48 CFR 46.202-3 - Standard inspection requirements.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-10-01

... CONTRACT MANAGEMENT QUALITY ASSURANCE Contract Quality Requirements 46.202-3 Standard inspection... and tests while work is in process; and (3) Require the contractor to keep complete, and make available to the Government, records of its inspection work. [48 FR 42415, Sept. 19, 1983. Redesignated at...

48 CFR 46.202-3 - Standard inspection requirements.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-10-01

... CONTRACT MANAGEMENT QUALITY ASSURANCE Contract Quality Requirements 46.202-3 Standard inspection... and tests while work is in process; and (3) Require the contractor to keep complete, and make available to the Government, records of its inspection work. [48 FR 42415, Sept. 19, 1983. Redesignated at...

48 CFR 46.202-3 - Standard inspection requirements.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-10-01

... CONTRACT MANAGEMENT QUALITY ASSURANCE Contract Quality Requirements 46.202-3 Standard inspection... and tests while work is in process; and (3) Require the contractor to keep complete, and make available to the Government, records of its inspection work. [48 FR 42415, Sept. 19, 1983. Redesignated at...

48 CFR 46.202-3 - Standard inspection requirements.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-10-01

... CONTRACT MANAGEMENT QUALITY ASSURANCE Contract Quality Requirements 46.202-3 Standard inspection... and tests while work is in process; and (3) Require the contractor to keep complete, and make available to the Government, records of its inspection work. [48 FR 42415, Sept. 19, 1983. Redesignated at...

29 CFR 4.146 - Contract obligations after award, generally.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-07-01

... time spent by employees undertaking such training or phase-in work is considered to be hours worked on... thereunder only while the employees are performing on the contract, provided the contractor's records make clear the period of such performance. (See also § 4.179.) If employees of the contractor are required by...

48 CFR 846.472-2 - Repairs in excess of $1,000.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-10-01

... CONTRACT MANAGEMENT QUALITY ASSURANCE Government Contract Quality Assurance 846.472-2 Repairs in excess of... make a determination that the work is being performed satisfactorily or that it has been completed in...

48 CFR 846.472-2 - Repairs in excess of $1,000.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-10-01

... CONTRACT MANAGEMENT QUALITY ASSURANCE Government Contract Quality Assurance 846.472-2 Repairs in excess of... make a determination that the work is being performed satisfactorily or that it has been completed in...

48 CFR 846.472-2 - Repairs in excess of $1,000.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-10-01

... CONTRACT MANAGEMENT QUALITY ASSURANCE Government Contract Quality Assurance 846.472-2 Repairs in excess of... make a determination that the work is being performed satisfactorily or that it has been completed in...

Left Unsaid: The Role of Work Expectations and Psychological Contracts in Faculty Careers and Departure

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O'Meara, KerryAnn; Bennett, Jessica Chalk; Neihaus, Elizabeth

2016-01-01

Early career faculty bring many expectations to the door-steps of their new academic homes. Yet such expectations are often left unsaid. Unfortunately, what is left unsaid can be a major factor in faculty departure. This study makes a distinct contribution to the departure literature by examining the psychological contracts and work expectations…

Contracts: Making the Transition from Residency to Work, Work for You

PubMed Central

Snelson, Elizabeth A.; Moore, Christopher E.

2011-01-01

Residents completing colon and rectal surgery training should take seriously the terms of contracts offered to them. Contracts should specify how and how much salary will be paid, what benefits the surgeon will receive, and what services are to be provided. However, contracts frequently fail to disclose what costs the surgeon will have to cover that will lower that salary, what hours the surgeon must keep, and what time off the surgeon may expect. Signing a contract is easily done, but getting out of a contract to take a better job or move to another community may be difficult because of the wording in the contact. Surgeons need to have professional help to determine whether to sign a contract and what that contract should provide. An attorney experienced in representing physicians can be recommended by the physician's medical association. PMID:22654571

State-of-technology for joining TD-NiCr sheet.

NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

Holko, K. H.; Moore, T. J.; Gyorgak, C. A.

1972-01-01

At the current state-of-technology there are many joining processes that can be used to make sound welds in TD-NiCr sheet. Some of these that are described in this report are electron beam welding (EBW), gas-tungsten arc welding (GTAW), diffusion welding (DFW), resistance spot welding (RSW), resistance seam welding (RSEW), and brazing. Roll welding (RW) and explosion welding (EXW) have not been developed to the point where they can be used to make sound welds in TD-NiCr. Joining work that has previously been done on TD-NiCr by various organizations, both privately supported and under Air Force and NASA contracts, is described in this summary. Current work is also described that is being done at General Dynamics/Convair (under NASA contract) and at NASA/Lewis to develop and evaluate DFW, RSW, RSEW, and brazing. Preliminary comparisons of joining processes are made for typical applications. A brief description of the manufacture of TD-NiCr sheet by a recently standardized process (under NASA contract) also is given.

Another Look at Helmholtz's Model for the Gravitational Contraction of the Sun

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Tort, A. C.; Nogarol, F.

2011-01-01

We take another look at the Helmholtz model for the gravitational contraction of the Sun. We show that there are two other pedagogically useful ways of rederiving Helmholtz's main results that make use of Gauss's law, the concept of gravitational field energy and the work-kinetic energy theorem. An account of the energy balance involved in the…

Create a College Access Contract

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Dannenberg, Michael

2007-01-01

America's financial aid system provides too much taxpayer support to banks making college loans, demands too little of students assuming them, and burdens families with too much debt. The system fails to reward rigorous college-preparatory work in high school and penalizes students who hold jobs while in college. Lenders make extraordinary…

Entrance and Exit Requirements of Professional Social Work Education

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Duehn, Wayne D.; Mayadas, Nazneen Sada

1977-01-01

A competency-based direct practice curriculum for graduate social work education is described based on: (1) interpersonal behavioral control; (2) judgment and decision making; (3) contracting and goal setting; (4) selection and application of change method; and (5) assessment of outcomes. (Author/LBH)

Intrinsic Factors Influencing Decision making of Arbitrators in Dispute Resolution of variation Claims

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Iyer, K. C.; Chaphalkar, N. B.; Patil, Smita K.

2018-06-01

Occurrence of disputes is a common feature in construction contracts. Adjudication of disputes through the arbitration process involves detailed and through analysis of facts and evidences related to the case before arriving at the final decision. These facts and evidences have been explored by researchers to develop dispute resolution mechanisms. As a part of the research, the present work identifies the factors which influence the decision making of arbitrators in resolving disputes through a case study of 72 arbitration awards and settled court cases related to Indian construction contracts. This work further seeks consensus for the identified factors from experts and also ranks the factors based on their importance with the help of the responses obtained through a questionnaire survey and statistical tests.

COMMITMENT A Psychological Tie and Moral Value

DTIC Science & Technology

2017-04-01

groups of commitment53 When examining organizational commitment, these antecedents are found in “ psychological contracts.”54 These contracts are of...events 5. Dominance: The degree to which a soldier fails to take others’ suggestions and feelings into account when making decisions, does not listen...well-communicated, and fair work experiences, training, and human resource management policies. When people perceive that they are valued and

ODOT research news : spring 2007.

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

2007-01-01

The newsletter includes: : 1) FY 2008 Research Projects Prioritized; : 2) What Makes Environmental Streamling Work? : 3) Older Drivers and Driving Cessation; : 4) Incentive/Disincentive Contracting; : 5) When it Rains it Pours; : 6) PSU Transportatio...

The relationships between perceived organizational support, affective commitment, psychological contract breach, organizational citizenship behaviour and work engagement.

PubMed

Gupta, Vishal; Agarwal, Upasna A; Khatri, Naresh

2016-11-01

This study examines the factors that mediate and moderate the relationships of perceived organizational support with work engagement and organization citizenship behaviour. Specifically, affective commitment is posited to mediate and psychological contract breach to moderate the above relationships. Nurses play a critical role in delivering exemplary health care. For nurses to perform at their best, they need to experience high engagement, which can be achieved by providing them necessary organizational support and proper working environment. Data were collected via a self-reported survey instrument. A questionnaire was administered to a random sample of 750 nurses in nine large hospitals in India during 2013-2014. Four hundred and seventy-five nurses (63%) responded to the survey. Hierarchical multiple regression was used for statistical analysis of the moderated-mediation model. Affective commitment was found to mediate the positive relationships between perceived organizational support and work outcomes (work engagement, organizational citizenship behaviour). The perception of unfulfilled expectations (psychological contract breach) was found to moderate the perceived organizational support-work outcome relationships adversely. The results of this study indicate that perceived organizational support exerts its influence on work-related outcomes and highlight the importance of taking organizational context, such as perceptions of psychological contract breach, into consideration when making sense of the influence of perceived organizational support on affective commitment, work engagement and citizenship behaviours of nurses. © 2016 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

48 CFR 52.233-3 - Protest After Award.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-10-01

... resume work. The Contracting Officer shall make an equitable adjustment in the delivery schedule or... between the Contractor and the Government. (End of clause) Alternate I (JUN 1985). As prescribed in 33.106...

48 CFR 52.233-3 - Protest After Award.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-10-01

... resume work. The Contracting Officer shall make an equitable adjustment in the delivery schedule or... between the Contractor and the Government. (End of clause) Alternate I (JUN 1985). As prescribed in 33.106...

48 CFR 52.233-3 - Protest After Award.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-10-01

... resume work. The Contracting Officer shall make an equitable adjustment in the delivery schedule or... between the Contractor and the Government. (End of clause) Alternate I (JUN 1985). As prescribed in 33.106...

48 CFR 52.233-3 - Protest After Award.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-10-01

... resume work. The Contracting Officer shall make an equitable adjustment in the delivery schedule or... between the Contractor and the Government. (End of clause) Alterate I (JUN 1985). As prescribed in 33.106...

48 CFR 52.233-3 - Protest After Award.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-10-01

... resume work. The Contracting Officer shall make an equitable adjustment in the delivery schedule or... between the Contractor and the Government. (End of clause) Alternate I (JUN 1985). As prescribed in 33.106...

Note: A rigid piezo motor with large output force and an effective method to reduce sliding friction force.

PubMed

Guo, Ying; Hou, Yubin; Lu, Qingyou

2014-05-01

We present a completely practical TunaDrive piezo motor. It consists of a central piezo stack sandwiched by two arm piezo stacks and two leg piezo stacks, respectively, which is then sandwiched and spring-clamped by a pair of parallel polished sapphire rods. It works by alternatively fast expanding and contracting the arm/leg stacks while slowly expanding/contracting the central stack simultaneously. The key point is that sufficiently fast expanding and contracting a limb stack can make its two sliding friction forces well cancel, resulting in the total sliding friction force is <10% of the total static friction force, which can help increase output force greatly. The piezo motor's high compactness, precision, and output force make it perfect in building a high-quality harsh-condition (vibration resistant) atomic resolution scanning probe microscope.

48 CFR 19.804-1 - Agency evaluation.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-10-01

...; (d) The impact of any delay in delivery; (e) Whether the items or work have previously been acquired... necessary, the contracting agency shall make an independent review of the factors in 19.803(a) and other...

48 CFR 19.804-1 - Agency evaluation.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-10-01

...; (d) The impact of any delay in delivery; (e) Whether the items or work have previously been acquired... necessary, the contracting agency shall make an independent review of the factors in 19.803(a) and other...

13 CFR 124.1013 - How does SBA make disadvantaged status determinations in considering an SDB protest?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-01-01

... status determinations in considering an SDB protest? 124.1013 Section 124.1013 Business Credit and... § 124.1013 How does SBA make disadvantaged status determinations in considering an SDB protest? (a... the contract until: (i) The SBA has made an SDB determination, or (ii) 15 working days have expired...

Making Michigan Right-to-Work: Implementation Problems in Public Schools

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Spalding, Audrey

2014-01-01

This paper examines how public school districts responded to Michigan's 2012 "right-to-work" law. It describes the key findings from reviews of more than 500 teacher collective bargaining agreements. It also raises several questions about the legality of some union contracts with regard to this new law. Approximately 75 percent of…

48 CFR 1815.407-2 - Make-or-buy programs. (NASA supplements paragraph (e))

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-10-01

... AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION CONTRACTING METHODS AND CONTRACT TYPES CONTRACTING BY NEGOTIATION Contract Pricing 1815.407-2 Make-or-buy programs. (NASA supplements paragraph (e)) (e)(1) Make-or-buy...

Note: A rigid piezo motor with large output force and an effective method to reduce sliding friction force

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Guo, Ying; Lu, Qingyou, E-mail: qxl@ustc.edu.cn; Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026

2014-05-15

We present a completely practical TunaDrive piezo motor. It consists of a central piezo stack sandwiched by two arm piezo stacks and two leg piezo stacks, respectively, which is then sandwiched and spring-clamped by a pair of parallel polished sapphire rods. It works by alternatively fast expanding and contracting the arm/leg stacks while slowly expanding/contracting the central stack simultaneously. The key point is that sufficiently fast expanding and contracting a limb stack can make its two sliding friction forces well cancel, resulting in the total sliding friction force is <10% of the total static friction force, which can help increasemore » output force greatly. The piezo motor's high compactness, precision, and output force make it perfect in building a high-quality harsh-condition (vibration resistant) atomic resolution scanning probe microscope.« less

Torts to contract? Moving from informed consent to shared decision-making.

PubMed

Monico, Edward P; Calise, Arthur; Calabro, Joseph

2008-01-01

Many claims of medical malpractice arise from a breakdown in communication between physician and patient. As a result, medical decision-making may change from an informed consent model to a shared decision-making strategy. Shared decision-making, a contract derivative, will trigger contract obligations and change the face of medical malpractice from tort to contract.

40 CFR 35.938-6 - Progress payments to contractors.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-07-01

... FEDERAL ASSISTANCE STATE AND LOCAL ASSISTANCE Grants for Construction of Treatment Works-Clean Water Act... should make prompt progress payment to subcontractors and suppliers for eligible construction, material... under a contract under an EPA construction grant. (b) Conditions of progress payments. For purposes of...

