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(Bloomberg)-- Companies that operate private prisons began to recover from Thursday's historic plunge as analysts said the U.S. Justice Department's plan to phase out federal contracts with the operators would affect only a small part of their business.

(Bloomberg)-- Companies that operate private prisons began to recover from Thursday's historic plunge as analysts said the U.S. Justice Department's plan to phase out federal contracts with the operators would affect only a small...

The increases «don't all happen on the same exact day, but they happen pretty close to each other on the calendar,» said Jim Yocum, senior vice president of federal contracts with Connecture.

I was writing for a federal contract with the Small Business Administration when the funding ran out, and I wanted to try something different.

Not exact matches

The federal government has signed a $ 1.2 billion contract extension with a group of defence contractors for maintenance work on eight Anzac - class frigates for the next five years, with BAE Systems and CIMIC's UGL among the major beneficiaries.

The federal government has contracted a boutique Perth consultancy to come up with a plan to address Broome's shortage of tourism workers.

Federal regulators, which review contracts made by USPS, have not raised any issues with the terms of its contract with Amazon.

In 2007, The Laljis» company, Larco Group, struck a $ 1.7 - billion deal with the federal government to buy and then lease back seven Ottawa office buildings; the CBC reported in 2015 that the arrangement has been plagued by years of disputes between the two parties, including acrimony over repairs, contract tendering and even parking fees.

Federal regulations mandate that most contracts valued between $ 3,000 and $ 150,000 should be reserved for small businesses, generally defined as companies with fewer than 500 employees and less than $ 7 million in annual revenues.

IT firm ASG Group has built on its relationship with the federal government with the renewal of a new contract with the Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development worth $ 23.8 million.

With the Presidential election nearing, we break down the candidates» stance on small - business contracting and how they plan to invest — or not invest — future federal dollars.

The largest U.S. airlines have taken issue with a contract for federal employees to buy flights between New York and Milan in 2017 from JetBlue, which are marketed by the New York - based airline but operated exclusively by its codeshare partner, Dubai - based Emirates.

Currently, certain kinds of small businesses are exempt from paying employees the federal minimum wage, such as businesses with annual revenues less than $ 500,000, companies that transact within a single state, seasonal businesses, or companies that rely on contract workers.

The initiative, which originated out of Section 8 (a) of the Small Business Act — hence its name — provides participants with access to a variety of business development services, including the opportunity to receive federal contracts on a sole - source or limited competition basis.

Small businesses are sued for a wide variety of reasons, from breach of contract to product defects to employee relations to noncompliance with federal regulations (such as the Americans with Disabilities Act).

In the past, fewer than 5 percent of the women - owned firms in the United States were certified to do business with their state government and only 1.5 percent of the billions of dollars in federal contracts went to women - owned firms.

Under new rules just introduced by the Obama administration, companies contracting with the federal government are now obliged to allow both full and part - time workers to accrue paid leave which they can use for anything from preventative doctor's visits, to staying in bed and sipping chicken soup, to caring for an ill family member.

Bombardier is embroiled in a dispute with Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) over a 1.9 - billion - Swiss - franc ($ 2.3 - billion) contract for 59 passenger trains.

These risks and uncertainties include: Gilead's ability to achieve its anticipated full year 2018 financial results; Gilead's ability to sustain growth in revenues for its antiviral and other programs; the risk that private and public payers may be reluctant to provide, or continue to provide, coverage or reimbursement for new products, including Vosevi, Yescarta, Epclusa, Harvoni, Genvoya, Odefsey, Descovy, Biktarvy and Vemlidy ®; austerity measures in European countries that may increase the amount of discount required on Gilead's products; an increase in discounts, chargebacks and rebates due to ongoing contracts and future negotiations with commercial and government payers; a larger than anticipated shift in payer mix to more highly discounted payer segments and geographic regions and decreases in treatment duration; availability of funding for state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs); continued fluctuations in ADAP purchases driven by federal and state grant cycles which may not mirror patient demand and may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; market share and price erosion caused by the introduction of generic versions of Viread and Truvada, an uncertain global macroeconomic environment; and potential amendments to the Affordable Care Act or other government action that could have the effect of lowering prices or reducing the number of insured patients; the possibility of unfavorable results from clinical trials involving investigational compounds; Gilead's ability to initiate clinical trials in its currently anticipated timeframes; the levels of inventory held by wholesalers and retailers which may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; Kite's ability to develop and commercialize cell therapies utilizing the zinc finger nuclease technology platform and realize the benefits of the Sangamo partnership; Gilead's ability to submit new drug applications for new product candidates in the timelines currently anticipated; Gilead's ability to receive regulatory approvals in a timely manner or at all, for new and current products, including Biktarvy; Gilead's ability to successfully commercialize its products, including Biktarvy; the risk that physicians and patients may not see advantages of these products over other therapies and may therefore be reluctant to prescribe the products; Gilead's ability to successfully develop its hematology / oncology and inflammation / respiratory programs; safety and efficacy data from clinical studies may not warrant further development of Gilead's product candidates, including GS - 9620 and Yescarta in combination with Pfizer's utomilumab; Gilead's ability to pay dividends or complete its share repurchase program due to changes in its stock price, corporate or other market conditions; fluctuations in the foreign exchange rate of the U.S. dollar that may cause an unfavorable foreign currency exchange impact on Gilead's future revenues and pre-tax earnings; and other risks identified from time to time in Gilead's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).

Each month, WBENC keeps you up - to - date with the Women Owned Small Business (WOSB) certification program and the latest opportunities for federal government contracting.

It has had great success in helping mostly small, high technology businesses access and execute Federal contracts and grants, team with other businesses and grow the ecosystem of support among industry, government, nonprofits and academia — while simultaneously bringing innovative solutions to help America's warfighters achieve mission success and safety.

