Word: nies
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...NIE Director Manuel J. Justiz defended the Harvard contract in his opening remarks to the conference Monday night, but refused in an interview to comment on the Bank Street complaint...
...Bank Street College in New York last September lost the contract to Harvard in the final round of bidding, and immediately filed a complaint with the General Accounting Office. Bank Street charged the NIE with using illegal procedures in deciding which school would receive the federal money...
Granger charged the NIE with withholding contract information from Bank Street that it provided Harvard, adding that Bank Street was placed at a major disadvantage in the competition for the contract...
...decision to award the contract to Harvard, Justiz overruled an advisory panel that had favored by a one-vote margin the Bank Street proposal. A high-ranking NIE adviser had also publicly supported the Bank Street...
Since the funds were allocated, Harvard has maintained that the NIE followed all federal laws in awarding the prestigious contract...