5 CFR 950.104 - Local Federal Coordinating Committee responsibilities.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-01-01

... executives are prohibited from working on non-CFC fundraising activities during duty hours. (7) Establishing... perform the policy-making or decisionmaking functions in the CFC. A PCFO may, however, contract with... assist in accomplishing its administrative tasks. (15) Ensuring that the activities and functions...

5 CFR 950.104 - Local Federal Coordinating Committee responsibilities.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-01-01

... executives are prohibited from working on non-CFC fundraising activities during duty hours. (7) Establishing... perform the policy-making or decisionmaking functions in the CFC. A PCFO may, however, contract with... assist in accomplishing its administrative tasks. (15) Ensuring that the activities and functions...

5 CFR 950.104 - Local Federal Coordinating Committee responsibilities.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-01-01

... executives are prohibited from working on non-CFC fundraising activities during duty hours. (7) Establishing... perform the policy-making or decisionmaking functions in the CFC. A PCFO may, however, contract with... assist in accomplishing its administrative tasks. (15) Ensuring that the activities and functions...

A Novel Soft Pneumatic Artificial Muscle with High-Contraction Ratio.

PubMed

Han, Kwanghyun; Kim, Nam-Ho; Shin, Dongjun

2018-06-20

There is a growing interest in soft actuators for human-friendly robotic applications. However, it is very challenging for conventional soft actuators to achieve both a large working distance and high force. To address this problem, we present a high-contraction ratio pneumatic artificial muscle (HCRPAM), which has a novel actuation concept. The HCRPAM can contract substantially while generating a large force suitable for a wide range of robotic applications. Our proposed prototyping method allows for an easy and quick fabrication, considering various design variables. We derived a mathematical model using a virtual work principle, and validated the model experimentally. We conducted simulations for the design optimization using this model. Our experimental results show that the HCRPAM has a 183.3% larger contraction ratio and 37.1% higher force output than the conventional pneumatic artificial muscle (McKibben muscle). Furthermore, the actuator has a compatible position tracking performance of 1.0 Hz and relatively low hysteresis error of 4.8%. Finally, we discussed the controllable bending characteristics of the HCRPAM, which uses heterogeneous materials and has an asymmetrical structure to make it comfortable for a human to wear.

17 CFR 190.05 - Making and taking delivery on commodity contracts.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-04-01

... 17 Commodity and Securities Exchanges 1 2012-04-01 2012-04-01 false Making and taking delivery on... COMMISSION BANKRUPTCY § 190.05 Making and taking delivery on commodity contracts. (a) General. (1) In the..., which: (1) Permit the making and taking of delivery to fulfill a commodity futures contract for a...

[The productive sector].

PubMed

Santolaria, Encarna; Fernández, Alberto; Daponte, Antonio; Aguilera, I

2004-05-01

In the last 25 years, the production sector in Spain has undergone important changes. Among these changes, the important growth of the services sector at the expense of the primary sector, the increasing flexibility of the labour market, and the rise in the female workforce could be considered as the most relevant ones. Spanish women have higher rates of unemployment, temporary jobs and part time contracts than Spanish men. Moreover, job access and work conditions are highly related to gender and social class. Because women are forced to compensate for the scarcity of social services for caring for young children and for dependent elderly, they become informal and socially unrecognised caregivers, preventing them from getting or holding a job, and significantly limiting their opportunities for professional development. These social conditions are closely related with the fact that work conditions for women involve higher temporality rates and shorter contracts than those of men, given the sectors and jobs in which they tend to work (due to segregation). Similarly, workers of the less privileged social classes have poorer work conditions. Thus, women of the lower income class are mainly suffering the worst job contracts and the poorest work conditions. More social services are needed to make it possible to attend to family needs and still be able to access and maintain a job contract. Policies tending to conciliate labour and family life are indispensable and should incorporate measures to equally distribute the house keeping activities between women and men.

Clinical decision making by dentists working in the NHS General Dental Services since April 2006.

PubMed

Davies, B J B; Macfarlane, F

2010-11-27

In April 2006 a new contract was introduced that governed how NHS General Dental Practitioners would be funded for the services they provide. This study looks at the impact that the contract has had in the three years since its introduction, evaluating its influence on the clinical care that patients receive and the clinical decisions that dentists are making. This qualitative service evaluation involved interviewing 12 dentists representative of a range of NHS dentists involved with the new NHS dental contract using a semi-structured approach. We found evidence that the new contract has led to dentists making different decisions in their daily practice and sometimes altering their treatment plans and referral patterns to ensure that their business is not disadvantaged. Access to care for some patients without a regular dentist can be compromised by the new contract as it can be financially challenging for a dentist to accept to care for a new patient who has an unknown and potentially large need for treatment. Cherry-picking of potentially more profitable patients may be common. The incentive is to watch borderline problems rather than to treat if a treatment band threshold has already been crossed and treatment may be delayed until a later course of treatment for the same reason. Dentists often feel that complex treatments (for example, endodontic treatments) are financially unviable. Some dentists are referring difficult cases that might previously have been treated 'in house', such as extractions, to another provider, as this enables offloading of costs while potentially retaining full fees. Younger and less experienced dentists may be further pressured.

Profession: Teach, or Consequences.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Archer, Jeff

2001-01-01

As the competition to lure away qualified teachers intensifies, school districts are becoming sticklers about ensuring that teachers honor their work agreements, making it clear that teachers who breach their contracts could face tough consequences. This paper describes how various school districts have handled the issue and how teachers are…

IDEAL-NM Annual Report: School Year 2013-2014

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

New Mexico Public Education Department, 2015

2015-01-01

Innovative Digital Education and Learning-New Mexico (IDEAL-NM) was created in response to the 2005 Performance and Accountability Contract, "Making Schools Work" to leverage technology. On October 27, 2006, the statewide e-learning program that would implement a shared e-learning infrastructure using a single statewide learning…

Flexibility and Individualisation in Adult Education Work: The Case of Portfolio Educators.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Fenwick, Tara

2003-01-01

Life histories of 12 Canadian "portfolio" educators in contract employment arrangements reveal four tensions related to flexibilization and individualization: tensions of personal choice, continuous change, fluid knowledge, and flexible location. These tensions suggest the difficult negotiations workers must make in the new economy.…

Potassium Iodide ("KI"): Instructions to Make Potassium Iodide Solution for Use During a Nuclear Emergency (Liquid Form)

MedlinePlus

... high capacity to mask the saltiness while low fat milk has little capacity to cover the saltiness of KI. This work was completed through a FDA contract with the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Tennessee, Memphis, TN ...

48 CFR 1852.215-78 - Make or buy program requirements.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-10-01

... SPACE ADMINISTRATION CLAUSES AND FORMS SOLICITATION PROVISIONS AND CONTRACT CLAUSES Texts of Provisions... buy.” The reasons must include the consideration given to the applicable evaluation factors described... perform each work effort and a statement as to whether the existing or proposed new facility is in or near...

8 CFR 245a.21 - Confidentiality.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-01-01

...) Information contained in granted files may be used by the Service at a later date to make a decision: (1) On... IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT Legal Immigration Family Equity (LIFE) Act Legalization Provisions § 245a.21... individual employed under contract by the Service to work in connection with the LIFE Legalization provisions...

8 CFR 245a.21 - Confidentiality.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-01-01

...) Information contained in granted files may be used by the Service at a later date to make a decision: (1) On... IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT Legal Immigration Family Equity (LIFE) Act Legalization Provisions § 245a.21... individual employed under contract by the Service to work in connection with the LIFE Legalization provisions...

Feasibility study and verified design concept for new improved hot gas facility

NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

1986-01-01

The MSFC Hot Gas Facility (HGF) was fabricated in 1975 as a temporary facility to provide immediate turnaround testing to support the SRB and ET TPS development. This facility proved to be very useful and was used to make more than 1300 runs, far more than ever intended in the original design. Therefore, it was in need of constant repair and needed to be replaced with a new improved design to support the continuing SRB/ET TPS product improvement and/or removal efforts. MSFC contracted with Lockheed-Huntsville to work on this improved design through contract NAS8-36304 Feasibility Study and Verified Design Concept for the New Improved Hot Gas Facility. The results of Lockheed-Huntsville's efforts under this contract are summarized.

Translations on Telecommunications Policy, Research and Development, Number 44.

DTIC Science & Technology

1978-07-07

Research Service 1000 North Glebe Road Arlington, Virginia 22201 10. Project/Task/ Work Unit No. 11. Contract/Grant No. 12. Sponsoring Organization...station in Khisarya to make the telephone operators polite to the citizens? A standard is one thing, that is to work with a living person and he must...ably in certain instances we hear this, we understand it at the moment we are in this room, and after leaving it we continue to work as we did before

46 CFR Sec. 4 - Persons authorized to make awards under the NSA-WORKSMALREP Contract.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-10-01

... 46 Shipping 8 2010-10-01 2010-10-01 false Persons authorized to make awards under the NSA-WORKSMALREP Contract. Sec. 4 Section 4 Shipping MARITIME ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION A... INDIVIDUAL CONTRACT FOR MINOR REPAIRS-NSA-WORKSMALREP Sec. 4 Persons authorized to make awards under the NSA...

46 CFR Sec. 4 - Persons authorized to make awards under the NSA-WORKSMALREP Contract.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-10-01

... 46 Shipping 8 2011-10-01 2011-10-01 false Persons authorized to make awards under the NSA-WORKSMALREP Contract. Sec. 4 Section 4 Shipping MARITIME ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION A... INDIVIDUAL CONTRACT FOR MINOR REPAIRS-NSA-WORKSMALREP Sec. 4 Persons authorized to make awards under the NSA...

46 CFR Sec. 4 - Persons authorized to make awards under the NSA-WORKSMALREP Contract.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-10-01

... 46 Shipping 8 2014-10-01 2014-10-01 false Persons authorized to make awards under the NSA-WORKSMALREP Contract. Sec. 4 Section 4 Shipping MARITIME ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION A... INDIVIDUAL CONTRACT FOR MINOR REPAIRS-NSA-WORKSMALREP Sec. 4 Persons authorized to make awards under the NSA...

46 CFR Sec. 4 - Persons authorized to make awards under the NSA-WORKSMALREP Contract.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-10-01

... 46 Shipping 8 2013-10-01 2013-10-01 false Persons authorized to make awards under the NSA-WORKSMALREP Contract. Sec. 4 Section 4 Shipping MARITIME ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION A... INDIVIDUAL CONTRACT FOR MINOR REPAIRS-NSA-WORKSMALREP Sec. 4 Persons authorized to make awards under the NSA...

46 CFR Sec. 4 - Persons authorized to make awards under the NSA-WORKSMALREP Contract.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-10-01

... 46 Shipping 8 2012-10-01 2012-10-01 false Persons authorized to make awards under the NSA-WORKSMALREP Contract. Sec. 4 Section 4 Shipping MARITIME ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION A... INDIVIDUAL CONTRACT FOR MINOR REPAIRS-NSA-WORKSMALREP Sec. 4 Persons authorized to make awards under the NSA...

Objective Analysis and Prediction Techniques.

DTIC Science & Technology

1986-11-30

contract work performance period extended from November 25, 1981 to November 24, 1986. This report consists of two parts: Part One details the results and...be added to the ELAN to make it a truly effective research tool. Also, muach more testing and streamlining should be performed to insure that Its...before performing some kind of matching. Classification of Lhe data in this manner reduces the number of data points with which we need to work from

What Makes for a Good Teacher and Who Can Tell? Working Paper 30

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Harris, Douglas N.; Sass, Tim R.

2009-01-01

Mounting pressure in the policy arena to improve teacher productivity either by improving signals that predict teacher performance or through creating incentive contracts based on performance--has spurred two related questions: Are there important determinants of teacher productivity that are not captured by teacher credentials but that can be…

Developing Advanced Academic Degree Educational Profiles for Career Fields

DTIC Science & Technology

2007-03-01

use of the computer to enhance the decision-making capabilities of the logistics manager. This course provides the student with a working knowledge... the overall contracting process, and current ethical and reform issues . The objective of the course is to help students understand the role of ... used to analyze various acquisition

Marshall--Making Wittgenstein Smile

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Shaw, Robert K.

2005-01-01

In the 1980s and 1990s the discipline of philosophy of education had an impact on schooling and the public service in New Zealand because of the contracted work of James Marshall and Michael Peters. This personal reflection by Robert Shaw is a tribute to James Marshall and provides insight into the relationship between Ministry officials, the…

The impact of pay-for-performance on professional boundaries in UK general practice: an ethnographic study.

PubMed

Grant, Suzanne; Huby, Guro; Watkins, Francis; Checkland, Kath; McDonald, Ruth; Davies, Huw; Guthrie, Bruce

2009-03-01

The 2004 new General Medical Services (nGMS) contract exemplifies trends across the public services towards increased definition, measurement and regulation of professional work, with general practice income now largely dependent on the quality of care provided across a range of clinical and organisational indicators known collectively as the 'Quality and Outcomes Framework' (QOF). This paper reports an ethnographically based study of the impact of the new contract and the financial incentives contained within it on professional boundaries in UK general practice. The distribution of clinical and administrative work has changed significantly and there has been a new concentration of authority, with QOF decision making and monitoring being led by an internal QOF team of clinical and managerial staff who make the major practice-level decisions about QOF, monitor progress against targets, and intervene to resolve areas or indicators at risk of missing targets. General practitioners and nurses, however, appear to have accommodated these changes by re-creating long established narratives on professional boundaries and clinical hierarchies. This paper is concerned with the impact of these new arrangements on existing clinical hierarchies.

LD-PACE II: a new cardiomyostimulator for cardiac bioassist.