We contracted Navius Research to model what the policies in the climate plan would achieve when combined with a federal carbon price.

The majority of the student loan holdings are private, but each holds a contract with the federal government for publicly held student loans.

As ETHNews previously reported, Chainalysis has signed contracts with a plethora of government entities, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Internal Revenue Service, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Drug Enforcement Agency among others.

Whitefish has only won two small federal contracts in Arizona with the Department of Energy: a $ 172,000 deal to replace metal poles and install 3 miles of wiring, and a $ 1.3 million contract to revamp sections of a 4.8 - mile transmission line.

SBA is excited to launch this new program to provide WOSBs with increased opportunities to compete for and win federal contracts, ultimately helping WOSBs create and retain more jobs.

That's why providing them with all the tools necessary to compete for and win federal contracts is so important.

The new Women - Owned Small Business (WOSB) Federal Contract Program will be fully implemented over the next several months, with the first contracts expected to be awarded by the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2011.

ONC taps Accenture to create patient - generated health data framework: Accenture Federal Services announced a two - year consulting contract with the ONC to help the federal government create a framework for collecting and using patient generated health data in both research and clinicaFederal Services announced a two - year consulting contract with the ONC to help the federal government create a framework for collecting and using patient generated health data in both research and clinicafederal government create a framework for collecting and using patient generated health data in both research and clinical care.

In the Google case, the labor department's lawyers have asked the court to cancel all of the company's federal contracts and block any future business with the government if it continues to refuse to comply with the audit.

But with its history of botched federal contracts, including a $ 60 million screwup for the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, the overseer of retirement accounts for 4.6 million current and former federal employees, AMS has also supplied some heafederal contracts, including a $ 60 million screwup for the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, the overseer of retirement accounts for 4.6 million current and former federal employees, AMS has also supplied some heaFederal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, the overseer of retirement accounts for 4.6 million current and former federal employees, AMS has also supplied some heafederal employees, AMS has also supplied some headaches.

The WTI contract is back at the crucial $ 50 level, with the help of the strong decline in the Dollar, the prospects of slower tightening by the Federal Reserve, the positive news regarding the OPEC production cut deal, and the slower growth of the US output.

Z Nation Lab has partnered with Govonomy in the USA to provide a platform for growth stage startups in India get access to Federal grants and contracts.

The Obama administration directive gave regulators at the Labor Department's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs more tools to determine if companies with federal contracts were violating equal pFederal Contract Compliance Programs more tools to determine if companies with federal contracts were violating equal pfederal contracts were violating equal pay law.

These decisions gave Congress the power to contract or expand the category of «commerce» as it saw fit; to declare alcohol, traditionally considered a commodity, irrelevant to interstate commerce and thus a matter for the states to deal with; or, in Champion v. Ames, to deem lottery tickets, traditionally not considered a commodity, commercial items subject to regulation by the federal government.

Yet the draft describes wide - ranging protections, saying, «Persons and organizations do not forfeit their religious freedom when providing social services, education, or healthcare; earning a living, seeking a job, or employing others; receiving government grants or contracts; or otherwise participating in the marketplace, the public square, or interfacing with federal, state, or local governments.»

An exceptional case could be a corporation under a federal contract; the US government couldn't end an agreement with Chick - fil - A, for example, over its owners» faith statements, he said.

Many religious organizations, such as World Vision, World Relief, and Catholic Charities partner with the federal government, but often receive grants, not contracts, so are not affected by the order, said Stanley Carlson - Thies, director of the Institutional Religious Freedom Alliance.

BOSTON --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- UFood Restaurant Group Inc. (OTCBB: UFFC) announced today that they will open a UFood Grill restaurant in FAA headquarters, located in the Department of Transportation Building in Washington, D.C. with Sodexo, Inc., who recently announced they were awarded a 7 - year contract by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) to operate food services at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

A liberalisation of contractor laws could provide the federal government with a much - needed win in the Senate, with key independent senator and former building industry tycoon Bob Day a long - time advocate of independent contracting.

For specialty products like the Vermont popcorn company Yolo Snacks, Vermont Smoke & Cure, Vermont Bean Crafters and Vermont Village applesauce, Davis and Clifford work with the company to contract for the product and get it in compliance with federal regulations.

Several former Cuomo associates, including a former top aide, face federal corruption trials on charges of bribery and bid - rigging in connection with the contracts for some of the governor's signature economic development projects, including the Buffalo Billion.

Cuomo has been talking about reforming economic development contract awards in his administration, following federal criminal charges against nine people — one a former top aide — on bribery and bid - rigging charges in connection with the Buffalo Billion and other projects.

With the discussion surrounding a federal probe of contracts connected to the Buffalo Billion, there are concerns about possible effects on any related economic development projects throughout the upstate New York area.

On Sept. 2, Senate Democratic leaders wrote to federal and state criminal prosecutors, as well as other government watchdogs, seeking investigations into a Texas - based firm with a $ 100,000 - a-year contract to run the Senate Republicans» official government website: Align Media LLC, and its owner, Justin Gargiulo, along with his other consulting firm, VoterTrove.

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

With less than two weeks left in the legislative session, some New York lawmakers are pressing for reform of the state's economic development contracting process in light of a scandal that's led to federal corruption charges against several former associates of Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Federal prosecutors charged nine former associates of Cuomo, including a former top aide, with corruption, including bribery and bid - rigging, in connection with the procurement of contracts for some of the governor's largest economic development projects.

If Fisher house had given me the money with a contract saying I'd pay them the money back once I get the federal money, that would be different... but that doesn't seem to be what's happening.

Singh has testified in the federal corruption trial of Edward Mangano and Venditto that he bribed them with meals on the house and other benefits in exchange for help securing county contracts and town - guaranteed loans.