In March 2009, as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the U. S. Department of Energy announced the release of two competitive solicitations for up to $ 2 billion in federal funding for competitively awarded cost-shared agreements for manufacturing of advanced batteries and related drive components as well as up to $ 400 million for transportation electrification demonstration and deployment projects.

He wrote The Mattachine Society of Washington, D. C. ( 2 / 25 / 66 ): " Pertinent considerations here are the revulsion of other ( federal ) employees by homosexual conduct and the consequent disruption of service efficiency, the apprehension caused other employees of homosexual advances, solicitations or assaults, the unavoidable subjection of the sexual deviate to erotic stimulation ( on-the-job )".

The Taft-Hartley Act gave the federal courts jurisdiction over `` suits for violation of contracts between an employer and a labor organization representing employees in an industry affecting commerce ''.

The Court held that Congress had intended the federal judiciary to `` fashion '' an appropriate law of labor-management contracts.

" Freedom of contract is a qualified and not an absolute right ...," Hughes declared in upholding an Iowa law that voided contracts limiting the legal rights of railroad workers: The state may " interfere where the parties do not stand upon an equality ...." Using similar reasoning, the associate justice upheld a California law that mandated a forty-eight-hour work-week for women in various industries and allowed a federal statute to override a contract between an interstate railroad and its employees.

Kemp also partnered with the Blixseths in a failed anti-terrorism software venture called Blxware which was investigated for " conning " the federal government out of $ 20 million in contracts for software which fraudulently claimed to detect secret messages from Alqaeda in television broadcast signals.

" This definition has been adopted by the Small Business Administration as well as by many federal, state, and municipal agencies for the purposes of awarding government contracts to minority owned businesses.

Under Article VI of the United States Constitution, private contracts cannot be abridged ; this provision has been held by the United States Supreme Court to mean that the federal government or a State can only ( annul or invalidate ) a contract if it directly opposes an important public policy.

* Eli Whitney contracts with the U. S. federal government for 10, 000 rifles, which he produces with interchangeable parts.

These injunctions were often extremely broad ; one injunction issued by a federal court in the 1920s effectively barred the United Mine Workers of America from talking to workers who had signed yellow dog contracts with their employers.

A federal Bureau was created to provide food, clothing, fuel, and advice on negotiating labor contracts.

The Norris – La Guardia Act ( also known as the Anti-Injunction Bill ) was a 1932 United States federal law that banned yellow-dog contracts, barred the federal courts from issuing injunctions against nonviolent labor disputes, and created a positive right of noninterference by employers against workers joining trade unions.

The Act states that in yellow-dog contracts, where workers agree as a condition of employment not join a labor union, are unenforceable in federal court and establishes that employees are free to form unions without employer interference, and can withdraw from the federal courts jurisdiction relative to the issuance of injunctions in nonviolent labor disputes.

In the U. S., federal and state securities and commercial laws apply to the enforcement of these agreements, which are construed by courts as contracts between issuers and bondholders.

In his testimony, Schreiber made allegations that described "... a Canadian party leader subverted and deposed by foreign interests, of federal contracts being used to funnel money back to those interests, of bid-rigging and kickbacks.

The United States Court of Federal Claims has exclusive jurisdiction over most claims for money damages against the United States, including disputes over federal contracts, unlawful takings of private property by the federal government, and suits for injury on federal property or by a federal employee.

Alexander F. Pugh, a large sugar planter near Thibodaux, complained that the " Negroes and federal officers took up too much time in negotiating new labor contracts.

During World War I, the town ’ s mills all obtained federal wartime contracts and did well financially, but long before the Great Depression hit, many factories owners were already laying off employees, seeking mergers with other companies, or looking for buyers for their facilities.

World War II provided some relief for the Easthampton economy, as several of the older textile companies as well as newer heavy manufacturing corporations received another round of federal contracts.

QARC's primary support comes from federal grants at the National Cancer Institute ( NCI ) and contracts with the pharmaceutical industry.

It also receives federal and state funding, and monies from research foundations, grants and commercial contracts.

The Uniform CPA Exam tests general principles of state law such as the law of contracts and agency ( questions not tailored to the variances of any particular state ) and some federal laws as well.

That is particularly true of sovereignty when it is applied to democratic societies, in which `` popular '' sovereignty is said to exist, and in federal nations, in which the jobs of government are split.

These are not, however, differences in federal structure.

Unit prices to the state are considerably lower than to the general public because of quantity purchases and no payment of state sales or federal excise taxes.

The reasons are obvious: ( 1 ) the state is buying in quantity, and ( 2 ) it has no federal excise or state sales tax to pay.

The new editions of topographic maps being made by the federal government are excellent for orienting yourself to the natural features of the site.

All the additives listed here are sanctioned for use by the Food and Drug Administration of the federal government.

The three -- Miles J. Cooperman, Sheldon Teller, and Richard Austin -- and eight other defendants are charged in six indictments with conspiracy to violate federal narcotic laws.

In the federal courts, the parties ' names always stay in the same order as the lower court when an appeal is taken to the circuit courts of appeals, and are re-ordered only if the appeal reaches the Supreme Court.

In the United States, both state and federal appellate courts are usually restricted to examining whether the lower court made the correct legal determinations, rather than hearing direct evidence and determining what the facts of the case were.

In most U. S. states, and in U. S. federal courts, parties before the court are allowed one appeal as of right.

There are various accounts concerning the origin of the settlement's name ; one states that Allen and Rumsey decided to name it for their wives, both named Ann, and for the stands of burr oak in the of land they purchased for $ 800 from the federal government at $ 1. 25 per acre.

According to federal guidelines, only approved religious symbols — of which there are 38 — can be placed on government headstones or memorial plaques.

On appeal, a federal appellate court " determined that the terms of the Artistic License are enforceable copyright conditions ".

In the federal government, the executive branch, led by the president, controls the federal executive departments, which are led by secretaries who are members of the United States Cabinet.

The many important independent agencies of the United States government created by statutes enacted by Congress exist outside of the federal executive departments but are still part of the executive branch.

There are federal courts with special jurisdiction in the fields of social security law ( Bundessozialgericht ) and tax law ( Bundesfinanzhof ).

The Bundestag members are the only federal officials directly elected by the public ; the Bundestag in turn elects the Chancellor and, in addition, exercises oversight of the executive branch on issues of both substantive policy and routine administration.

Despite these constraints especially those deputies that are elected directly normally try to keep close contact with their constituents and to help them with their problems, particularly when they are related to federal policies or agencies.

In some countries private, local, and provincial ( state ) capabilities are being augmented by and coordinated with federal assets, to provide layered defenses against biological weapons attacks.

The office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy, a federal agency, is responsible for overseeing that bankruptcies are administered in a fair and orderly manner by all licensed Trustees in Canada.

Although BJU never reapplied for federal tax-exempt status, and it continues to pay federal taxes, a number of its ancillaries, including Bob Jones Academy and the BJU Museum & Gallery, are tax-exempt entities.