PubMed

Chekanov, V S; Chachques, J C; Brum, F; Arzuaga, J; Arzuaga, P; Krum, D P; Hare, J W; Maternowski, M A; Tchekanov, G V; Fiandra, O; Hammond, R; Melamed, V; Chiu, R C; Stephenson, L W

2001-01-01

The LD-PACE II was designed for use in cardiomyoplasty, aortomyoplasty, and skeletal muscle ventricles. All parameters specified as programmable can be changed in a noninvasive manner (using a programming interface wand connected to a computer using the Windows 95/98 environment). Two new functions may be very useful clinically, based on experimental research. 1. Work-rest regimen. The LD-PACE II is able to deliver alternating periods of muscle contractions and rest. Work and rest periods may be programmed independently between 1 and 120 minutes in increments of 1 minute. The work-rest regimen may be useful clinically if muscle contractions are needed for cardiac assist postoperatively. 2. Night/day regimen. This feature allows for a change in the ratio of muscle contractions according to a patient's activity level. During the day the cardiosynchronization ratio may be set from 1:1 to 1:4, and during the night it may be set for 1:8 to 1:16. This allows the muscle to have a long rest period, prevents overuse, and prolongs battery life. These two new features make this cardiomyostimulator very attractive for cardiomyoplasty in particular. The addition of the work-rest and night-day regimens allow the muscle to rest for periods during the day to prevent overuse, subsequent damage, and potential atrophy.

48 CFR 22.403-3 - Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-10-01

... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 1 2011-10-01 2011-10-01 false Contract Work Hours and... Standards for Contracts Involving Construction 22.403-3 Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act. The Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act (40 U.S.C. 3701 et seq.) requires that certain contracts (see...

Fusing Social Media and Mobile Analytics for Urban Sense-Making

DTIC Science & Technology

2017-05-09

AFRL-AFOSR-JP-TR-2017-0037 Fusing Social Media and Mobile Analytics for Urban Sense-Making Archan Misra SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY Final Report...CONTRACT NUMBER 5b.  GRANT NUMBER FA2386-14-1-0002 5c.  PROGRAM ELEMENT NUMBER 61102F 6. AUTHOR(S) Archan Misra 5d.   PROJECT NUMBER 5e.  TASK...NUMBER 5f.  WORK UNIT NUMBER 7. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES) SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY 81 VICTORIA STREET SINGAPORE, 188065 SG 8

48 CFR 36.518 - Work oversight in cost-reimbursement construction contracts.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-10-01

...-reimbursement construction contracts. 36.518 Section 36.518 Federal Acquisition Regulations System FEDERAL... Contract Clauses 36.518 Work oversight in cost-reimbursement construction contracts. The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.236-18, Work Oversight in Cost-Reimbursement Construction Contracts...

48 CFR 36.517 - Layout of work.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-10-01

... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 1 2010-10-01 2010-10-01 false Layout of work. 36.517... CONTRACTING CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECT-ENGINEER CONTRACTS Contract Clauses 36.517 Layout of work. The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.236-17, Layout of Work, in solicitations and contracts when...

48 CFR 36.517 - Layout of work.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-10-01

... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 1 2011-10-01 2011-10-01 false Layout of work. 36.517... CONTRACTING CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECT-ENGINEER CONTRACTS Contract Clauses 36.517 Layout of work. The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.236-17, Layout of Work, in solicitations and contracts when...

75 FR 13416 - Federal Acquisition Regulation; FAR Case 2008-006, Enhanced Competition for Task- and Delivery...

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2010-03-19

.... ``Unusual and Compelling Urgency.'' In the event of a FAR subpart 6.3 exception for a single contract award over $100 million including an unusual and compelling urgency exception, the commenter expresses... work. In those situations, it does not make sense in terms of costs and efficiency to require the...

Reflections on Costing, Pricing and Income Measurement at UK Higher Education Institutions

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Oduoza, Chike F.

2009-01-01

In these days of radical contraction of funding and expansion in student numbers, universities are under pressure to prioritise their resources, as well as to achieve effective costing and pricing to support judgement and decision making for funding and any external work undertaken. This study reviews costing, pricing and income measurement in…

Medical transcription outsourcing greased lightning?

PubMed

Bikman, Jeremy; Whiting, Stacilee

2007-06-01

As medical transcription volume grows, providers need to decide whether to outsource the work, and if so, whether to retain offshore or onshore firms. There are benefits and drawbacks to both. To avoid problems, providers need to make sure the details are spelled out in the contract and that their expectations are understood and met by the outsource firm.

48 CFR 2937.103-70 - Department of Labor checklist to aid analysis and review of requirements for service contracts.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-10-01

... and open competition)? (4) Is the statement of work performance-based to the maximum extent possible... significantly influence agency policy development or decision-making? (2) Does the quality assurance plan... access to source selection or proprietary information not available to other offerors competing for the...

Effective Team Support: From Modeling to Software Agents

NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

Remington, Roger W. (Technical Monitor); John, Bonnie; Sycara, Katia

2003-01-01

The purpose of this research contract was to perform multidisciplinary research between CMU psychologists, computer scientists and engineers and NASA researchers to design a next generation collaborative system to support a team of human experts and intelligent agents. To achieve robust performance enhancement of such a system, we had proposed to perform task and cognitive modeling to thoroughly understand the impact technology makes on the organization and on key individual personnel. Guided by cognitively-inspired requirements, we would then develop software agents that support the human team in decision making, information filtering, information distribution and integration to enhance team situational awareness. During the period covered by this final report, we made substantial progress in modeling infrastructure and task infrastructure. Work is continuing under a different contract to complete empirical data collection, cognitive modeling, and the building of software agents to support the teams task.

Can labour contract differences in health and work-related attitudes be explained by quality of working life and job insecurity?

PubMed

Wagenaar, Alfred F; Kompier, Michiel A J; Houtman, Irene L D; van den Bossche, Seth; Smulders, Peter; Taris, Toon W

2012-10-01

We hypothesise that due to a lower quality of working life and higher job insecurity, the health and work-related attitudes of temporary workers may be less positive compared to permanent workers. Therefore, we aimed to (1) examine differences between contract groups (i.e. permanent contract, temporary contract with prospect of permanent work, fixed-term contract, temporary agency contract and on-call contract) in the quality of working life, job insecurity, health and work-related attitudes and (2) investigate whether these latter contract group differences in health and work-related attitudes can be explained by differences in the quality of working life and/or job insecurity. Data were collected from the Netherlands Working Conditions Survey 2008 (N = 21,639), and Hypotheses were tested using analysis of variance and cross-table analysis. Temporary work was associated with fewer task demands and lower autonomy and was more often passive or high-strain work, while permanent work was more often active work. Except for on-call work, temporary work was more insecure and associated with worse health and work-related attitude scores than permanent work. Finally, the quality of working life and job insecurity partly accounted for most contract differences in work-related attitudes but not in health. Especially agency workers have a lower health status and worse work-related attitudes. Job redesign measures regarding their quality of working life and job insecurity are recommended.

48 CFR 52.203-12 - Limitation on Payments to Influence Certain Federal Transactions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-10-01

... FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION (CONTINUED) CLAUSES AND FORMS SOLICITATION PROVISIONS AND CONTRACT CLAUSES... following actions: (1) Awarding any Federal contract. (2) Making any Federal grant. (3) Making any Federal... modifying any Federal contract, grant, loan, or cooperative agreement. Indian tribe and tribal organization...

48 CFR 43.103 - Types of contract modifications.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-10-01

... only by the contracting officer. Unilateral modifications are used, for example, to— (1) Make... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 1 2010-10-01 2010-10-01 false Types of contract... CONTRACT MANAGEMENT CONTRACT MODIFICATIONS General 43.103 Types of contract modifications. Contract...

48 CFR 43.103 - Types of contract modifications.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-10-01

... only by the contracting officer. Unilateral modifications are used, for example, to— (1) Make... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 1 2011-10-01 2011-10-01 false Types of contract... CONTRACT MANAGEMENT CONTRACT MODIFICATIONS General 43.103 Types of contract modifications. Contract...

29 CFR 5.8 - Liquidated damages under the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-07-01

... 29 Labor 1 2011-07-01 2011-07-01 false Liquidated damages under the Contract Work Hours and Safety... APPLICABLE TO NONCONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS SUBJECT TO THE CONTRACT WORK HOURS AND SAFETY STANDARDS ACT) Davis-Bacon and Related Acts Provisions and Procedures § 5.8 Liquidated damages under the Contract Work Hours...

29 CFR 5.8 - Liquidated damages under the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-07-01

... 29 Labor 1 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 true Liquidated damages under the Contract Work Hours and Safety... APPLICABLE TO NONCONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS SUBJECT TO THE CONTRACT WORK HOURS AND SAFETY STANDARDS ACT) Davis-Bacon and Related Acts Provisions and Procedures § 5.8 Liquidated damages under the Contract Work Hours...

Evaluating the Relationship between Team Performance and Joint Attention with Longitudinal Multivariate Mixed Models

DTIC Science & Technology

2016-09-23

Lauren Menke3 5d. PROJECT NUMBER 5e. TASK NUMBER 5f. WORK UNIT NUMBER H0HJ (53290813) 7. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME(S) AND ADDRESS...as prior work has demonstrated that friendship can facilitate performance in decision-making and motor tasks (e.g., Shah & Jehn, 1993). However, a...Relationship between Team Performance and Joint Attention with Longitudinal Multivariate Mixed Models 5a. CONTRACT NUMBER FA8650-14-D-6501-0009 5b

48 CFR 2937.103-70 - Department of Labor checklist to aid analysis and review of requirements for service contracts.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-10-01

... requirements for service contracts. Contracting specialists and contracting officers must work in close... review of requirements for service contracts. (1) Is the statement of work complete, with a clear-cut division of responsibility between the contracting parties? (2) Is the statement of work discussed in terms...

48 CFR 2937.103-70 - Department of Labor checklist to aid analysis and review of requirements for service contracts.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-10-01

... requirements for service contracts. Contracting specialists and contracting officers must work in close... review of requirements for service contracts. (1) Is the statement of work complete, with a clear-cut division of responsibility between the contracting parties? (2) Is the statement of work discussed in terms...

Organizational structure of the Croatian family practice: a longitudinal study based on routinely collected data.

PubMed

Keglević, Mladenka Vrcić; Balint, Ines; Cvetković, Ivica; Gaćina, Ana

2014-12-01

This study was undertaken with the main aim of determining the trends in the number of family doctors' (FD), gender and educational structure, working status and the number of patients per FD between 1995 and 2013. As the main source of data collection served the Croatian Health Service Yearbooks and Croatian Health Insurance Fund (CHIF) databases on practices and FDs contracting in 2013. Obtained results indicated that the number of contracted FDs increased until 2007, then decreased, and again increased until 2350 in 2013. Average number of patients on FDs list was 1987 in 2012. Less than 50% FDs were specialist in family medicine, 70.3% of them were self-employed with the CHIF contract, and 81% were women. 123 practices planned by the Network did not have contracting FD in 2013. The lack of FDs, the huge number of patients over the standard number, and the location of the missing practices within the rural communities, together make Croatian FM practices less accessible.

40-Hz square-wave stimulation requires less energy to produce muscle contraction: compared with the TASER® X26 conducted energy weapon.

PubMed

Comeaux, James A; Jauchem, James R; Cox, D Duane; Crane, Carrie C; D'Andrea, John A

2013-07-01

Conducted energy weapons (CEWs) (including the Advanced TASER(®) X26 model produced by TASER International, Inc.) incapacitate individuals by causing muscle contractions. In this study using anesthetized swine, the potential incapacitating effect of primarily monophasic, 19-Hz voltage imposed by the commercial CEW was compared with the effect of voltages imposed by a laboratory device that created 40-Hz square waves. Forces of muscle contraction were measured with the use of strain gauges. Stimulation with 40-Hz square waves required less pulse energy than stimulation with the commercial CEW to produce similar muscle contraction. The square-pulse stimulation, at the higher repetition rate, caused a more complete tetanus at a lower energy. Use of such a simple shape of waveform may be used to make future nonlethal weapon devices more efficient. © 2013 American Academy of Forensic Sciences Published 2013. This article is a U.S. Government work and is in the public domain in the U.S.A.

Multiple job contracts of physicians in Ceará, Northeastern Brazil.

PubMed

Maciel, Regina Heloisa; Santos, João Bosco Feitosa dos; Sales, Telma Bessa; Alves, Marco Aurélio de Andrade; Luna, Ana Paula; Feitosa, Leonardo Bezerra

2010-10-01

To analyze the multiple job contracts of physicians in the Brazilian National Health System in the State of Ceará. Documental research was performed about the work contracts of the physicians, based on data of health professional contracts in the municipalities of Ceará state, Northeastern Brazil, in 2008. Indices were created for the quantity of contracts of each physician, as well as the municipalities where each physician maintained work contracts. The distances between the municipalities where they worked was calculated in order to estimate the total weekly hours of work. Of the 7,008 physicians employed by the Ceará state, 3,751 (53.5%) maintain between two and four job contracts and 39 (0.6%) between 11 and 20 contracts. One professional maintained 20 contracts. More than half (51.9%) of the physicians had work contracts that when summed totaled more than 40 weekly working hours and 27.0% (1,894) maintained job contracts with more than one municipality. In order to increase their work income, physicians undertake various jobs, practicing their profession in different locations and various municipalities, involving constant travel and contributing to the precarious conditions of their own lives and, therefore, of the public health system.

48 CFR 536.570-5 - Working hours.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-10-01

... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 4 2010-10-01 2010-10-01 false Working hours. 536.570-5... CATEGORIES OF CONTRACTING CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECT-ENGINEER CONTRACTS Contract Clauses 536.570-5 Working hours. Insert 552.236-74, Working Hours, in solicitations and contracts if construction, dismantling...

Charting a Clear Course: A Resource Guide for Building Successful Partnerships between Charter Schools and School Management Organizations. Second Edition.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Hassel, Bryan; Lin, Margaret

As the charter-school option has expanded across the country, contracting for educational management services is an increasingly available and attractive choice for charter-school governing boards and founding groups. To make contractual relationships work well, charter-school boards need to strike an effective balance between fulfilling their…

College Savings Plans: Second Generation Progress and Problems.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Olivas, Michael A.

College savings plans, which operate in 20 states, work on a simple premise: parents or grandparents place a lump sum in a contract or make monthly payments that guarantees the money will be sufficient for an equivalent of tuition and fees in a set period of time in the future. The state can guarantee the return by virtue of pooled assets. States…

48 CFR 232.007 - Contract financing payments.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-10-01

... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 3 2010-10-01 2010-10-01 false Contract financing... SYSTEM, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE GENERAL CONTRACTING REQUIREMENTS CONTRACT FINANCING 232.007 Contract financing payments. (a) DoD policy is to make contract financing payments as quickly as possible. Generally...

