The award of contracts across frontiers is still the exception.

The questions of the award of contracts, buildings and staff are at issue.

Country donations, he added, will not be linked to the awarding of contracts.

There he helped reform the awarding of contracts for roads construction.

The construction process began with the awarding of contracts.

Community boards can monitor hiring, but they have little influence on the awarding of contracts.

"We don't endorse or allow the awarding of contracts based on campaign contributions.

The Assembly report is highly critical of the original awarding of contracts in 1996.

The fiscal oversight board would have control over all spending, including purchasing, the awarding of contracts and hiring.

Those relate to the awarding of contracts and appointment of consultants.

Those opposed to tough modern ethical provisions often point out that minor gifts have no effect on the award of contracts by state employees.

He was tried before the Supreme Court in conjunction with the awarding of contracts for motorway construction.

The coalition said the awarding of contracts to donors amounted to a conflict of interest.

Prosecutors have confirmed that they are now also investigating the awarding of contracts in some of those areas.

A Brooklyn grand jury has been looking into accusations concerning staff hiring, awarding of contracts and other matters.

Absent a stated goal, where is the city's incentive to promote the awarding of contracts to companies owned by women and minorities?

Mr. Israel said he expected a "political tug of war" over the awarding of contracts.

I relinquished my business interest and recused myself from any decisions" related to the awarding of contracts.

But administration officials maintain indignantly that they will not trade Security Council legitimacy for the awarding of contracts to certain countries.

According to City Hall and television sources, no baseball personalities are implicated in the investigation into the awarding of contracts.

Some of the board's executive powers, like the awarding of contracts, would go to the mayor, he said, "but not without checks and balances."

We can also accept those amendments which increase the de minimis thresholds applicable to direct awarding of contracts.

If the trading companies are charged with bid-rigging, it would raise new doubts about the awarding of contracts under Japan's official development assistance program.

"Then, as the colossal blunder, he permitted the award of contracts that were set at war-time figures.

The workload is cyclical, vulnerable to changes in economic policy and economic performance, and often subject to the late award of contracts.