Sentences with phrase «award federal dollars»

But what we don't know is how best to award federal dollars to get that to happen.

Not exact matches

The Obama administration has awarded nearly $ 300 billion in federal - prime contracts to small businesses since 2009, and one - third of all federal - contracting dollars in the Recovery Act went to small businesses.

The opinion, issued by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, strikes down a legislative provision, first enacted in 1986 and renewed numerous times since, which sets a goal that 5 percent of federal defense contracting dollars each fiscal year must be awarded to certain entities, including small disadvantaged comFederal Circuit, strikes down a legislative provision, first enacted in 1986 and renewed numerous times since, which sets a goal that 5 percent of federal defense contracting dollars each fiscal year must be awarded to certain entities, including small disadvantaged comfederal defense contracting dollars each fiscal year must be awarded to certain entities, including small disadvantaged companies.

The Program allows contracting officers, for the first time, to set aside specific contracts for certified WOSBs and EDWOSBs and will help federal agencies achieve the existing statutory goal of five percent of federal contracting dollars being awarded to WOSBs.

He told them he's disappointed that they failed to act on measures to change the way billions of dollars in state contracts are solicited and awarded, even though several of Cuomo's former associates are facing federal trials on corruption charges next year.

He told them he's disappointed that they failed to act on measures to change the way billions of dollars in state contracts are solicited and awarded, even though several of Governor Cuomo's former associates are facing federal trials on corruption charges next year.

As New York nears the midpoint of its five - year, $ 8 billion project to reform Medicaid, hundreds of millions of dollars awarded from the federal government have yet to be spent, and that could negatively impact the Cuomo administration's effort to overhaul the system.

Joseph Percoco, a former top aide and confidant of Cuomo, as well as SUNY Polytechnic Institute's founding President and CEO Alain Kaloyeros and officials at some of upstate New York's most prominent development firms were charged in a federal complaint with allegedly engaging in two overlapping schemes involving bribery, corruption and fraud in the award of hundreds of millions of dollars in state contracts and other official benefits.

Cortland County has been awarded over $ 83 thousand dollars in federal funding to support emergency preparedness

Sanders» plan would have eliminated tuition at public universities and colleges, while Cuomo's «last - dollar» approach pays the tuition after awards from the state and federal sources of aid are applied.

But the federal Bureau of Justice Assistance bypassed Syracuse for its body - worn camera pilot program, instead awarding millions of dollars in matching grants to 72 agencies nationwide.

A 3.8 Million dollars federal disaster award was made by the Economic Development Administration to the Delaware County IDA.

In 2013, over 5 billion dollars were awarded by the National Science Foundation to support research and education [3]; the National Institutes of Health dispenses even more money for health - related research and clinical studies Since everyone benefits from progress in science, the US federal government should be praised for financially supporting so many university researchers and research projects.

Financing for the ambitious project came from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, a federal institution that awarded the museum a grant of half a million dollars, part of which was earmarked for creating ArtThink.

Senator Rand Paul, a Republican presidential hopeful, recently wrote in an op - ed that «the federal government has awarded taxpayer dollars toward research that few Americans would consider to be in the national interest.»

Over $ 650 million in funds will be awarded, and a coalition of foundations announced last week that it will offer up to half a billion dollars to match the federal grants.

On the federal Race to the Top competition for hundreds of millions of dollars awarded for showing past achievements and ambitious plans for students, Washington came in 32nd out of 36 states.

«The group's proposed reforms correspond to criteria the federal government will use to award additional education stimulus dollars on a competitive basis starting this fall.»

AFC awarded high marks to Florida's program for its broad eligibility, reaching families with incomes of up to 200 percent of the federal poverty level; for the generosity of the tax break to donors, a dollar - for - dollar match with a cap that increases automatically each year; and for the large size of scholarships, nearly $ 6,000.

The Tennessee Promise Scholarship is a last - dollar award, meaning the program covers the remaining portion of tuition and fees after deducting proceeds from for federal and state aid sources.

Amazon fired the security company accused of mistreating foreign - born temp workers; a federal jury awarded Patricia Cornwell over fifty million dollars in damages; a major theme of this year's PEN World Voices Festival is bravery; and other news.

The Navy Federal nRewards Secured Credit Card awards 1 point per dollar spent.

In a recent case, a federal jury awarded a woman over $ 18 million dollars because of errors on her credit report.

Plug In America is urging Mary Nichols, chief of California's air board, to close a gaping loophole that could deal a blow to the proliferation of plug - in vehicles just as the federal government is awarding billions of dollars to automakers large and small to advance battery technology.

They were given an award from the U.S. Department of Energy in the sum of $ 770, 000 dollars as part of the federal government's program to create inexpensive solar energy storage.

But elsewhere in February, federal judges in two states slapped separate Medtronic divisions with huge attorneys» fees awards over their litigation tactics in patent cases — one in Massachusetts for $ 10 million - plus and another in Colorado expected to total several million dollars.

Moreover, while costs awards are intended to make a successful litigant whole, costs in the Federal Court are determined in accordance with the Federal Courts Rules, which prescribe fixed dollar amounts for various steps in the litigation process regardless of the actual costs incurred: Litigants can only expect to recover approximately 25 per cent of their actual legal costs in complex cases.