[Decreased retraction of blood clots in patients with venous thromboembolic complications].

PubMed

Bredikhin, R A; Peshkova, A D; Maliasev, D V; Batrakova, M V; Le Min, J; Panasiuk, M V; Fatkhullina, L S; Ignat'ev, I M; Khaĭrullin, R N; Litvinov, R I

Haemostatic disorders play an important role in the pathogenesis of acute venous thrombosis. One of the least studied reactions of blood coagulation and thrombogenesis is spontaneous contraction of blood clots, which takes place at the expense of the contractility apparatus of activated blood platelets adhered to fibrin fibres. The work was aimed at studying the parameters of contraction of blood clots, formed in vitro, in blood of 41 patients with acute venous thromboses as compared with the same parameters in apparently healthy donors. We used a new instrumental method making it possible to determine the time from initiation to the beginning of contraction, as well as the degree and velocity of clot contraction. It was revealed that in patients with venous thrombosis the ability of clots to shrink was significantly reduced as compared with the control. We detected a statistically significant retardation of and decrease in of blood clot concentration in patients with venous thrombosis complicated by pulmonary artery thromboembolism as compared with contraction in patients with isolated deep vein thrombosis, witch may be important for early diagnosis and determination of the risk of thromboembolism. Besides, we revealed a statistically significant retardation of contraction in patients with proximal thrombosis as compared with contraction in patients with distal thrombosis, with similar values of the degree of contraction. Contraction was statistically significantly reduced in acute thrombosis (less than 21 days), whereas in subacute thrombosis (more than 21 days) the parameters of contraction were closer to normal values. The obtained findings suggest that reduction of blood clot contraction may be a new, hitherto unstudied pathogenetic mechanism deteriorating the course and outcome of venous thrombosis. The clinical significance of contraction and its impairments, as well as the diagnostic and prognostic value of the laboratory test for blood clot contraction would merit further study.

29 CFR 4.179 - Identification of contract work.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-07-01

... 29 Labor 1 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 true Identification of contract work. 4.179 Section 4.179 Labor... Compliance with Compensation Standards § 4.179 Identification of contract work. Contractors and... workweek are engaged in performing work on such contracts. If such a contractor during any workweek is not...

14 CFR 151.49 - Performance of construction work: Contract requirements.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-01-01

... 14 Aeronautics and Space 3 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 false Performance of construction work: Contract... § 151.49 Performance of construction work: Contract requirements. (a) Contract provisions. In addition to any other provisions necessary to ensure completion of the work in accordance with the grant...

48 CFR 32.007 - Contract financing payments.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-10-01

... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 1 2011-10-01 2011-10-01 false Contract financing... GENERAL CONTRACTING REQUIREMENTS CONTRACT FINANCING 32.007 Contract financing payments. (a)(1) Unless... section, the due date for making contract financing payments by the designated payment office is the 30th...

29 CFR 6.15 - Complaints.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-07-01

... Service Contract Act (and Under the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act for Contracts Subject to... Act and under the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act for contracts subject to the Service...

29 CFR 6.15 - Complaints.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-07-01

... Service Contract Act (and Under the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act for Contracts Subject to... Act and under the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act for contracts subject to the Service...

29 CFR 6.20 - Petition for review.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-07-01

... Service Contract Act (and Under the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act for Contracts Subject to... under the Service Contract Act, and/or the aggravated or willful violations of the Contract Work Hours...

29 CFR 6.20 - Petition for review.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-07-01

... Service Contract Act (and Under the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act for Contracts Subject to... under the Service Contract Act, and/or the aggravated or willful violations of the Contract Work Hours...

Robust Level Coincidences in the Subband Structure of Quasi 2D Systems

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Winkler, R.; Wang, L. Y.; Lin, Y. H.; Chu, C. S.

2011-03-01

Recently, level crossings in the energy bands of crystals have been identified as a key signature for topological phase transitions. In general, three independent parameters must be tuned appropriately to bring two quantum levels into degeneracy. Using realistic models we show that for Bloch electrons in a crystal the parameter space controlling the occurrence of level coincidences has a much richer structure than anticipated previously. In particular, we identify cases where level coincidences depend on only two independent parameters thus making the level coincidences robust, i.e., they cannot be removed by a small perturbation of the Hamiltonian compatible with the crystal symmetry. We consider HgTe/CdTe quantum wells as a specific example. (See arXiv:1011.xxxx) Work supported by Taiwan NSC (Contract No. 99-2112-M-009-006) and a MOE-ATU grant. Work at Argonne supported by DOE BES under Contract No. DE-AC02-06CH11357.

48 CFR 215.404-71-3 - Contract type risk and working capital adjustment.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-10-01

... provisions for performance-based payments, do not compute a working capital adjustment. (d) Evaluation... working capital adjustment. 215.404-71-3 Section 215.404-71-3 Federal Acquisition Regulations System... CONTRACTING BY NEGOTIATION Contract Pricing 215.404-71-3 Contract type risk and working capital adjustment. (a...

48 CFR 36.609-3 - Work oversight in architect-engineer contracts.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-10-01

... architect-engineer contracts. 36.609-3 Section 36.609-3 Federal Acquisition Regulations System FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION SPECIAL CATEGORIES OF CONTRACTING CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECT-ENGINEER CONTRACTS Architect-Engineer Services 36.609-3 Work oversight in architect-engineer contracts. The contracting officer...

48 CFR 36.609-3 - Work oversight in architect-engineer contracts.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-10-01

... architect-engineer contracts. 36.609-3 Section 36.609-3 Federal Acquisition Regulations System FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION SPECIAL CATEGORIES OF CONTRACTING CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECT-ENGINEER CONTRACTS Architect-Engineer Services 36.609-3 Work oversight in architect-engineer contracts. The contracting officer...

48 CFR 36.609-3 - Work oversight in architect-engineer contracts.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-10-01

... architect-engineer contracts. 36.609-3 Section 36.609-3 Federal Acquisition Regulations System FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION SPECIAL CATEGORIES OF CONTRACTING CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECT-ENGINEER CONTRACTS Architect-Engineer Services 36.609-3 Work oversight in architect-engineer contracts. The contracting officer...

48 CFR 36.609-3 - Work oversight in architect-engineer contracts.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-10-01

... architect-engineer contracts. 36.609-3 Section 36.609-3 Federal Acquisition Regulations System FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION SPECIAL CATEGORIES OF CONTRACTING CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECT-ENGINEER CONTRACTS Architect-Engineer Services 36.609-3 Work oversight in architect-engineer contracts. The contracting officer...

48 CFR 36.609-3 - Work oversight in architect-engineer contracts.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-10-01

... architect-engineer contracts. 36.609-3 Section 36.609-3 Federal Acquisition Regulations System FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION SPECIAL CATEGORIES OF CONTRACTING CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECT-ENGINEER CONTRACTS Architect-Engineer Services 36.609-3 Work oversight in architect-engineer contracts. The contracting officer...

Violence in contract work among female sex workers in Andhra Pradesh, India.

PubMed

George, Annie; Sabarwal, Shagun; Martin, P

2011-12-01

Female sex workers (FSWs) are vulnerable to physical and sexual violence at work. This article examines the prevalence of recent physical and sexual violence victimization and associations of type of sex work among a large sample of young FSWs. We used data from a cross-sectional survey on sex trafficking and sex work in southern India that included 1138 FSWs aged 18-25 years residing in 3 districts of Andhra Pradesh state. The independent variable was organization of sex work. FSWs on contract at sex work establishments outside their home district were classified as contract workers, as compared with women who worked autonomously within their home district. Using logistic regression models adjusted for sociodemographic factors, we assessed the relation between contract/ non-contract sex work and various forms of violence experienced by FSWs. Results indicate a high prevalence of work-related physical and sexual violence; 50% FSWs reported physical violence, and 77% reported sexual violence. FSWs performing contract work were at increased risk of physical and sexual violence at work, compared with women engaged in sex work in their home districts. The findings that contract work outside the home district increases the vulnerabilities faced by FSWs in India suggest that violence and disease prevention services aimed at FSWs would be more effective if organization of sex work--as contract or noncontract--is taken into account.

The Mice in Council: An Acquisition Fable

DTIC Science & Technology

2012-02-01

ground defensive systems to air defensive systems.” Everyone cheered because the mouse industrial base could now compete favorably with the cows ... dairy industry and the chickens’ egg industry. The program manager directed that full-rate production begin. The mouse factories churned out bells...to the cows . Moral Contracting, logistics, engineering, budgeting, testing, finan- cial and program management cannot make a product work. Unless you

Hot water from the sun: a consumer guide to solar water heating

DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

McPherson, Beth

2005-02-15

The following topics are discussed: how solar water heaters work, making good use of the sun, estimating costs and savings, choosing the right dealer/installer, choosing the right system, warranties and contracts, getting a good installation, and living with your solar energy system. The appendices discuss system performance and durability, and provide sources of additional information on solar energy and its applications. (MHR)

48 CFR 52.216-7 - Allowable Cost and Payment.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-10-01

... Cost and Payment (JUN 2011) (a) Invoicing. (1) The Government will make payments to the Contractor when... make interim payments for contract financing on the ____[Contracting Officer insert day as prescribed... office is not compelled to make payment by the specified due date. (b) Reimbursing costs. (1) For the...

48 CFR 52.216-7 - Allowable Cost and Payment.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-10-01

... Cost and Payment (JUN 2013) (a) Invoicing. (1) The Government will make payments to the Contractor when... make interim payments for contract financing on the ____[Contracting Officer insert day as prescribed... office is not compelled to make payment by the specified due date. (b) Reimbursing costs. (1) For the...

48 CFR 52.216-7 - Allowable Cost and Payment.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-10-01

... Cost and Payment (JUN 2013) (a) Invoicing. (1) The Government will make payments to the Contractor when... make interim payments for contract financing on the ____[Contracting Officer insert day as prescribed... office is not compelled to make payment by the specified due date. (b) Reimbursing costs. (1) For the...

48 CFR 836.574 - Subcontracts and work coordination.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-10-01

... SPECIAL CATEGORIES OF CONTRACTING CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECT-ENGINEER CONTRACTS Contract Clauses 836.574... complex mechanical-electrical work, the contracting officer may use the clause with its Alternate I. ...

48 CFR 836.574 - Subcontracts and work coordination.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-10-01

... SPECIAL CATEGORIES OF CONTRACTING CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECT-ENGINEER CONTRACTS Contract Clauses 836.574... complex mechanical-electrical work, the contracting officer may use the clause with its Alternate I. ...

48 CFR 836.574 - Subcontracts and work coordination.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-10-01

... SPECIAL CATEGORIES OF CONTRACTING CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECT-ENGINEER CONTRACTS Contract Clauses 836.574... complex mechanical-electrical work, the contracting officer may use the clause with its Alternate I. ...

48 CFR 836.574 - Subcontracts and work coordination.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-10-01

... SPECIAL CATEGORIES OF CONTRACTING CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECT-ENGINEER CONTRACTS Contract Clauses 836.574... complex mechanical-electrical work, the contracting officer may use the clause with its Alternate I. ...

Two-layer contractive encodings for learning stable nonlinear features.

PubMed

Schulz, Hannes; Cho, Kyunghyun; Raiko, Tapani; Behnke, Sven

2015-04-01

Unsupervised learning of feature hierarchies is often a good strategy to initialize deep architectures for supervised learning. Most existing deep learning methods build these feature hierarchies layer by layer in a greedy fashion using either auto-encoders or restricted Boltzmann machines. Both yield encoders which compute linear projections of input followed by a smooth thresholding function. In this work, we demonstrate that these encoders fail to find stable features when the required computation is in the exclusive-or class. To overcome this limitation, we propose a two-layer encoder which is less restricted in the type of features it can learn. The proposed encoder is regularized by an extension of previous work on contractive regularization. This proposed two-layer contractive encoder potentially poses a more difficult optimization problem, and we further propose to linearly transform hidden neurons of the encoder to make learning easier. We demonstrate the advantages of the two-layer encoders qualitatively on artificially constructed datasets as well as commonly used benchmark datasets. We also conduct experiments on a semi-supervised learning task and show the benefits of the proposed two-layer encoders trained with the linear transformation of perceptrons. Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

29 CFR 5.7 - Reports to the Secretary of Labor.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-07-01

... SUBJECT TO THE CONTRACT WORK HOURS AND SAFETY STANDARDS ACT) Davis-Bacon and Related Acts Provisions and..., liquidated damages assessed under the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act, corrective measures taken... respect to contractors and subcontractors, their contracts, and the nature of the contract work as the...

29 CFR 5.7 - Reports to the Secretary of Labor.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-07-01

... SUBJECT TO THE CONTRACT WORK HOURS AND SAFETY STANDARDS ACT) Davis-Bacon and Related Acts Provisions and..., liquidated damages assessed under the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act, corrective measures taken... respect to contractors and subcontractors, their contracts, and the nature of the contract work as the...

48 CFR 52.236-24 - Work Oversight in Architect-Engineer Contracts.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-10-01

... Architect-Engineer Contracts. 52.236-24 Section 52.236-24 Federal Acquisition Regulations System FEDERAL... Provisions and Clauses 52.236-24 Work Oversight in Architect-Engineer Contracts. As prescribed in 36.609-3, insert the following clause: Work Oversight in Architect-Engineer Contracts (APR 1984) The extent and...

48 CFR 52.236-24 - Work Oversight in Architect-Engineer Contracts.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-10-01

... Architect-Engineer Contracts. 52.236-24 Section 52.236-24 Federal Acquisition Regulations System FEDERAL... Provisions and Clauses 52.236-24 Work Oversight in Architect-Engineer Contracts. As prescribed in 36.609-3, insert the following clause: Work Oversight in Architect-Engineer Contracts (APR 1984) The extent and...

