Furthermore, the Chancellor normally also heads a federal ministry.

The main task of Barton's ministry was to organise the conduct of the first federal elections, which were held in March 1901.

The ministry remodelled itself in a more Liberal direction ; and sent a new delegate to the federal diet at Frankfurt, empowered to vote for the establishment of a parliament for a united Germany.

The Conservative Party of Canada won the federal election of 23 January 2006, though the number of seats held in the 39th parliament granted the 28th ministry only a minority government, which was sworn-in on 6 February, with Stephen Harper appointed as prime minister.

Most provincial governments have a ministry of international relations, both Quebec and New Brunswick are members of La Francophonie ( separately from the federal delegation ), Alberta has quasi-diplomatic offices in Washington ( currently staffed by former cabinet minister Gary Mar ).

In the United States, the Department of the Interior has radically different functions — primarily the management and conservation of land owned by the federal government, and programs and policies dealing with indigenous peoples of the U. S. The functions that fall under what most other countries call an " interior ministry " are under other government departments — mostly the Department of Homeland Security, with some others falling under the Department of Justice.

The Federal Department of Home Affairs ( FDHA ) (; ; ) is a department of the federal administration of Switzerland and serves as the Swiss ministry of the interior.

ADMC, the largest and most diversified media corporation in the Arab world, enjoys editorial and administrative independence while somewhat dependent on government and federal funding through its previous attachment to the Ministry of Information and Culture since 1999 and current attachment to Abu Dhabi Media Company in which the ministry was scrapped in Feb. 2006.

* 1949: Tasmanian politician Dame Enid Lyons, widow of former prime minister Joseph Lyons, becomes first woman to reach federal ministry rank, as Executive Council vice-president

In August 2008, the Transport Canada, the federal ministry of transportation, confirmed that studies and scenarios were ordered to build a new bridge within 10 or 15 years.

His ministry also retained close ties to the federal Liberal government of William Lyon Mackenzie King.

When the Constitution came into effect on 1 January 1901, Barton formed the first federal ministry, and Kingston was appointed Minister for Trade and Customs.

* Secretariat of Communications and Transportation, Mexico's federal ministry of transportation and communications

In Canada, five of the ten provincial governments use the term " ministry " to describe their departments ( namely Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan, British Columbia, and Alberta ) but the other six, along with the federal government, use the terms " department " or " agency ".

Despite the difference in nomenclature, both the provincial and federal governments use the term " minister " to describe the head of a ministry or department.

This is still true for the classical dialect ( Classical Nahuatl ) which is a dead language documented in many historical sources and literature, but spelling of the modern dialects of Nahuatl is governed by the Mexican Secretaría de Educación Publica ( federal education ministry ), although they do have some difficulties in implementing their orthographic standards in the Nahuatl communities.

ATB was created by the first Social Credit ministry under William Aberhart on September 29, 1938, after earlier attempts to place Alberta's banks under the provincial government's control were thwarted by the federal government.

Gray worked as the campaign manager for federal Liberal cabinet minister Reg Alcock in the 2004 federal election, and was subsequently hired as a lobbyist of the Canadian Wheat Board, a department under Alcock ’ s ministry.

The ministry is often represented by the Attorney General as the chief law enforcement officer of the federal government, representing the government cases in civilian Supreme Court assisting the Minister of Justice and the Pakistan Government in the legal cases.

It was the first federal ministry formed by the Australian Labor Party.

Sir William John Lyne KCMG ( 6 April 1844 – 3 August 1913 ), Australian politician, was Premier of New South Wales and a member of the first federal ministry.

His long experience in Victoria made him a natural choice to be Treasurer in the first federal ministry under Edmund Barton.

A member of the first federal ministry as Vice-President of the Executive Council, O ' Connor led the government in the Senate from 1901 to 1903, playing a key role in the development of that chamber's role in Australian politics.

James George Drake ( 26 April 1850 – 1 August 1941 ), Australian politician, was a member of the first federal ministry.

`` We the people of the Confederate States, each state acting in its sovereign and independent character, in order to form a permanent federal government, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity -- invoking the favor and the guidance of Almighty God -- do ordain and establish this Constitution for the Confederate States of America ''.

The House communications subcommittee is expected to report out a good bill calling for the states to match federal funds.

but with the growth of state and federal fiscal aid, the emphasis on equalization, and the state-local sharing of responsibility for certain important functions, this is no longer true.

The measure, for federal income tax purposes, of the dividend to individual stockholders would be the fair market value of the shares at the time of each annual distribution.

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.

In 1913 an abortive provision was made for the stay of federal injunction proceedings upon institution of state court test cases.

This saved for state adjudication, in the first instance, the two major areas where federal injunctions had been most obnoxious, but other areas remained vulnerable.

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 ''.

it does not establish any law ( rights ) for the federal judges to enforce.

Does Lincoln Mills suggest that if Congress granted jurisdiction over interstate divorce cases, the federal courts would be authorized to fashion a national law for the dissolution of marriages??

This Commission recommended against the use of federal government funds for the assistance of private universities and against a broad program of government-supported scholarships.

The grand jury took a swipe at the State Welfare Department's handling of federal funds granted for child welfare services in foster homes.

Rep. Mac Barber of Commerce is asking the House in a privilege resolution to `` endorse increased federal support for public education, provided that such funds be received and expended '' as state funds.

State and federal legislation against racial discrimination in employment was called for yesterday in a report of a `` blue ribbon '' citizens committee on the aid to dependent children program.

The President, in a special message to Congress, tied in with his aged care plan requests for large federal grants to finance medical and dental scholarships, build 20 new medical and 20 new dental schools, and expand child health care and general medical research.

Apart from the aged care plan the President's most ambitious and costly proposals were for federal scholarships, and grants to build or enlarge medical and dental schools.

The scholarship plan would provide federal contributions to each medical and dental school equal to $1,500 a year for one-fourth of the first year students.

The President recommended federal `` matching grants '' totaling 700 million dollars in 10 years for constructing new medical and dental schools or enlarging the capacity of existing ones.

In the area of `` community health services '', the President called for doubling the present 10 million dollar a year federal grants for nursing home construction.

The President asks the support and cooperation of Congress in his efforts through the enactment of legislation to provide federal grants to states for specified efforts in combating this disturbing crime trend.

Noting that President Kennedy has handed the Defense Department the major responsibility for the nation's civil defense program, Mr. Hawksley said the federal government would pay half the salary of a full-time local director.

One advantage that would come to the city in having a full-time director, he said, is that East Providence would become eligible to apply to the federal government for financial aid in purchasing equipment needed for a sound civil defense program.