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1. State auditor: Vancouver Public Schools in violation of bidding, procurement laws

Subjects
Purchasing -- Reports, Letting of contracts -- Reports, Building -- Contracts, Business, General interest, Business, regional
Abstract

Byline: Meg Wochnick May 19Vancouver Public Schools was the subject of two findings by the Washington State Auditor's Office for lacking adequate controls to ensure compliance with state procurement laws [...]

Published
2021

2. Report finds OMB did not pressure Pentagon on competitive sourcing

Author

Brodsky, Robert

Subjects
Armies -- Military aspects, Armies -- Reports, Letting of contracts -- Military aspects, Letting of contracts -- Reports, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

The Army was under 'extreme pressure' to conduct public-private job competitions in 2008, but not from the Office of Management and Budget, according to a report released on Monday by [...]

Published
2009

3. SBA study shows perils of analyzing small business contracts

Author

Mandel, Jenny

Subjects
Letting of contracts -- Reports, Small business -- Reports, Government contractors -- Reports, Contract agreement, Small business, SOHO, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Federal small business contracting is never as simple as it seems. That was the lesson the Small Business Administration's Office of Advocacy learned with the publication of a new report [...]

Published
2007

4. Feds see drop in jobs defended against contractors in 2005

Author

Mandel, Jenny

Subjects
Government contractors -- Reports, Letting of contracts -- Reports, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Federal employees retained 90 percent of jobs placed up for competition with contractors under the Bush administration's competitive sourcing initiative in 2004, but only 60 percent in 2005, according to [...]

Published
2006

5. Management score card sees more green

Author

Gruber, Amelia

Subjects
Letting of contracts -- Reports, Company business management, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

The Bush administration's latest quarterly management report card published Thursday showed continued improvement across most categories, but the grades of three agencies slipped. The score card (http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0705/ScoreCard1.htm), which grades 26 [...]

Published
2005

6. OMB lowers management grades of four agencies

Author

Palmer, Kimberly

Subjects
Administrative agencies -- Reports, Government computer systems -- Reports, Letting of contracts -- Reports, Company business management, Government systems management, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Federal agencies received a harsh report card for their management efforts from the Office of Management and Budget this week. On the President's Management Agenda score card, the Defense Department's [...]

Published
2005

7. Job competitions need help from HR, report says

Author

Palmer, Kimberly

Subjects
Letting of contracts -- Reports, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Job competitions need help from HR, report says Human resources executives could do a lot more to help agencies hold successful public-private job competitions, according to a new report from [...]

Published
2004

8. Agency managers mostly pleased with job competitions, survey finds

Author

Palmer, Kimberly

Subjects
Letting of contracts -- Reports, Government contractors -- Reports, Managers -- Surveys, Managers -- Reports, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Agency managers mostly pleased with job competitions, survey finds Federal managers who oversee job competitions between federal employees and private contractors are largely satisfied with their competitive sourcing achievements, according [...]

Published
2004

9. Forest Service admits flaws in job competition effort

Author

Gruber, Amelia

Subjects
Letting of contracts -- Reports, Letting of contracts -- Political aspects, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Forest Service admits flaws in job competition effort The Forest Service has acknowledged several significant shortcomings in its competitive sourcing program that were uncovered in a congressional report, and is [...]

Published
2004

10. Report: Agencies lack staff, resources to run job competitions

Author

Gruber, Amelia

Subjects
Letting of contracts -- Reports, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Report: Agencies lack staff, resources to run job competitions Several major federal agencies lack the staff and financial support necessary to run effective public-private job competitions and oversee contractors winning [...]

Published
2004

11. Bush job competition target could be tall order for Defense, report says

Author

Peckenpaugh, Jason

Subjects
Letting of contracts -- Reports, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Bush job competition target could be tall order for Defense, report says The Defense Department could have difficulty meeting the Bush administration's long-term target for opening federal jobs to private [...]

Published
2003

12. Shuttle disaster came amid privatization debate

Author

Peckenpaugh, Jason

Subjects
Letting of contracts -- Reports, Privatization -- Reports, Space shuttles -- Reports, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Shuttle disaster came amid privatization debate NASA was considering several alternatives for privatizing the space shuttle fleet - including shifting full ownership of the $3.2 billion program to private contractors [...]

Published
2003

13. Audit: WVU center broke rules

Subjects
Letting of contracts -- Reports, Business, General interest, Business, regional
Abstract

Byline: Alex Lang March 06--A WVU department did not follow state procurement procedures when it paid roughly $450,000 to a local technology company for services. The Center for Excellence in [...]

Published
2012

14. New director vows she will overhaul unit

Subjects
Letting of contracts -- Reports, Business, General interest, Business, regional
Abstract

Byline: Claudia Boyd-Barrett and Tony Cook Feb. 03--Toledo's new neighborhoods director assured city councilmen Thursday she is moving swiftly to overhaul the department in the wake of an internal investigation [...]

Published
2012

15. NWMSU regents react to audit

Subjects
Letting of contracts -- Reports, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Jimmy Myers Sept. 10--MARYVILLE, Mo. -- A state audit critical of bidding practices, or lack thereof, at Northwest Missouri State University is meeting with swift action from university officials [...]