48 CFR 52.236-24 - Work Oversight in Architect-Engineer Contracts.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-10-01

... Architect-Engineer Contracts. 52.236-24 Section 52.236-24 Federal Acquisition Regulations System FEDERAL... Provisions and Clauses 52.236-24 Work Oversight in Architect-Engineer Contracts. As prescribed in 36.609-3, insert the following clause: Work Oversight in Architect-Engineer Contracts (APR 1984) The extent and...

48 CFR 52.236-24 - Work Oversight in Architect-Engineer Contracts.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-10-01

... Architect-Engineer Contracts. 52.236-24 Section 52.236-24 Federal Acquisition Regulations System FEDERAL... Provisions and Clauses 52.236-24 Work Oversight in Architect-Engineer Contracts. As prescribed in 36.609-3, insert the following clause: Work Oversight in Architect-Engineer Contracts (APR 1984) The extent and...

48 CFR 52.236-24 - Work Oversight in Architect-Engineer Contracts.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-10-01

... Architect-Engineer Contracts. 52.236-24 Section 52.236-24 Federal Acquisition Regulations System FEDERAL... Provisions and Clauses 52.236-24 Work Oversight in Architect-Engineer Contracts. As prescribed in 36.609-3, insert the following clause: Work Oversight in Architect-Engineer Contracts (APR 1984) The extent and...

48 CFR 32.104 - Providing contract financing.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-10-01

... performance, considering the availability of private financing and the probable impact on working capital of... Providing contract financing. (a) Prudent contract financing can be a useful working tool in Government acquisition by expediting the performance of essential contracts. Contracting officers must consider the...

The for-profit sector in humanitarian response: integrating ethical considerations in public policy decision making.

PubMed

Huckel Schneider, Carmen; Negin, Joel

2016-01-01

The engagement of the for-profit private sector in health, social and humanitarian services has become a topic of keen interest. It is particularly contentious in those instances where for-profit organizations have become recipients of public funds, and where they become key decision-makers in terms of how, and to whom, services are provided. We put forward a framework for identifying and organizing the ethical questions to be considered when contracting government services to the for-profit sector, specifically in those areas that have traditionally remained in the public or not-for-profit spheres. The framework is designed to inform both academic debate and practical decision-making regarding the acceptability, feasibility and legitimacy of for-profit organizations carrying out humanitarian work. First, we outline the importance of posing ethical questions in government contracting for-profit vs. not-for-profit organizations. We then outline five key areas to be considered before then examining the extent to which ethics concerns are warranted and how they may be safeguarded.

Operating The Central Process Systems At Glenn Research Center

NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

Weiler, Carly P.

2004-01-01

As a research facility, the Glenn Research Center (GRC) trusts and expects all the systems, controlling their facilities to run properly and efficiently in order for their research and operations to occur proficiently and on time. While there are many systems necessary for the operations at GRC, one of those most vital systems is the Central Process Systems (CPS). The CPS controls operations used by GRC's wind tunnels, propulsion systems lab, engine components research lab, and compressor, turbine and combustor test cells. Used widely throughout the lab, it operates equipment such as exhausters, chillers, cooling towers, compressors, dehydrators, and other such equipment. Through parameters such as pressure, temperature, speed, flow, etc., it performs its primary operations on the major systems of Electrical Dispatch (ED), Central Air Dispatch (CAD), Central Air Equipment Building (CAEB), and Engine Research Building (ERB). In order for the CPS to continue its operations at Glenn, a new contract must be awarded. Consequently, one of my primary responsibilities was assisting the Source Evaluation Board (SEB) with the process of awarding the recertification contract of the CPS. The job of the SEB was to evaluate the proposals of the contract bidders and then to present their findings to the Source Selecting Official (SSO). Before the evaluations began, the Center Director established the level of the competition. For this contract, the competition was limited to those companies classified as a small, disadvantaged business. After an industry briefing that explained to qualified companies the CPS and type of work required, each of the interested companies then submitted proposals addressing three components: Mission Suitability, Cost, and Past Performance. These proposals were based off the Statement of Work (SOW) written by the SEB. After companies submitted their proposals, the SEB reviewed all three components and then presented their results to the SSO. While the SEB does not select the company receiving the contract, they can make recommendations based on their findings to the SSO, who actually awards the contract. The SEB began work for this contract in July 2003 by writing the SOW and the selection will tentatively occur July 30, 2004. Contract awarding will take place Aug. 15. Following the awarding, the winning company has a 30-day Phase-in Period beginning Sept. 1,2004 and full performance will begin October 1.

25 CFR 170.621 - What if a tribe fails to substantially perform work under a contract or agreement?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-04-01

... 25 Indians 1 2014-04-01 2014-04-01 false What if a tribe fails to substantially perform work under... Contracts and Agreements Under Isdeaa § 170.621 What if a tribe fails to substantially perform work under a contract or agreement? If a tribe fails to substantially perform work under a contract or agreement: (a...

25 CFR 170.621 - What if a tribe fails to substantially perform work under a contract or agreement?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-04-01

... 25 Indians 1 2013-04-01 2013-04-01 false What if a tribe fails to substantially perform work under... Contracts and Agreements Under Isdeaa § 170.621 What if a tribe fails to substantially perform work under a contract or agreement? If a tribe fails to substantially perform work under a contract or agreement: (a...

48 CFR 1511.011-75 - Working files.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-10-01

... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 6 2010-10-01 2010-10-01 true Working files. 1511.011-75... PLANNING DESCRIBING AGENCY NEEDS 1511.011-75 Working files. Contracting Officers shall insert the contract clause at 1552.211-75 in all applicable EPA contracts where accurate working files on all work...

29 CFR 6.21 - Ineligible list.

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2010-07-01

... Service Contract Act (and Under the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act for Contracts Subject to... name of any respondent found to be in aggravated or willful violation of the Contract Work Hours and...

29 CFR 6.21 - Ineligible list.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-07-01

... Service Contract Act (and Under the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act for Contracts Subject to... name of any respondent found to be in aggravated or willful violation of the Contract Work Hours and...

48 CFR 852.222-70 - Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act-nursing home care contract supplement.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-10-01

... Safety Standards Act-nursing home care contract supplement. 852.222-70 Section 852.222-70 Federal...—nursing home care contract supplement. As prescribed in 822.305, for nursing home care requirements, insert the following clause: Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act—Nursing Home Care Contract...

48 CFR 852.222-70 - Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act-nursing home care contract supplement.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-10-01

... Safety Standards Act-nursing home care contract supplement. 852.222-70 Section 852.222-70 Federal...—nursing home care contract supplement. As prescribed in 822.305, for nursing home care requirements, insert the following clause: Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act—Nursing Home Care Contract...

48 CFR 852.222-70 - Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act-nursing home care contract supplement.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-10-01

... Safety Standards Act-nursing home care contract supplement. 852.222-70 Section 852.222-70 Federal...—nursing home care contract supplement. As prescribed in 822.305, for nursing home care requirements, insert the following clause: Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act—Nursing Home Care Contract...

48 CFR 852.222-70 - Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act-nursing home care contract supplement.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-10-01

... Safety Standards Act-nursing home care contract supplement. 852.222-70 Section 852.222-70 Federal...—nursing home care contract supplement. As prescribed in 822.305, for nursing home care requirements, insert the following clause: Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act—Nursing Home Care Contract...

48 CFR 852.222-70 - Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act-nursing home care contract supplement.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-10-01

... Safety Standards Act-nursing home care contract supplement. 852.222-70 Section 852.222-70 Federal...—nursing home care contract supplement. As prescribed in 822.305, for nursing home care requirements, insert the following clause: Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act—Nursing Home Care Contract...

48 CFR 32.501-3 - Contract price.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-10-01

... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 1 2010-10-01 2010-10-01 false Contract price. 32.501-3... REQUIREMENTS CONTRACT FINANCING Progress Payments Based on Costs 32.501-3 Contract price. (a) For the purpose of making progress payments and determining the limitation on progress payments, the contract price...

Macroscopic contraction of a gel induced by the integrated motion of light-driven molecular motors

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Li, Quan; Fuks, Gad; Moulin, Emilie; Maaloum, Mounir; Rawiso, Michel; Kulic, Igor; Foy, Justin T.; Giuseppone, Nicolas

2015-02-01

Making molecular machines that can be useful in the macroscopic world is a challenging long-term goal of nanoscience. Inspired by the protein machinery found in biological systems, and based on the theoretical understanding of the physics of motion at the nanoscale, organic chemists have developed a number of molecules that can produce work by contraction or rotation when triggered by various external chemical or physical stimuli. In particular, basic molecular switches that commute between at least two thermodynamic minima and more advanced molecular motors that behave as dissipative units working far from equilibrium when fuelled with external energy have been reported. However, despite recent progress, the ultimate challenge of coordinating individual molecular motors in a continuous mechanical process that can have a measurable effect at the macroscale has remained elusive. Here, we show that by integrating light-driven unidirectional molecular rotors as reticulating units in a polymer gel, it is possible to amplify their individual motions to achieve macroscopic contraction of the material. Our system uses the incoming light to operate under far-from-equilibrium conditions, and the work produced by the motor in the photostationary state is used to twist the entangled polymer chains up to the collapse of the gel. Our design could be a starting point to integrate nanomotors in metastable materials to store energy and eventually to convert it.

48 CFR 2146.201 - General.

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2012-10-01

... LIFE INSURANCE FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION CONTRACT MANAGEMENT QUALITY ASSURANCE Contract Quality... acquired under the FEGLI Program contract conform to the contract's quality requirements. (b) OPM will make an initial evaluation of the Contractor's system of internal controls under the quality assurance...

48 CFR 2146.201 - General.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-10-01

... LIFE INSURANCE FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION CONTRACT MANAGEMENT QUALITY ASSURANCE Contract Quality... acquired under the FEGLI Program contract conform to the contract's quality requirements. (b) OPM will make an initial evaluation of the Contractor's system of internal controls under the quality assurance...

48 CFR 2146.201 - General.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-10-01

... LIFE INSURANCE FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION CONTRACT MANAGEMENT QUALITY ASSURANCE Contract Quality... acquired under the FEGLI Program contract conform to the contract's quality requirements. (b) OPM will make an initial evaluation of the Contractor's system of internal controls under the quality assurance...

48 CFR 2146.201 - General.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-10-01

... LIFE INSURANCE FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION CONTRACT MANAGEMENT QUALITY ASSURANCE Contract Quality... acquired under the FEGLI Program contract conform to the contract's quality requirements. (b) OPM will make an initial evaluation of the Contractor's system of internal controls under the quality assurance...

48 CFR 2146.201 - General.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-10-01

... LIFE INSURANCE FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION CONTRACT MANAGEMENT QUALITY ASSURANCE Contract Quality... acquired under the FEGLI Program contract conform to the contract's quality requirements. (b) OPM will make an initial evaluation of the Contractor's system of internal controls under the quality assurance...

48 CFR 43.201 - General.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-10-01

....201 Federal Acquisition Regulations System FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION CONTRACT MANAGEMENT CONTRACT MODIFICATIONS Change Orders 43.201 General. (a) Generally, Government contracts contain a changes clause that permits the contracting officer to make unilateral changes, in designated areas, within the general scope...

48 CFR 43.201 - General.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-10-01

....201 Federal Acquisition Regulations System FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION CONTRACT MANAGEMENT CONTRACT MODIFICATIONS Change Orders 43.201 General. (a) Generally, Government contracts contain a changes clause that permits the contracting officer to make unilateral changes, in designated areas, within the general scope...

48 CFR 822.305 - Contract clause.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-10-01

... Hours and Safety Standards Act—nursing home care contract supplement, in solicitations and contracts for nursing home care when the FAR clause at 52.222-4, Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act—Overtime... PROGRAMS APPLICATION OF LABOR LAWS TO GOVERNMENT ACQUISITIONS Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act...

48 CFR 822.305 - Contract clause.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-10-01

... Hours and Safety Standards Act—nursing home care contract supplement, in solicitations and contracts for nursing home care when the FAR clause at 52.222-4, Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act—Overtime... PROGRAMS APPLICATION OF LABOR LAWS TO GOVERNMENT ACQUISITIONS Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act...

Contraction Sensing with Smart Braid McKibben Muscles

PubMed Central

Felt, Wyatt; Chin, Khai Yi; Remy, C. David

2016-01-01

The inherent compliance of soft fluidic actuators makes them attractive for use in wearable devices and soft robotics. Their flexible nature permits them to be used without traditional rotational or prismatic joints. Without these joints, however, measuring the motion of the actuators is challenging. Actuator-level sensors could improve the performance of continuum robots and robots with compliant or multi-degree-of-freedom joints. We make the reinforcing braid of a pneumatic artificial muscle (PAM or McKibben muscle) “smart” by weaving it from conductive, insulated wires. These wires form a solenoid-like circuit with an inductance that more than doubles over the PAM contraction. The reinforcing and sensing fibers can be used to measure the contraction of a PAM actuator with a simple, linear function of the measured inductance. Whereas other proposed self-sensing techniques rely on the addition of special elastomers or transducers, the technique presented in this work can be implemented without modifications of this kind. We present and experimentally validate two models for Smart Braid sensors based on the long solenoid approximation and the Neumann formula, respectively. We test a McKibben muscle made from a Smart Braid in quasistatic conditions with various end-loads and in dynamic conditions. We also test the performance of the Smart Braid sensor alongside steel. PMID:28503062

Contraction coupling efficiency of human first dorsal interosseous muscle.

PubMed

Jubrias, Sharon A; Vollestad, Nina K; Gronka, Rod K; Kushmerick, Martin J

2008-04-01

During working contractions, chemical energy in the form of ATP is converted to external work. The efficiency of this conversion, called 'contraction coupling efficiency', is calculated by the ratio of work output to energy input from ATP splitting. Experiments on isolated muscles and permeabilized fibres show the efficiency of this conversion has a wide range, 0.2-0.7. We measured the work output in contractions of a single human hand muscle in vivo and of the ATP cost of that work to calculate the contraction coupling efficiency of the muscle. Five subjects performed six bouts of rapid voluntary contractions every 1.5 s for 42 s (28 contractions, each with time to peak force < 150 ms). The bouts encompassed a 7-fold range of workloads. The ATP cost during work was quantified by measuring the extent of chemical changes within the muscle from (31)P magnetic resonance spectra. Contraction coupling efficiency was determined as the slope of paired measurements of work output and ATP cost at the five graded work loads. The results show that 0.68 of the chemical energy available from ATP splitting was converted to external work output. A plausible mechanism to account for this high value is a substantially lower efficiency for mitochondrial ATP synthesis. The method described here can be used to analyse changes in the overall efficiency determined from oxygen consumption during exercise that can occur in disease or with age, and to test the hypothesis that such changes are due to reduced contraction coupling efficiency.

