Supporters of the whistleblower law say it is the only way to clamp down on the intractable problem of fraud in government contracts.
The Kochs have cast themselves as deficit hawks, but, according to a study by Media Matters, their companies have benefitted from nearly a hundred million dollars in government contracts since 2000.
Voters are also aware of his past votes for acts like Davis-Bacon, which requires taxpayers to pay union rates in government-funded contracts and disadvantages nonunion companies in right-to-work South Carolina.
The company has already racked up billions of dollars in government and commercial contracts for nearly 40 rocket launches through the year 2017.
In cases like government contracts, where future costs are speculative, allowing prosecution based on underbidding provides a dangerous incentive for individuals to bring frivolous claims against innocent businesses.
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For individuals and companies alike, this likely means higher taxes and a reduction in government support through a decline in contracts and benefits.
There is a drive to get smaller firms involved in public sector web contracts, and in the Government Digital Service there is now a central pool of skills rather than a lot of separate units at each department, all trying to do their own thing.
Ms Hodge said the firms should be barred from getting government contracts in order to avoid a conflict of interest.
On Tuesday, Brown will address other European finance ministers at the European Commission in Brussels to urge for reforms in the way that government contracts are awarded.
The government said it backed companies paying a living wage and would encourage more businesses to do so, but said restricting government contracts in this way could be illegal.
F. contingent, including forty-odd contractors supplied by DynCorp, a Virginia-based private military company, which has a number of large U.S. government contracts in Iraq, Afghanistan, and other parts of the world.
As I outlined in my November 2011 speech in Osawatomie, Kansas, we can put more people to work in jobs funded by government contracts, where government can ensure high wages and benefits.
Number 10 said the government backed a living wage and "would encourage business to take it up" but warned Labour's plans to restrict government contracts in this way could breach EU procurement law.
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The Administration set up a public website to track progress on reducing these payment errors and hold leaders accountable and called for action against government contractors for failing to report significant overpayments received on government contracts in a timely way.
Ghorb is the parent of 812 affiliate companies which, according to estimates by the U.S. Treasury Department and Western intelligence services cited by Time Magazine, collectively employ around 40, 000 people and have won approximately 1, 700 government contracts, including billions of dollars in energy-related contracts awarded without a competitive bidding process.
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Mr. Cote has outlined ambitions to secure additional government and commercial contracts in other market segments.
Since 2003, the government has allowed trading in future contracts for many commodities.
Nevertheless, it is entirely possible to secure government contracts, particularly in areas of technology innovation, so long as the organizations seeking such grants possess a culture of doing so.
I'm directing my budget office, together with the Treasury Department and other federal agencies, to take steps to block contractors who are seriously delinquent in their taxes from receiving new government contracts.
Section 11A(h) of the Export Administration Act authorizes the president both to prohibit the import of products or services from Imhausen into the United States and to block Imhausen from participating in any U.S. government contracts for up to five years.
Samsung Executive Vice President Young Lee, head of the company's European operations, said at the meeting that Samsung knew it wasn't going to bring in "big volumes" of government contracts, compared with its consumer market, but said others would surely follow, according to the meeting notes.
The EU proposed to allow government agencies in the bloc to discriminate against firms based in countries where European companies are restricted from winning government contracts.
It may also result in considerable upfront costs to the government for expenditures associated with personnel deployed overseas and in breaking contracts made with those serving in an all-volunteer force.
In a few moments, I will issue one of these directives to help stop government contracts from going to companies that are seriously delinquent in their taxes.
No doubt, many of these have a presence of some sort in the United States, whether via contracts with the U.S. government or operations in this country.
That outcome seems unlikely, since the company has won numerous government contracts around the world in the last month.
The government moved to end the contracts in late 2011 before agreeing to short extensions until March 2012.
The UK government moved to end the contracts in late 2011 before agreeing to short extensions until March last year.
Not so, argues Eduardo Basualdo, an economist: the Menem government was lenient in enforcing the utilities' contracts, and Mr de la Rua could insist on a renegotiation.
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Halliburton - once run by US Vice-President Dick Cheney - has previously denied allegations in the US that it overcharged for services in Iraq and enjoyed preferential access to US government contracts.
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