Published
2011

16. State's medical supply sellers wary

Subjects
Medicare -- Reports, Letting of contracts -- Reports, Public contracts -- Reports, Government contract, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Tim Puko Feb. 18--Pennsylvania's medical equipment suppliers are ratcheting up their fight against competitive bidding for government contracts. Medical equipment suppliers in Pittsburgh and nine other metropolitan areas must [...]

Published
2008

17. Scotia seals front-runner status in Dundee auction

Author

Stewart, Sinclair and McNish, Jacquie

Subjects
Bank of Nova Scotia (Toronto, Ontario) -- Negotiation, mediation and arbitration -- Investments -- Securities -- Management, Dundee Wealth Management Inc. -- Securities -- Management -- Negotiation, mediation and arbitration -- Investments, Banking industry -- Negotiation, mediation and arbitration -- Investments, Letting of contracts -- Reports, Company securities, Company business management, Company investment, Banking industry, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: SINCLAIR STEWART AND JACQUIE McNISH NEW YORK, TORONTO -- Bank of Nova Scotia has emerged as the most likely buyer for DundeeWealth Inc., and is now the only bidder [...]

Published
2007

18. Two potential bidders for Meridian back off

Author

Hoffman, Andy

Subjects
Meridian Gold Inc. -- Mergers, acquisitions and divestments, Yamana Gold Inc. -- Mergers, acquisitions and divestments, Letting of contracts -- Reports, Metal industry -- Mergers, acquisitions and divestments, Precious metals industry -- Mergers, acquisitions and divestments, Company acquisition/merger, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: ANDY HOFFMAN; MINING REPORTER When his beloved Penn State Nittany Lions take to the field against Notre Dame tonight, Ed Dowling will have a lot more on his mind [...]

Published
2007

19. Katanga seeks white knight to foil bid

Author

Hoffman, Andy

Subjects
Executives -- Aims and objectives -- Reports, Letting of contracts -- Reports, Mines and mineral resources -- Securities -- Management -- Reports, Company securities, Company business management, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: ANDY HOFFMAN; MINING REPORTER Less than a decade ago, the Kamoto copper and cobalt mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo had been all but abandoned. The African country [...]

Published
2007

20. Land rights sales cool in Alberta

Author

Ebner, David

Subjects
Oil sands -- Reports, Letting of contracts -- Reports, Interstate land sales -- Reports, Petroleum mining -- Management -- Reports, Company business management, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: DAVID EBNER CALGARY -- Alberta's take from selling exploration rights is down more than 60 per cent so far this year as low natural gas prices, the soaring cost [...]

Published
2007

21. Bidders losing interest in Rome's Alitalia auction

Author

Kahn, Gabriel

Subjects
Alitalia S.p.A. -- Company sales and earnings -- Mergers, acquisitions and divestments, Letting of contracts -- Reports, Airlines -- Company sales and earnings -- Mergers, acquisitions and divestments, Company acquisition/merger, Company earnings/profit, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: GABRIEL KAHN ROME -- The Italian government's effort to auction off control of unprofitable state carrier Alitalia SpA appears to be in jeopardy, as bidders express increasing skepticism over [...]

Published
2007

23. US Airways bids $8 billion for ailing Delta

Author

Howe, Peter J.

Subjects
Delta Air Lines Inc. -- Finance -- Mergers, acquisitions and divestments, US Airways Group Inc. -- Mergers, acquisitions and divestments -- Finance, Letting of contracts -- Reports, Airlines -- Mergers, acquisitions and divestments, Company financing, Company acquisition/merger, Business, General interest, Business, regional
Abstract

Byline: Peter J. Howe Nov. 16--US Airways Group Inc. launched an $8 billion hostile bid for bankrupt Delta Air Lines Inc. yesterday, a move that could shake up the Boston-New [...]

Published
2006

25. Katrina contracts wasted hundreds of millions; Report: $7.4B in work given with little competition

Author

Yen, Hope

Subjects
Hurricane Katrina, 2005 -- Statistics, Hurricane Katrina, 2005 -- Reports, Public contracts -- Reports, Letting of contracts -- Reports, Contract agreement, Government contract, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

WASHINGTON The government awarded 70 percent of its contracts for Hurricane Katrina work without full competition, wasting hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars in the process, says a House study [...]

Published
2006

27. Merck to buy small New Hampshire biotech in record bid

Author

Heuser, Stephen

Subjects
Merck & Company Inc. -- Mergers, acquisitions and divestments -- Product development, GlycoFi -- Mergers, acquisitions and divestments -- Product development, Letting of contracts -- Reports, Pharmaceutical biotechnology -- Mergers, acquisitions and divestments -- Product development -- Reports, Company acquisition/merger, Business, General interest, Business, regional
Abstract

Byline: Stephen Heuser May 10--A small New Hampshire firm with a new idea for making biotechnology drugs said yesterday it would be acquired by global pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. [...]

Published
2006

28. Minor flaws found in energy fund bidding

Subjects
Letting of contracts -- Reports, Business, Business, regional, General interest
Abstract

Sep. 16--A preliminary review of the Connecticut Clean Energy Fund's bid process for its Project 100 found flaws, but no ethical or criminal violations. The Project 100 initiative is aimed [...]

Published
2006

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