48 CFR 936.609-3 - Work oversight in architect-engineer contracts.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-10-01

... architect-engineer contracts. 936.609-3 Section 936.609-3 Federal Acquisition Regulations System DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY SPECIAL CATEGORIES OF CONTRACTING CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECT-ENGINEER CONTRACTS Architect-Engineer Services 936.609-3 Work oversight in architect-engineer contracts. In addition to the clause at 48...

48 CFR 936.609-3 - Work oversight in architect-engineer contracts.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-10-01

... architect-engineer contracts. 936.609-3 Section 936.609-3 Federal Acquisition Regulations System DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY SPECIAL CATEGORIES OF CONTRACTING CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECT-ENGINEER CONTRACTS Architect-Engineer Services 936.609-3 Work oversight in architect-engineer contracts. In addition to the clause at 48...

48 CFR 936.609-3 - Work oversight in architect-engineer contracts.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-10-01

... architect-engineer contracts. 936.609-3 Section 936.609-3 Federal Acquisition Regulations System DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY SPECIAL CATEGORIES OF CONTRACTING CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECT-ENGINEER CONTRACTS Architect-Engineer Services 936.609-3 Work oversight in architect-engineer contracts. In addition to the clause at 48...

48 CFR 936.609-3 - Work oversight in architect-engineer contracts.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-10-01

... architect-engineer contracts. 936.609-3 Section 936.609-3 Federal Acquisition Regulations System DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY SPECIAL CATEGORIES OF CONTRACTING CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECT-ENGINEER CONTRACTS Architect-Engineer Services 936.609-3 Work oversight in architect-engineer contracts. In addition to the clause at 48...

48 CFR 936.609-3 - Work oversight in architect-engineer contracts.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-10-01

... architect-engineer contracts. 936.609-3 Section 936.609-3 Federal Acquisition Regulations System DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY SPECIAL CATEGORIES OF CONTRACTING CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECT-ENGINEER CONTRACTS Architect-Engineer Services 936.609-3 Work oversight in architect-engineer contracts. In addition to the clause at 48...

48 CFR 819.705 - Appeal of Contracting Officer decisions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-10-01

... the Senior Procurement Executive (SPE) within 5 working days. The SPE shall have 15 working days to... decision. The contracting officer has 5 working days to reply to the challenge by either revising the... filed within 5 working days of receipt of the contracting officer's decision. The HCA has 5 working days...

29 CFR 4.121 - Contracts for individual services.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-07-01

... McNamara-O'Hara Service Contract Act Specific Exclusions § 4.121 Contracts for individual services. The Act... to an “employment contract” for “direct services,” makes it clear that the Act's application to... contract service, the exemption applies and the contract will not be subject to the Act's provisions. The...

76 FR 57026 - Availability of the Fiscal Year 2010 Inventory of Contracts for Services

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2011-09-15

... Policy, Contract Policy and International Contracting (DPAP/CPIC) will make available to the public the annual inventory of contracts for services. The inventory will be posted to the Defense Procurement and... Contracts for Services AGENCY: Department of Defense (DoD). ACTION: Notice of availability. DATES: Inventory...

40 CFR Appendix to Part 30 - Contract Provisions

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-07-01

.... 4. Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act (40 U.S.C. 327-333)—Where applicable, all contracts... week of 40 hours. Work in excess of the standard work week is permissible provided that the worker is... hours in the work week. Section 107 of the Act is applicable to construction work and provides that no...

45 CFR Appendix A to Part 74 - Contract Provisions

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-10-01

... hours. Work in excess of the standard work week is permissible provided that the worker is compensated... hours in the work week. Section 107 of the Act is applicable to construction work and provides that no.... Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act (40 U.S.C. 327-333)— Where applicable, all contracts awarded...

2 CFR Appendix A to Part 215 - Contract Provisions

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-01-01

... hours. Work in excess of the standard work week is permissible provided that the worker is compensated... hours in the work week. Section 107 of the Act is applicable to construction work and provides that no.... Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act (40 U.S.C. 327-333)—Where applicable, all contracts awarded by...

48 CFR 22.406-9 - Withholding from or suspension of contract payments.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-10-01

... damages due the United States under the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act. (See 22.302.) (1) If... the same prime contractor that is subject to either Davis-Bacon Act or Contract Work Hours and Safety... Withholdings Under the Davis-Bacon Act (40 U.S.C. 276(a)) and/or Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act...

29 CFR 5.22 - Effect of the Davis-Bacon fringe benefits provisions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-07-01

... NONCONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS SUBJECT TO THE CONTRACT WORK HOURS AND SAFETY STANDARDS ACT) Interpretation of the... projects of a character similar to the contract work in the area in which the work is to be performed. See...

29 CFR 5.22 - Effect of the Davis-Bacon fringe benefits provisions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-07-01

... NONCONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS SUBJECT TO THE CONTRACT WORK HOURS AND SAFETY STANDARDS ACT) Interpretation of the... projects of a character similar to the contract work in the area in which the work is to be performed. See...

24 CFR 941.103 - Definitions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-04-01

... and construction specifications and the rehabilitation work write-ups, where applicable, that set forth the work to be done under a construction contract or contract of sale. Contract of sale. A... preliminary drawings and specifications and the preliminary rehabilitation work write-ups, where applicable...

Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph SV/GTO Project

NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

Ebbets, Dennis

1999-01-01

Contract number NAS5-30433, known at Ball Aerospace as the GHRS SV/GTO project, supported our participation in the post-launch activities of the Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph aboard the Hubble Space Telescope. The period of performance was December 1988 through December 1998. The contract supported the involvement of Dr Dennis Ebbets in the work of the GHRS Investigation Definition Team, and several of the Ball people in the documentation and publication of results. Three main categories of tasks were covered by this contract; in-orbit calibration of the GHRS, guaranteed time observations, and education and public outreach. The nature and accomplishments of these tasks are described in the report. This summary makes many references to publications in the scientific and technical literature. Appendix A is extracted from a complete bibliography, and lists those papers that are directly related to work performed under this GHRS contract. The tasks related to the in-orbit calibration of the GHRS were by far the largest responsibility during the first six years of the project. During this period Dr. Ebbets was responsible for the definition of calibration requirements, design of experiments, preparation of observing proposals, tracking their implementation and execution, and coordinating the analysis and publication of the results. Prior to the launch of HST in 1990 the observing proposals were developed in cooperation with the scientists on the GHRS DDT, engineers at Ball Aerospace, the operations staff at the STScI, and project coordinators at GSFC.

21 CFR 14.15 - Committees working under a contract with FDA.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-04-01

... 21 Food and Drugs 1 2011-04-01 2011-04-01 false Committees working under a contract with FDA. 14... under a contract with FDA. (a) FDA may enter into contracts with independent scientific or technical... contract initially executed with FDA after July 1, 1975, but which is determined not to be an advisory...

21 CFR 14.15 - Committees working under a contract with FDA.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-04-01

... 21 Food and Drugs 1 2010-04-01 2010-04-01 false Committees working under a contract with FDA. 14... under a contract with FDA. (a) FDA may enter into contracts with independent scientific or technical... contract initially executed with FDA after July 1, 1975, but which is determined not to be an advisory...

21 CFR 14.15 - Committees working under a contract with FDA.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-04-01

... 21 Food and Drugs 1 2014-04-01 2014-04-01 false Committees working under a contract with FDA. 14... under a contract with FDA. (a) FDA may enter into contracts with independent scientific or technical... contract initially executed with FDA after July 1, 1975, but which is determined not to be an advisory...

21 CFR 14.15 - Committees working under a contract with FDA.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-04-01

... 21 Food and Drugs 1 2013-04-01 2013-04-01 false Committees working under a contract with FDA. 14... under a contract with FDA. (a) FDA may enter into contracts with independent scientific or technical... contract initially executed with FDA after July 1, 1975, but which is determined not to be an advisory...

21 CFR 14.15 - Committees working under a contract with FDA.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-04-01

... 21 Food and Drugs 1 2012-04-01 2012-04-01 false Committees working under a contract with FDA. 14... under a contract with FDA. (a) FDA may enter into contracts with independent scientific or technical... contract initially executed with FDA after July 1, 1975, but which is determined not to be an advisory...

Maintaining the program balance, volumes 1 and 2

NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

Finger, Harold

1991-01-01

In March of 1990, the NASA Administrator asked the Academy to perform a study to address the following questions: (1) has NASA contracted too much of its technical work; (2) has NASA's in-house technical capability eroded over time; (3) is in-house engineering and scientific work important to the development of scientists and engineers; and (4) is NASA still able to attract quality scientists and engineers. A panel from the Academy addressed each question separately and came up with the following recommendations: (1) prepare and issue guidance on technical functional areas reserved for in-house performance; (2) convert contracted technical functions to in-house performance if critical to agency programs; (3) provide policy guidance to the centers to retain in-house projects; (4) examine the project mix at each center against agency goals and objectives; (5) institute an annual critical review for all technical disciplines; (6) modify the agency's contractor accountability process; and (7) seek opportunities for greater delegation of resources and technical decision making.

14 CFR 151.47 - Performance of construction work: Letting of contracts.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-01-01

... 14 Aeronautics and Space 3 2014-01-01 2014-01-01 false Performance of construction work: Letting... Development Projects § 151.47 Performance of construction work: Letting of contracts. (a) Advertising required... project, each contract for construction work on a project in the amount of more than $2,000 must be...

14 CFR 151.47 - Performance of construction work: Letting of contracts.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-01-01

... 14 Aeronautics and Space 3 2012-01-01 2012-01-01 false Performance of construction work: Letting... Development Projects § 151.47 Performance of construction work: Letting of contracts. (a) Advertising required... project, each contract for construction work on a project in the amount of more than $2,000 must be...

14 CFR 151.47 - Performance of construction work: Letting of contracts.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-01-01

... 14 Aeronautics and Space 3 2011-01-01 2011-01-01 false Performance of construction work: Letting... Development Projects § 151.47 Performance of construction work: Letting of contracts. (a) Advertising required... project, each contract for construction work on a project in the amount of more than $2,000 must be...

14 CFR 151.47 - Performance of construction work: Letting of contracts.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-01-01

... 14 Aeronautics and Space 3 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 false Performance of construction work: Letting... Development Projects § 151.47 Performance of construction work: Letting of contracts. (a) Advertising required... project, each contract for construction work on a project in the amount of more than $2,000 must be...

Shared visions: Partnership of Rockwell International and NASA Cost Effectiveness Enhancements (CEE) for the space shuttle system integration program

NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

Bejmuk, Bohdan I.; Williams, Larry

1992-01-01

As a result of limited resources and tight fiscal constraints over the past several years, the defense and aerospace industries have experienced a downturn in business activity. The impact of fewer contracts being awarded has placed a greater emphasis for effectiveness and efficiency on industry contractors. It is clear that a reallocation of resources is required for America to continue to lead the world in space and technology. The key to technological and economic survival is the transforming of existing programs, such as the Space Shuttle Program, into more cost efficient programs so as to divert the savings to other NASA programs. The partnership between Rockwell International and NASA and their joint improvement efforts that resulted in significant streamlining and cost reduction measures to Rockwell International Space System Division's work on the Space Shuttle System Integration Contract is described. This work was a result of an established Cost Effectiveness Enhancement (CEE) Team formed initially in Fiscal Year 1991, and more recently expanded to a larger scale CEE Initiative in 1992. By working closely with the customer in agreeing to contract content, obtaining management endorsement and commitment, and involving the employees in total quality management (TQM) and continuous improvement 'teams,' the initial annual cost reduction target was exceeded significantly. The CEE Initiative helped reduce the cost of the Shuttle Systems Integration contract while establishing a stronger program based upon customer needs, teamwork, quality enhancements, and cost effectiveness. This was accomplished by systematically analyzing, challenging, and changing the established processes, practices, and systems. This examination, in nature, was work intensive due to the depth and breadth of the activity. The CEE Initiative has provided opportunities to make a difference in the way Rockwell and NASA work together - to update the methods and processes of the organizations. The future success of NASA space programs and Rockwell hinges upon the ability to adopt new, more efficient and effective work processes. Efficiency, proficiency, cost effectiveness, and teamwork are a necessity for economic survival. Continuous improvement initiatives like the CEE are, and will continue to be, vehicles by which the road can be traveled with a vision to the future.

Shared visions: Partnership of Rockwell International and NASA Cost Effectiveness Enhancements (CEE) for the space shuttle system integration program

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Bejmuk, Bohdan I.; Williams, Larry

As a result of limited resources and tight fiscal constraints over the past several years, the defense and aerospace industries have experienced a downturn in business activity. The impact of fewer contracts being awarded has placed a greater emphasis for effectiveness and efficiency on industry contractors. It is clear that a reallocation of resources is required for America to continue to lead the world in space and technology. The key to technological and economic survival is the transforming of existing programs, such as the Space Shuttle Program, into more cost efficient programs so as to divert the savings to other NASA programs. The partnership between Rockwell International and NASA and their joint improvement efforts that resulted in significant streamlining and cost reduction measures to Rockwell International Space System Division's work on the Space Shuttle System Integration Contract is described. This work was a result of an established Cost Effectiveness Enhancement (CEE) Team formed initially in Fiscal Year 1991, and more recently expanded to a larger scale CEE Initiative in 1992. By working closely with the customer in agreeing to contract content, obtaining management endorsement and commitment, and involving the employees in total quality management (TQM) and continuous improvement 'teams,' the initial annual cost reduction target was exceeded significantly. The CEE Initiative helped reduce the cost of the Shuttle Systems Integration contract while establishing a stronger program based upon customer needs, teamwork, quality enhancements, and cost effectiveness. This was accomplished by systematically analyzing, challenging, and changing the established processes, practices, and systems. This examination, in nature, was work intensive due to the depth and breadth of the activity. The CEE Initiative has provided opportunities to make a difference in the way Rockwell and NASA work together - to update the methods and processes of the organizations. The future success of NASA space programs and Rockwell hinges upon the ability to adopt new, more efficient and effective work processes. Efficiency, proficiency, cost effectiveness, and teamwork are a necessity for economic survival. Continuous improvement initiatives like the CEE are, and will continue to be, vehicles by which the road can be traveled with a vision to the future.

