Government Law

The roots of modern government law go back as far as ancient Greek and Roman times. Today’s modern laws seek to address both federal and state regulations impacting everything from the interplay between federal and state tax dollars to more local administrative agency concerns. Topics under this umbrella also include issues such as eligibility for aid under the federal Railroad Retirement and Railroad Unemployment Insurance Acts to ensuring environmental compliance from big business. If you are an attorney researching how the federal government awards or negotiates contracts, including an explanation on the bidding process and procurement integrity, FindLaw has a series of articles to help better inform your government law-based practice. Click on the links below to learn more.

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Noteworthy Changes in Socio-Economic Regulations

On December 18, 1998, the U.S. Government adopted an Interim Rule, effective January 4, 1999, that implements a new Historically Underutilized Business Zone ("HUBZone") Program. 65 Fed. Reg. 70,265. The HUBZone Program provides federal contracting ...
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Notice A Key to Contract Relief

We have often written in this Newsletter and spoken at our construction law seminars about the allocation of risks between parties to a construction contract. We have talked about identifying and dealing with key contract clauses that may shift or ...
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Our Work is Being Delayed, What Should I Do? How to Properly Document a Prospective Construction Claim

This article is the final of a series of three articles that discuss the need for proper construction documentation and the use of the documentation to support a construction claim. This article will focus on what additional steps should be ...
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Owned Real Estate

This listing of Owned Real Estate is intended to provide interested parties with preliminary information only. This list is not a solicitation of offers and does not constitute an offer to sell. The information is provided for the purpose of ...
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Partition of Railroad Retirement Annuities by Court Decree

Information on this form is provided to assist individuals in partitioning Railroad Retirement Act annuities in connection with certain court related property settlements. 1. Annuities under the Railroad Retirement Act are composed of independently ...
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Paving the Road to Equal Opportunity: The New Department of Transportation Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program Regulation

(1) to create a level playing field on which DBEs can compete fairly, (2) to mend but not end the DBE program, and (3) to make the DBE program more effective and efficient for all participants. This regulation responds to over 900 public comments ...
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Pensions: Corporate Powerhouses in Crisis

Buried in Ontario Finance Minister Greg Sorbara's first economic statement after the election of the new Liberal Government in late 2003 was a $500 million "contingency" for pension deficits, almost 10 per cent of the province's estimated $5.6 ...
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Planting the Seeds of Change in Florida

Since mid-2001, when the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services ("DACS") overtook the administration, regulation and enforcement of game promotions from the Florida Department of State, DACS has become the proverbial bane of the ...
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Preparing to Sell a Small Business

Most small business owners are too busy building and maintaining businesses to devote much time or energy to planning for their disposition. The difficulty with this approach is that the decision to sell the business is often made under ...
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President Clinton Fails to Support Renewed Calls for Fast Track Vote

President Bill Clinton has failed to actively support the June 25 announcement by Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Newt Gingrich, that he planned to schedule a September vote on extending fast-track trade negotiating authority for the ...
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