Sentences with phrase «after federal contracts»

Not exact matches

Henderson - based Austal has secured a $ 29.7 million contract to build two additional Pacific patrol boats on top of an existing $ 305 million federal government program, days after German shipbuilder Lurssen awarded Civmec a key contract for the Royal Australian Navy offshore patrol vessels.

After a decade - long struggle, a new program to boost federal contracts among women - owned businesses kicked in.

Rep. Todd Rokita (R - IN) is pushing to end Citibank's federal contract after the finance giant adopted new gun policies that do not respect the Second Amendment.

An explosive run as a rookie head coach at Louisville, demanding and then abandoning a 10 - year contract for the NFL in a moment that helped cement his heel persona, a superstar NFL player sent to federal prison, a midnight flight to take over a SEC program shortly after, an employee sex scandal that imploded a potential BCS title contender, and finally, a chance to keep his family together in one state and restart his career.

After acknowledging the economic development program is under federal investigation and possible wrongdoing revealed by the inquiry, the Cuomo administration hired a former prosecutor to review contracts related to the Buffalo Billion.

His indictment comes more than two years after he confirmed while testifying in the corruption trial of former State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos that federal prosecutors were probing his role in county contracts that went to political campaign contributors.

The federal government began contracting with private prisons in 1997, more than a decade after states started using them.

Ruskin Moscou Faltischek, a Uniondale law firm that employed state Sen. Dean Skelos, who resigned as majority leader this year after he was charged in a federal corruption case, also received three outside counsel contracts within the range just below the approval threshold: for $ 24,000, $ 24,900 and $ 25,000.

In March, Governor David Paterson, a Democrat, said an «apolitical» method would be used to pick a new supplier after state and federal authorities began probing whether Aqueduct Entertainment Group had won the lucrative contract to assist one of Paterson's political allies, the Rev. Floyd Flake, who is a former congressman.

Mangano has resisted prior calls for the county to dump Armor's contract, including after a group of Democratic county legislators criticized the vendor's care and called for federal intervention at the jail earlier this year.

Nassau's contracting system came under scrutiny last May after then - State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (R - Rockville Centre) was charged in a federal corruption case that included influencing the award of a county contract to a company that hired his son, Adam.

With Albany's transactional politics now the subject of a federal probe, the context of that April 2013 book deal is particularly significant: An International Business Times review of New York state documents reveals that News Corporation gave Cuomo a book contract after Cuomo's administration backed a series of state initiatives that benefited the media giant.

After Hurricane Maria damaged tens of thousands of homes in Puerto Rico, a newly created Florida company with an unproven record won more than $ 30 million in contracts from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to provide emergency tarps and plastic...

The Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, who signed on behalf of the Federal Government, had said the cost reduction for the projects was achieved after the contract was renegotiated by both parties.

Nassau's first bid solicitation for a $ 12 million storm cleanup contract — a pact under federal investigation for its ties to political donations — came just two days after the company that ultimately received the work was formed, newly obtained records show.

After a federal indictment charged state Sen. Dean Skelos and his son with improperly influencing the county's awarding of a $ 12 million wastewater treatment contract, Singas responded by reviewing Nassau's entire contracting process.

It is ordered that on and after January 1, 2015, all Erie County offices, departments and administrative units, including but not limited to the Division of Purchase, fully implement a requirement in all bids, requests for proposals and other contract solicitations that the contractor submit an Erie County Equal Pay Certification which certifies the contractor's compliance with Federal Equal Pay Law and New York State Equal Pay Law (together, the «Equal Pay Laws»).

The last of the federal government's power restoration crews are scheduled to leave Puerto Rico when their contract expires next week, leaving the island's power utility with the task of energizing the last 1.5 percent of customers still waiting eight months after Hurricane Maria.

Last year, federal authorities began investigating a county contract awarded to VIP Splash Waterways Recovery Group after the company had contributed to the Hicksville Republican Committee — run by Mangano's chief deputy, Rob Walker — the day Walker signed the contract.

Up until 2 years ago, federal law allowed an employer give an individual a temporary contract for a maximum of 5 years; after that period, the employee had to be offered a permanent position or leave.

In 1994, Republicans led by Newt Gingrich seized control of Congress after campaigning on a Contract with America that contained much the same rhetoric about slashing federal spending as today's Republican pledge.

The fact that teaching jobs were shed after these recessions were officially over should not be surprising, given that school budgets are set, teacher contracts are made, and federal and state funding are allocated ahead of time, causing the public - school sector to respond to tough economic times more slowly than the private sector.

(10) PROJECT READINESS. - To be eligible for assistance under this chapter, the applicant shall demonstrate a reasonable expectation that the contracting process for construction of the project can commence by not later than 90 days after the date on which a Federal credit instrument is obligated for the project under this chapter.»

In addition to the activities described above, the FAST Act expanded eligible purposes to include financing economic development, including commercial and residential development, and related infrastructure and activities, that (i) incorporate private investment, (ii) is physically or functionally related to a passenger rail station or multimodal station that includes rail service, (iii) has a high probability of the applicant commencing the contracting process for construction not later than 90 days after the date on which the RRIF loan or loan guarantee is obligated, and (iv) has a high probability of reducing the need for financial assistance under any other Federal program for the relevant passenger rail station or service by increasing ridership, tenant lease payments, or other activities that generate revenue exceeding costs (Transit - Oriented Development Projects or TOD Projects).

• Counsel to professional services provider on complex, policy - based litigation relating to fairness and awardee obligations arising after the award of a federal government contract.

A year after signing their first negotiated contract netting them a 12 - per - cent pay hike for the current year, federal lawyers will be heading back to the negotiation table in the next few months as the Association of Justice Counsel filed its notice to bargain Jan. 9.

After a nine - day trial in federal court, won acquittal of a general manager of an international construction company charged with conspiracy, Hobbs Act violations and bribery - related violations of 18 U.S.C. § 666 arising from efforts to obtain a $ 26 million energy performance contract from a local housing authority.

Defended pharmaceutical manufacturer against breach of contract and fraud claims asserted by a drug broker in Ohio federal court that settled after one week of trial.

Exchanging one contract for another is known as a 1035 exchange (named after Section 1035 of the federal tax code).

After leaving the Federal Government I worked as a Contracts Manager for Waste Control Specialists...

Both the federal law and regulations expressly provide that noncompliance can't be used to void or nullify the contract after ratification and can't void any transfer of real estate.

A Florida appeals court has ruled on whether a purchaser can cancel a sales contract and receive a full refund three years after contracting when the developer failed to provide notice of rescission within the sales contract, as required by the federal Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act.

The contract replaces one previously announced in 2002, which was subsequently cancelled after allegations that federal government officials had a conflict of interest when they awarded the contract.

No one in her / his right mind would quit such a plum of a high profile position (mid way through the contract period) that continually feeds one's over-inflated ego that was further developed as the direct result of said Order - In - Council appoinment, which, by the way, was enancted by Melanie's boss's (Christian Paradis, Minister Of Trade) predecessor, «before» the cabinet shuffle after the 2010 federal election.