Deepwater experiment, one contracting expert said, underscores the need for the Coast Guard to be a smart buyer, even if it has hired high-priced advice.

Peter W. Singer, a defense contracting expert at the Brookings Institution, said the biggest problem was that the administration contracted out so much work in Iraq, almost no thought had been given to an overall strategy to determine which jobs and functions should be handled by the government, and which could be turned over to private companies without damaging the military effort.

(Those contracts, experts say, are likely to be reviewed by any new government in Baghdad).

Though laws vary slightly by jurisdiction, in general, a charitable pledge is considered a legally enforceable contract, experts say.