Progressive Era reformers rightly targeted corruption among Boss Tweed-type contracts for city work.
But he said problems could arise when zero hour contracts were used for regular work.
"For those people who are in work, more will be on temporary contracts than for a very long time - the highest for 10 years, " shadow work and pensions secretary Liam Byrne told the BBC.
Many of the people who provide services to military families, for instance, may work on a base but in fact work for private companies that have won contracts from the Pentagon.
The agency will then seek bids for additional contracts to cover future recovery work.
While dollars spent on contracting doubled during the Bush administration, the size of the work force responsible for managing federal contracts remained flat.
Graduates are given space rent-free for a year, and work on contracts the university has won while they build up their own contacts.
And over the past six months, agencies have been making cuts by looking for better deals, by ending contracts and doing work in house, and by opening up no-bid contracts to competitive bidding.
In New Zealand, for example, the heads of departments work under contracts specifying what they must deliver.
This is kind of a guilty until proven innocent system designed to expedite legal process and if you are really good at contracts and making the right kind of friends it can work for you.
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"We've made it clear we will not be continuing the contracts of anybody who does not wish to continue to work for the company on the new contract, " said Tony Tyler, Cathay's director of corporate development.
They went back to work for Verizon last week, albeit without new contracts.
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In connection with this the premier ordered the Ministry of Economic Development and ASI to work on transparent mechanisms for concluding long-term contracts.
Fraud cases can run into hundreds of thousands of pounds with some of the biggest crimes involving companies with NHS contracts or health workers, such as GPs and dentists, incorrectly billing for work.
He added they would consider the report and work with unions on guidance for future procurement processes and public contracts.
It would also require changing the contracts for city workers: making them stump up bigger health-care contributions and work longer weeks, with less overtime.
Ms Lyon said the loss of signal had affected businesses, caused problems for people with work and had led to some people cancelling their contracts.
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He said many private firms hoped to gain contracts with local authorities on infrastructure work, which would in turn provide places for many apprentices who had been left out of work.
He was also concerned that the island's six bin collection companies, which work under contracts with the parish douzaines, would be unable to compete with States Works when it came to tendering for the work.
Geithner noted that derivatives trading firms were meeting to work out comprehensive infrastructure reforms for that market, including a central clearing house, reducing outstanding contracts, and regulatory changes including higher margin and collateral requirements.
In brief, we need to move to a system that (1) makes room for more flexible contracts in the labour market, (2) has a minimal welfare net for workers who are out of work, and (3) resolves labour market disputes more quickly.
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But as Minnesota head coach Tubby Smith learned today, big contracts come with even bigger expectations, and a failure to meet them is likely to leave a coach looking for new work.
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