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Recent Examples of procurement from the Web
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Cohn and other privatization advocates argue that government procurement rules and the uncertainties of the annual congressional budget process have undercut the FAA’s ability to move in that direction.
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That right of first refusal by Burns & McDonnell is a nuance on the usual procurement process.
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Funds leave the state budget as procurement orders, and come back as off-the-books cash, to be spent however the Kremlin sees fit.
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Critics say that the DAS contract-procurement rules need to be tightened.
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The JSF, or F-35, is just entering production and the FY09 budget has procurement funds for the last of the 183 F-22s that the administration has agreed to buy.
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First Known Use of procurement
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Law Dictionary
procurement
Legal Definition of procurement
1 : the act of procuring
2 : the purchasing, leasing, renting, or selling of materials, services, equipment, or construction
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