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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Social Security: How Its Financed

SSA Publication No. 05-10094 May 1998 (Recycle prior editions) The financing of Social Security is a simple process. While you work, you pay taxes into Social Security and when you retire or become disabled, you (and your family members) collect ...
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Social Security: What You Need To Know When You Get Disability Benefits

You should, now that you're receiving Social Security disability benefits. You might think that, because the disability application process is over and your benefits are about to start, you no longer have to worry about Social Security. But what ...
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Social Security: Your Taxes What You’re Paying For and Where Your Money Goes

Publication Number 05-10010 January 1999 ICN 451459 Introduction Take a look at your pay stubÂ—the part that shows how much is taken out for the various taxes and benefits each pay period. One of those deductions is for Social Security and Medicare ...
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Supplemental Needs Trusts

If a client has a disabled or retarded child it is very important to ascertain whether that child is receiving money from any government program such as Medicaid or the Supplemental Security Income Program (SSI). If a person's child is receiving ...
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Surety’s Reliance on Pay-When-Paid Clause Rejected

Pay-when-paid clauses are commonly included in subcontracts by many general contractors. The stated effect of these clauses is to permit the general contractor to withhold payment from its subcontractor for work performed until such time as the ...
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Tax Credits and Capital for Your Business

Recently, I have had a number of inquiries regarding tax credits and other incentives that may be available to small or mid-sized businesses. Usually, these discussions also involve questions of where to gain access to additional capital to grow ...
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Termination of a Sub: A Checklist

The sub is very late. The sub is not bonded. The suppliers are calling for money. When the job needs 20 men the sub is furnishing two. Other than medically addressing your blood pressure, what can the contractor do? There are three legally ...
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Texas Public Works Projects

The legal framework for public construction works in Texas is different than that for private work. Liens are not allowed on public lands, so a different scheme involving claims against bonds has developed. Whether a contractor working on a public ...
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The 1998 Health and Human Services Poverty Guidelines

THE 1998 HHS POVERTY GUIDELINESOne Version of the U.S. Federal Poverty MeasureThere are two slightly different versions of the federal poverty measure: The are the original version of the federal poverty measure. They are updated each year by the ...
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The Disappointed Bidder on Public Work: the Measure of Damages Available under Massachusetts Law as of 1997

IntroductionThose who bid on public work and who feel that an awarding authority has tread - and not lightly - on their rights as bidders typically attempt to protect those rights, in the first instance, by filing a bid protest or by seeking a ...
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