Indeed, some federal and local agencies have gone so far as to set specific percentage goals for apportioning parts of public works contracts to minority enterprises.

事实上，一些联邦和地方机构甚至为将部分公共工程合同分配给少数民族企业制定了具体的百分比目标。

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Still, local officials in Hamada warn that their city's economy will collapse without public works, though they recognize the spending cannot continue forever.

然而，滨田的地方官提醒说，如果没有这些公共建设的话，他们的城市将会崩溃——尽管，他们也意识到此举并不是长久之计。

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Mindful of the country's high unemployment rate, projects to improve roads, agriculture, and public works aim to hire as many local people as possible, says Giovine.

考虑到该国很高的失业率，改善道路、农业和公共工程的项目把目标确定为尽可能多地雇佣当地人口，Giovine说。

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As a nod to those homeowners who still owed a balance under the previous installment plan, the local public works forgave any balance due.

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His position required Maehara to confront the vested local government and public works interest groups for on-going or planned pork-barrel public works projects, including some notoriously wasteful and unnecessary dams.

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They hold not only positions traditionally linked to the military -- like the defense secretary -- but also run departments such as public works, transportation and local government.

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