Labor Force Reentry: Issues for Injured Service Members and Veterans

DTIC Science & Technology

2012-01-01

document Browse Reports & Bookstore Make a charitable contribution Limited Electronic Distribution Rights This document and trademark( s ) contained...Issues for Injured Service Members and Veterans 5a. CONTRACT NUMBER 5b. GRANT NUMBER 5c. PROGRAM ELEMENT NUMBER 6. AUTHOR( S ) 5d. PROJECT NUMBER 5e...TASK NUMBER 5f. WORK UNIT NUMBER 7. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME( S ) AND ADDRESS(ES) RAND Corporation,National Defense Research Institute,1776 Main

48 CFR 49.402-6 - Repurchase against contractor's account.

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2010-10-01

... REGULATION CONTRACT MANAGEMENT TERMINATION OF CONTRACTS Termination for Default 49.402-6 Repurchase against..., considering the quality and delivery requirements. The contracting officer may repurchase a quantity in excess... of the repurchase contract, make a written demand on the contractor for the total amount of the...

48 CFR 36.515 - Schedules for construction contracts.

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2011-10-01

... contemplated, the contract amount is expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold, and the period of... covering other management approaches for ensuring that a contractor makes adequate progress. [48 FR 42356... Schedules for construction contracts. The contracting officer may insert the clause at 52.236-15, Schedules...

48 CFR 49.402-6 - Repurchase against contractor's account.

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2011-10-01

... REGULATION CONTRACT MANAGEMENT TERMINATION OF CONTRACTS Termination for Default 49.402-6 Repurchase against..., considering the quality and delivery requirements. The contracting officer may repurchase a quantity in excess... of the repurchase contract, make a written demand on the contractor for the total amount of the...

25 CFR 273.49 - Freedom of information.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-04-01

... ACT PROGRAM EDUCATION CONTRACTS UNDER JOHNSON-O'MALLEY ACT General Contract Requirements § 273.49... confidential. (b) A contractor under this part shall make all reports and information concerning the contract available to the Indian people which the contract affects. Reports and information may be withheld from...

48 CFR 32.110 - Payment of subcontractors under cost-reimbursement prime contracts.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-10-01

... under cost-reimbursement prime contracts. 32.110 Section 32.110 Federal Acquisition Regulations System... Purchase Financing 32.110 Payment of subcontractors under cost-reimbursement prime contracts. If the contractor makes financing payments to a subcontractor under a cost-reimbursement prime contract, the...

48 CFR 436.605 - Government cost estimate for architect-engineer work.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-10-01

... for architect-engineer work. 436.605 Section 436.605 Federal Acquisition Regulations System DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE SPECIAL CATEGORIES OF CONTRACTING CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECT-ENGINEER CONTRACTS Architect-Engineer Service 436.605 Government cost estimate for architect-engineer work. The contracting...

48 CFR 436.605 - Government cost estimate for architect-engineer work.

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2013-10-01

... for architect-engineer work. 436.605 Section 436.605 Federal Acquisition Regulations System DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE SPECIAL CATEGORIES OF CONTRACTING CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECT-ENGINEER CONTRACTS Architect-Engineer Service 436.605 Government cost estimate for architect-engineer work. The contracting...

48 CFR 436.605 - Government cost estimate for architect-engineer work.

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2011-10-01

... for architect-engineer work. 436.605 Section 436.605 Federal Acquisition Regulations System DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE SPECIAL CATEGORIES OF CONTRACTING CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECT-ENGINEER CONTRACTS Architect-Engineer Service 436.605 Government cost estimate for architect-engineer work. The contracting...

48 CFR 436.605 - Government cost estimate for architect-engineer work.

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2010-10-01

... for architect-engineer work. 436.605 Section 436.605 Federal Acquisition Regulations System DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE SPECIAL CATEGORIES OF CONTRACTING CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECT-ENGINEER CONTRACTS Architect-Engineer Service 436.605 Government cost estimate for architect-engineer work. The contracting...

48 CFR 436.605 - Government cost estimate for architect-engineer work.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-10-01

... for architect-engineer work. 436.605 Section 436.605 Federal Acquisition Regulations System DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE SPECIAL CATEGORIES OF CONTRACTING CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECT-ENGINEER CONTRACTS Architect-Engineer Service 436.605 Government cost estimate for architect-engineer work. The contracting...

23 CFR 668.205 - Policy.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-04-01

... work shall be given prompt attention and priority over non-emergency work. (c) Permanent work shall be done by contract awarded by competitive bidding through formal advertising, where feasible. (d) It is... (advertised contract, negotiated contract, or force account) which the applicant or the Federal Highway...

DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

Rajbhandari, Samyam; NIkam, Akshay; Lai, Pai-Wei

Tensor contractions represent the most compute-intensive core kernels in ab initio computational quantum chemistry and nuclear physics. Symmetries in these tensor contractions makes them difficult to load balance and scale to large distributed systems. In this paper, we develop an efficient and scalable algorithm to contract symmetric tensors. We introduce a novel approach that avoids data redistribution in contracting symmetric tensors while also avoiding redundant storage and maintaining load balance. We present experimental results on two parallel supercomputers for several symmetric contractions that appear in the CCSD quantum chemistry method. We also present a novel approach to tensor redistribution thatmore » can take advantage of parallel hyperplanes when the initial distribution has replicated dimensions, and use collective broadcast when the final distribution has replicated dimensions, making the algorithm very efficient.« less

15 CFR Appendix A to Part 14 - Contract Provisions

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-01-01

... wages of every mechanic and laborer on the basis of a standard work week of 40 hours. Work in excess of... than 11/2 times the basic rate of pay for all hours worked in excess of 40 hours in the work week.... Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act (40 U.S.C. 327-333)—Where applicable, all contracts awarded by...

Contract law for the hospital and health administrator.

PubMed

Bates, P W

1986-01-01

The author discusses the concept of a legal 'contract' and gives many examples of its application in hospitals and health settings. He describes the main features of a contract and gives special attention to personnel and clinical ramifications and to the role of agents in making contracts on behalf of hospitals.

29 CFR 1926.11 - Coverage under section 103 of the act distinguished.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-07-01

... of the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act. The application of the overtime requirements is... Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act, a contract must be one which (1) is entered into under a... statute “providing wage standards for such work.” The statutes “providing wage standards for such work...

29 CFR 1926.11 - Coverage under section 103 of the act distinguished.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-07-01

... of the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act. The application of the overtime requirements is... Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act, a contract must be one which (1) is entered into under a... statute “providing wage standards for such work.” The statutes “providing wage standards for such work...

29 CFR 5.15 - Limitations, variations, tolerances, and exemptions under the Contract Work Hours and Safety...

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-07-01

... the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act. 5.15 Section 5.15 Labor Office of the Secretary of... WORK HOURS AND SAFETY STANDARDS ACT) Davis-Bacon and Related Acts Provisions and Procedures § 5.15 Limitations, variations, tolerances, and exemptions under the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act. (a...

41 CFR 105-60.402 - Procedures for making records available.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-01-01

... 41 Public Contracts and Property Management 3 2014-01-01 2014-01-01 false Procedures for making records available. 105-60.402 Section 105-60.402 Public Contracts and Property Management Federal Property Management Regulations System (Continued) GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION Regional Offices-General Services...

41 CFR 105-60.402 - Procedures for making records available.

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2011-01-01

... 41 Public Contracts and Property Management 3 2011-01-01 2011-01-01 false Procedures for making records available. 105-60.402 Section 105-60.402 Public Contracts and Property Management Federal Property Management Regulations System (Continued) GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION Regional Offices-General Services...

41 CFR 105-60.402 - Procedures for making records available.

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2010-07-01

... 41 Public Contracts and Property Management 3 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Procedures for making records available. 105-60.402 Section 105-60.402 Public Contracts and Property Management Federal Property Management Regulations System (Continued) GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION Regional Offices-General Services...

41 CFR 105-60.402 - Procedures for making records available.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-01-01

... 41 Public Contracts and Property Management 3 2012-01-01 2012-01-01 false Procedures for making records available. 105-60.402 Section 105-60.402 Public Contracts and Property Management Federal Property Management Regulations System (Continued) GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION Regional Offices-General Services...

41 CFR 105-60.402 - Procedures for making records available.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-07-01

... 41 Public Contracts and Property Management 3 2013-07-01 2013-07-01 false Procedures for making records available. 105-60.402 Section 105-60.402 Public Contracts and Property Management Federal Property Management Regulations System (Continued) GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION Regional Offices-General Services...

Comparison of the efficiency of rat papillary muscles during afterloaded isotonic contractions and contractions with sinusoidal length changes.

PubMed

Mellors, L J; Gibbs, C L; Barclay, C J

2001-05-01

The results of previous studies suggest that the maximum mechanical efficiency of rat papillary muscles is lower during a contraction protocol involving sinusoidal length changes than during one involving afterloaded isotonic contractions. The aim of this study was to compare directly the efficiency of isolated rat papillary muscle preparations in isotonic and sinusoidal contraction protocols. Experiments were performed in vitro (27 degrees C) using left ventricular papillary muscles from adult rats. Each preparation performed three contraction protocols: (i) low-frequency afterloaded isotonic contractions (10 twitches at 0.2 Hz), (ii) sinusoidal length change contractions with phasic stimulation (40 twitches at 2 Hz) and (iii) high-frequency afterloaded isotonic contractions (40 twitches at 2 Hz). The first two protocols resembled those used in previous studies and the third combined the characteristics of the first two. The parameters for each protocol were adjusted to those that gave maximum efficiency. For the afterloaded isotonic protocols, the afterload was set to 0.3 of the maximum developed force. The sinusoidal length change protocol incorporated a cycle amplitude of +/-5% resting length and a stimulus phase of -10 degrees. Measurements of force output, muscle length change and muscle temperature change were used to calculate the work and heat produced during and after each protocol. Net mechanical efficiency was defined as the proportion of the energy (enthalpy) liberated by the muscle that appeared as work. The efficiency in the low-frequency, isotonic contraction protocol was 21.1+/-1.4% (mean +/- s.e.m., N=6) and that in the sinusoidal protocol was 13.2+/-0.7%, consistent with previous results. This difference was not due to the higher frequency or greater number of twitches because efficiency in the high-frequency, isotonic protocol was 21.5+/-1.0%. Although these results apparently confirm that efficiency is protocol-dependent, additional experiments designed to measure work output unambiguously indicated that the method used to calculate work output in isotonic contractions overestimated actual work output. When net work output, which excludes work done by parallel elastic elements, rather than total work output was used to determine efficiency in afterloaded isotonic contractions, efficiency was similar to that for sinusoidal contractions. The maximum net mechanical efficiency of rat papillary muscles performing afterloaded isotonic or sinusoidal length change contractions was between 10 and 15%.

48 CFR 1511.011-74 - Work assignments.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-10-01

... insert the contract clause at 1552.211-74, Work Assignments, in cost-reimbursement type term form... conflict of interest certificates (e.g., Site Specific contracts, the Contract Laboratory Program (CLP...

48 CFR 227.7105 - Contracts for the acquisition of existing works.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-10-01

... COPYRIGHTS Rights in Technical Data 227.7105 Contracts for the acquisition of existing works. ... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 3 2010-10-01 2010-10-01 false Contracts for the acquisition of existing works. 227.7105 Section 227.7105 Federal Acquisition Regulations System DEFENSE...

Efficient preloading of the ventricles by a properly timed atrial contraction underlies stroke work improvement in the acute response to cardiac resynchronization therapy

PubMed Central

Hu, Yuxuan; Gurev, Viatcheslav; Constantino, Jason; Trayanova, Natalia

2013-01-01

Background The acute response to cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) has been shown to be due to three mechanisms: resynchronization of ventricular contraction, efficient preloading of the ventricles by a properly timed atrial contraction, and mitral regurgitation reduction. However, the contribution of each of the three mechanisms to the acute response of CRT, specifically stroke work improvement, has not been quantified. Objective The goal of this study was to use an MRI-based anatomically accurate 3D model of failing canine ventricular electromechanics to quantify the contribution of each of the three mechanisms to stroke work improvement and identify the predominant mechanisms. Methods An MRI-based electromechanical model of the failing canine ventricles assembled previously by our group was further developed and modified. Three different protocols were used to dissect the contribution of each of the three mechanisms to stroke work improvement. Results Resynchronization of ventricular contraction did not lead to significant stroke work improvement. Efficient preloading of the ventricles by a properly timed atrial contraction was the predominant mechanism underlying stroke work improvement. Stroke work improvement peaked at an intermediate AV delay, as it allowed ventricular filling by atrial contraction to occur at a low diastolic LV pressure but also provided adequate time for ventricular filling before ventricular contraction. Diminution of mitral regurgitation by CRT led to stroke work worsening instead of improvement. Conclusion Efficient preloading of the ventricles by a properly timed atrial contraction is responsible for significant stroke work improvement in the acute CRT response. PMID:23928177

48 CFR 52.236-18 - Work Oversight in Cost-Reimbursement Construction Contracts.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-10-01

...-Reimbursement Construction Contracts. 52.236-18 Section 52.236-18 Federal Acquisition Regulations System FEDERAL... Provisions and Clauses 52.236-18 Work Oversight in Cost-Reimbursement Construction Contracts. As prescribed in 36.518, insert the following clause in solicitations and contracts when cost-reimbursement...

48 CFR 32.102 - Description of contract financing methods.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-10-01

... Description of contract financing methods. (a) Advance payments are advances of money by the Government to a... payments based on costs are made on the basis of costs incurred by the contractor as work progresses under..., contract financing. When appropriate, contract statements of work and pricing arrangements must permit...

