Officials from the Property and Procurement Department testified before the V.I. Legislature’s Committee of the Whole on Wednesday.
Property and Procurement Commissioner Anthony Thomas said Bill No. 33-0269, which was proposed by Gov. Albert Bryan Jr., proposes a number of changes to the current V.I. Code that would “establish the foundation of a more efficient means of procuring goods and services for the government.”
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