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It is nearly 100% of the ministry's procurement budget that has gone [missing].

Ali Allawi

This case is an egregious example of corruption within a Department of Defense program that has undermined the procurement process.

John Keenan

The staff here has gotten a little bit better because no one has to be contacted by the [organ procurement organizations]. It's actually improved our interactions with them.

Larry Daniel

This work by Public Works needs to continue. The Conservatives' plan to clean up the procurement of government contracts does echo what we've been saying.

Garth Whyte

Calls to this tip line should be limited to fraud activity and corruption by businesses or persons engaged in purported contract fraud, procurement or purchasing fraud, and/or fraud of federally funded programs.

Chris Swecker

The duty of the opposition is to find fault with the existing proposed arms procurement package.

James Soong

The first wave was ... companies automating their procurement processes. The second wave, happening right now, is trading communities, ... The next wave is going to be like the Chicago Commodities Exchange: instant fulfillment done completely on the fly.

Shawn Willett

Congress's underlying policy is that you use the minimum number of clauses for commercial items procurement, to attract companies that are not traditional government contractors. So the more clauses you add, the more you get the companies having second thoughts.

Alan Chvotkin

We're going to prevent what is still going to happen, contract procurement irregularities.

Tamara Faulkner

While they won't admit it, the primary driver of lower procurement costs will be by lowering prices out there, increasing competition through versus auctions.

Chris Mecray

The economic leverage of the state in terms of procurement for these commodities is something that is badly needed. And if we're providing state aid, then we need to have more to say about the prices that are paid for these kinds of products.

Doug Forrester

Monsoon and procurement for various projects have delayed the implementation of the ADP, but we have found that the implementation rate has started to improve by December.

Saifur Rahman

It is bad procurement policy for any state to unilaterally lock itself into one set of technologies.

Tom Schatz

You need to understand what you are buying, and why, how it will affect your business, and what the potential risks are. That detailed understanding may be beyond the scope of a procurement department.

Owen Williams

We are delighted to be able to include Matt's expertise among the firm's resources. Our software patent procurement, counseling, and litigation practices have grown rapidly, and with the addition of Matt to the LL&A team, we have expanded our ability to fully meet the needs of our clients in these areas.

Tom Sullivan

It is nearly 100 percent of the ministry's (procurement) budget that has gone AWOL (absent without leave).

Ali Allawi

We continue to experience a steep growth curve and positive response from customers that are aggressively transitioning their procurement processes to leverage our technologies' benefits.

Charles Jackson

This will include things well beyond crude-oil procurement. We envision this involving exploration, production and potentially gas marketing and technology investments.

Mike Wirth

This procurement element of the scorecard will in effect promote the support of manufacturing in South Africa.

Michael Mcdonald

We've been struggling to try to understand India's gas centrifuge program and one of the surprises there was that it's a program that really does depend on foreign procurement.

David Albright

The SBA has developed a certification process designed to treat small companies equitably and give them an efficient first step into the federal procurement arena.

Richard Hayes

By and large, when you consider the magnitude - the size and scope - of state procurement, it works pretty well.

Mark Bugher

IBM is sharing the procurement expertise it developed for its own internal needs.

Perry Mulligan

Our major goal with school construction procurement is to ensure that we have efficient state-of-the-art facilities that serve our students well. We believe in this instance that the process was fair and effective.

Catherine Sullivan

The combined efforts of our two teams of professionals will bring our procurement capabilities to a new level of performance.

Gary Miller

It covered all of our processes and procedures, including procurement, manufacturing, warehouse management, training and equipment maintenance.

Jim Wallace

It was not the intent to allow a nonprofit to serve as a pass-through to get around the procurement law. If that is happening, we may need to look at it.

Sen. Shan Tsutsui

The District welcomes the scrutiny, since we believe that most procurement in the city is handled in an efficient and cost-effective manner. We look forward to an outside review, which will certainly counter the misleading picture painted by the Washington Post.

Vincent Morris

We try to enter into Asian markets for the expansion of the I-mode service, and thereby try to reduce our cost by increasing the volume of procurement with local partners.

Masao Nakamura

We are very fortunate with the Stanford initiative, that among the things he has set out is the procurement of these coaching aids.

Jackie Hendriks

The Ministry of Energy has asked the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission (KACC) to look into the procurement of imported poles by KPLC for the past four years.

Mwangi Kiunjuri

Surging delivery prices of our steel products helped us more than offset the adverse impact of rising procurement costs.

Nobuyoshi Fujiwara

It's probably at least $1 million a year per team. Exactly how much money it will cost depends on how many continuing discussions or iterations the government wants to conduct. It could be 10 people or more that you have to have hanging around dealing with the ongoing procurement.

Ray Bjorklund

I think gradually, with the procurement of grants, we might be able to restore some of the farm back to the way it should be.

George Toups

We now need all government procurement, from municipal to national, to be from local companies.

Ebrahim Patel