The Montgomery County Office of Procurement will hold a free procurement forum from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 5 at the Silver Spring Civic Building, 1 Veterans Place, Silver Spring.

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Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport’s concessions program made $114 million in sales in 2014, but lawmakers think it can do better. A bill filed in both chambers seeks to require the Maryland Aviation Administration to issue a request for ...

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Anyone looking for how Gov. Larry Hogan would affect the Board of Public Works didn’t have long to wait.

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When Maryland voters elected Republican Larry Hogan governor last month they may not have realized they were also offering a glimmer of hope to the state’s Democratic comptroller on one particular issue — state procurement.

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The Maryland Insurance Administration violated state procurement rules and did not always have adequate oversight over contractor services, according to a state audit released Monday.

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The state's mishandling of minority contracting rules is costing taxpayers, according to a letter sent to state officials by lawyers for one contractor.

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The state medical examiner’s office failed to comply with government procurement rules repeatedly over the past several years, according to an audit released Monday.

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A few government and politics headlines for Wednesday.

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ANNAPOLIS — The Maryland Department of Transportation violated procurement procedures by allowing some contractors to perform work outside the scope of their original contracts without rebidding the jobs and without the approval of the state Board of Public Works, auditors ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Gov. Martin O’Malley says Maryland’s antiquated procurement process might need an overhaul, and the attorney who helped write the law agrees with him. Scott A. Livingston, a partner with the law firm Rifkin, Livingston, Levitan & Silver LLC, ...

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