Coalition contract management as a systems change strategy for HIV prevention.

PubMed

Darrow, William W; Montanea, Julie E; Sánchez-Braña, Elizabeth

2010-11-01

Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) 2010 provided a unique opportunity for minority community-based organizations (CBOs) to work together to eliminate disparities in HIV disease. A coalition was formed in Broward County to respond to the REACH 2010 program announcement, a university was chosen to coordinate efforts, and contracts were negotiated with CBO partners to develop, implement, and evaluate a community action plan. Contract management provided stability, focus, and a mechanism for coalition partners to measure progress toward achieving project objectives. By emphasizing documentation as well as the delivery of services, however, contract conditions also placed a heavy burden on educational outreach workers, restricted the reimbursable activities of member organizations, and created friction between minority agencies and university staff. Although the coalition met many of its objectives, the introduction and enforcement of a mutually agreed on set of rules and obligations as a way of promoting systems change in Broward County failed to make a lasting impact among community partners. CBOs continued to compete with one another for HIV prevention project funding and stopped collaborating as closely with another when federal support for our REACH 2010 community demonstration project ran out.

Annual program analysis of the NASA Space Life Sciences Research and Education Support Program

NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

1994-01-01

The basic objectives of this contract are to stimulate, encourage, and assist research and education in NASA life sciences. Scientists and experts from a number of academic and research institutions in this country and abroad are recruited to support NASA's need to find a solution to human physiological problems associated with living and working in space and on extraterrestrial bodies in the solar system. To fulfill the contract objectives, a cadre of staff and visiting scientists, consultants, experts, and subcontractors has been assembled into a unique organization dedicated to the space life sciences. This organization, USRA's Division of Space Life Sciences, provides an academic atmosphere, provides an organizational focal point for science and educational activities, and serves as a forum for the participation of eminent scientists in the biomedical programs of NASA. The purpose of this report is to demonstrate adherence to the requirement of Contract NAS9-18440 for a written review and analysis of the productivity and success of the program. In addition, this report makes recommendations for future activities and conditions to further enhance the objectives of the program and provides a self-assessment of the cost performance of the contract.

48 CFR 36.501 - Performance of work by the contractor.

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2011-10-01

... SPECIAL CATEGORIES OF CONTRACTING CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECT-ENGINEER CONTRACTS Contract Clauses 36.501.... Specialties such as plumbing, heating, and electrical work are usually subcontracted, and should not normally...

48 CFR 36.501 - Performance of work by the contractor.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-10-01

... SPECIAL CATEGORIES OF CONTRACTING CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECT-ENGINEER CONTRACTS Contract Clauses 36.501.... Specialties such as plumbing, heating, and electrical work are usually subcontracted, and should not normally...

48 CFR 36.501 - Performance of work by the contractor.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-10-01

... SPECIAL CATEGORIES OF CONTRACTING CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECT-ENGINEER CONTRACTS Contract Clauses 36.501.... Specialties such as plumbing, heating, and electrical work are usually subcontracted, and should not normally...

48 CFR 36.501 - Performance of work by the contractor.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-10-01

... SPECIAL CATEGORIES OF CONTRACTING CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECT-ENGINEER CONTRACTS Contract Clauses 36.501.... Specialties such as plumbing, heating, and electrical work are usually subcontracted, and should not normally...

48 CFR 36.501 - Performance of work by the contractor.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-10-01

... SPECIAL CATEGORIES OF CONTRACTING CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECT-ENGINEER CONTRACTS Contract Clauses 36.501.... Specialties such as plumbing, heating, and electrical work are usually subcontracted, and should not normally...

17 CFR 40.6 - Self-certification of rules.

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2014-04-01

... or fee changes, other than fees or fee changes associated with market making or trading incentive...) Fees. Fees or fee changes, other than fees or fee changes associated with market making or trading... amendment of a designated contract market that materially changes a term or condition of a contract for...

17 CFR 40.6 - Self-certification of rules.

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2013-04-01

... or fee changes, other than fees or fee changes associated with market making or trading incentive...) Fees. Fees or fee changes, other than fees or fee changes associated with market making or trading... amendment of a designated contract market that materially changes a term or condition of a contract for...

17 CFR 40.6 - Self-certification of rules.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-04-01

... or fee changes, other than fees or fee changes associated with market making or trading incentive...) Fees. Fees or fee changes, other than fees or fee changes associated with market making or trading... amendment of a designated contract market that materially changes a term or condition of a contract for...

48 CFR 222.302 - Liquidated damages and overtime pay.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-10-01

... ACQUISITIONS Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act 222.302 Liquidated damages and overtime pay. Upon receipt of notification of Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act violations, the contracting...

48 CFR 222.302 - Liquidated damages and overtime pay.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-10-01

... ACQUISITIONS Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act 222.302 Liquidated damages and overtime pay. Upon receipt of notification of Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act violations, the contracting...

Predictors of sustained organizational commitment among nurses with temporary job contracts.

PubMed

Jalonen, Paivi; Virtanen, Marianna; Vahtera, Jussi; Elovainio, Marko; Kivimaki, Mika

2006-05-01

To examine sociodemographic, work-related factors and psychological health as predictors of sustained organizational commitment among temporary hospital employees. The participants were 412 nurses who had a temporary job contract and reported being committed to their organization at baseline. Organizational commitment was measured again 2 years later. The results of logistic regression analysis showed that age over 35 years, high job control, high participative safety, high perceived justice in decision making, and low psychological distress predicted sustained organizational commitment at follow-up. The change from temporary employment to a permanent job and high job control predicted sustained organizational commitment even after the effect of all the other predictors was taken into account. Organizations that employ temporary workers should pay attention to the job control and career prospects of temporary staff.

Evaluation of the innate immune-stimulating activity of amazake using a silkworm muscle contraction assay.

PubMed

Maruki-Uchida, Hiroko; Sai, Masahiko; Sekimizu, Kazuhisa

2017-11-22

We evaluated the innate immune-stimulating activity of amazake using a silkworm muscle contraction assay. Sake cake, a raw material used to make amazake, had high innate immunity-stimulating activity, whereas rice malt, another raw material used to make amazake, did not, even after fermentation. These results suggest that the silkworm muscle contraction assay is a useful tool to screen foods with high innate immune-stimulating activity and that amazake made from sake cake has immunomodulatory potential.

48 CFR 22.403-4 - Department of Labor regulations.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-10-01

... under the Davis-Bacon Act, Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act, Copeland (Anti-Kickback) Act... Division, or administrative law judges under the Davis-Bacon Act, Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards... of weekly payroll records; (3) Part 5, relating to enforcement of the Davis-Bacon Act, Contract Work...

48 CFR 19.505 - Rejecting Small Business Administration recommendations.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-10-01

... to the appropriate SBA representative within 5 working days of the contracting officer's receipt of... contracting activity (or designee) within 2 working days after receiving the notice. The head of the... representative within 7 working days. Pending issuance of a decision to the SBA representative, the contracting...

23 CFR 635.120 - Changes and extra work.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-04-01

... CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE Contract Procedures § 635.120 Changes and extra work. (a) Following authorization to proceed with a project, all major changes in the plans and contract provisions and all major extra... to what constitutes a non-major change and non-major extra work. (c) Changes in contract time, as...

48 CFR 52.222-4 - Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act-Overtime Compensation.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-10-01

... work over 40 hours in any workweek unless they are paid at least 1 and 1/2 times the basic rate of pay... excess of the standard workweek of 40 hours without paying overtime wages required by the Contract Work... CLAUSES Text of Provisions and Clauses 52.222-4 Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act—Overtime...

17 CFR 15.05 - Designation of agent for foreign persons.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-04-01

... futures contract or option contract; and the term “communication” means any summons, complaint, order... correspondence. (b) Any futures commission merchant who makes or causes to be made any futures contract or option... futures or option contracts which are or have been maintained in such accounts carried by the futures...

48 CFR 32.904 - Determining payment due dates.

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2014-10-01

... is subject to contract settlement actions (e.g., release of claims), acceptance is deemed to occur on...) Construction contracts. (1) The due date for making payments on construction contracts is as follows: (i) The... by the clause at 52.232-5, Payments Under Fixed-Price Construction Contracts. (ii) The due date for...

13 CFR 127.503 - When is a contracting officer authorized to restrict competition under this part?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-01-01

... SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION WOMEN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS FEDERAL CONTRACT PROGRAM Federal Contract..., anticipated award price, and the acquisition history, will be considered in making a decision as to which... orders issued pursuant to the contract, from that point forward, towards its women-owned small business...

China’s Strategy Toward South and Central Asia: An Empty Fortress

DTIC Science & Technology

2014-01-01

Bookstore Make a charitable contribution Limited Electronic Distribution Rights This document and trademark( s ) contained herein are protected by...public service of the RAND Corporation. CHILDREN AND FAMILIES EDUCATION AND THE ARTS ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE INFRASTRUCTURE AND...An Empty Fortress 5a. CONTRACT NUMBER 5b. GRANT NUMBER 5c. PROGRAM ELEMENT NUMBER 6. AUTHOR( S ) 5d. PROJECT NUMBER 5e. TASK NUMBER 5f. WORK UNIT

Aerogels Insulate Missions and Consumer Products

NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

2008-01-01

Aspen Aerogels, of Northborough, Massachusetts, worked with NASA through an SBIR contract with Kennedy Space Center to develop a robust, flexible form of aerogel for cryogenic insulation for space shuttle launch applications. The company has since used the same manufacturing process developed under the SBIR award to expand its product offerings into the more commercial realms, making the naturally fragile aerogel available for the first time as a standard insulation that can be handled and installed just like standard insulation.

Signed, Sealed and Delivered.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Jackson, Lisa M.

1997-01-01

Describes one Massachusetts school district's solution to rising energy costs by using contract services to head off capital costs and guarantee savings. Highlights keys to successful management of this contracting system and the elements that make up a successful contract services candidate. (GR)

Burnout in intensive care units - a consideration of the possible prevalence and frequency of new risk factors: a descriptive correlational multicentre study

PubMed Central

2013-01-01

Background The provision of Intensive Care (IC) can lead to a health care provider’s physical, psychological and emotional exhaustion, which may develop into burnout. We notice the absence of specific studies regarding this syndrome in Portuguese Intensive Care Units (ICUs). Our main objective is to study the incidence and risk factors of burnout in Portuguese ICUs. Methods A self-fulfilment questionnaire containing 3 items: (i) socio-demographic data of the study population; (ii) experiences in the workplace; (iii) Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) - was applied to evaluate the influence of distinct factors on the prevalence of burnout among physicians and nurses working in ICUs. Results Three hundred professionals (82 physicians and 218 nurses) from ten ICUs were included in the study, out of a total of 445 who were eligible. There was a high rate of burnout among professionals working in Portuguese ICUs, with 31% having a high level of burnout. However, when burnout levels among nurses and physicians were compared, no significant difference was found. Using multivariate analysis, we identified gender as being a risk factor, where female status increases the risk of burnout. In addition, higher levels of burnout were associated with conflicts and ethical decision making regarding withdrawing treatments. Having a temporary work contract was also identified as a risk factor. Conversely, working for another service of the same health care institution acts as a protective factor. Conclusions A high rate of burnout was identified among professionals working in Portuguese ICUs. This study highlights some new risk factors for burnout (ethical decision making, temporary work contracts), and also protective ones (maintaining activity in other settings outside the ICU) that were not previously reported. Preventive and interventive programmes to avoid and reduce burnout syndrome are of paramount importance in the future organization of ICUs and should take the above results into account. PMID:24172172

Burnout in intensive care units - a consideration of the possible prevalence and frequency of new risk factors: a descriptive correlational multicentre study.

PubMed

Teixeira, Carla; Ribeiro, Orquídea; Fonseca, António Manuel; Carvalho, Ana Sofia

2013-10-31

The provision of Intensive Care (IC) can lead to a health care provider's physical, psychological and emotional exhaustion, which may develop into burnout. We notice the absence of specific studies regarding this syndrome in Portuguese Intensive Care Units (ICUs). Our main objective is to study the incidence and risk factors of burnout in Portuguese ICUs. A self-fulfilment questionnaire containing 3 items: (i) socio-demographic data of the study population; (ii) experiences in the workplace; (iii) Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) - was applied to evaluate the influence of distinct factors on the prevalence of burnout among physicians and nurses working in ICUs. Three hundred professionals (82 physicians and 218 nurses) from ten ICUs were included in the study, out of a total of 445 who were eligible. There was a high rate of burnout among professionals working in Portuguese ICUs, with 31% having a high level of burnout. However, when burnout levels among nurses and physicians were compared, no significant difference was found. Using multivariate analysis, we identified gender as being a risk factor, where female status increases the risk of burnout. In addition, higher levels of burnout were associated with conflicts and ethical decision making regarding withdrawing treatments. Having a temporary work contract was also identified as a risk factor. Conversely, working for another service of the same health care institution acts as a protective factor. A high rate of burnout was identified among professionals working in Portuguese ICUs. This study highlights some new risk factors for burnout (ethical decision making, temporary work contracts), and also protective ones (maintaining activity in other settings outside the ICU) that were not previously reported. Preventive and interventive programmes to avoid and reduce burnout syndrome are of paramount importance in the future organization of ICUs and should take the above results into account.

45 CFR 2543.84 - Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-10-01

... contracts and in excess of $2500 for other contracts that involve the employment of mechanics or laborers... Section 102 of the Act, each contractor shall be required to compute the wages of every mechanic and... to construction work and provides that no laborer or mechanic shall be required to work in...

45 CFR 2543.84 - Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-10-01

... contracts and in excess of $2500 for other contracts that involve the employment of mechanics or laborers... Section 102 of the Act, each contractor shall be required to compute the wages of every mechanic and... to construction work and provides that no laborer or mechanic shall be required to work in...

45 CFR 2543.84 - Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-10-01

... contracts and in excess of $2500 for other contracts that involve the employment of mechanics or laborers... Section 102 of the Act, each contractor shall be required to compute the wages of every mechanic and... to construction work and provides that no laborer or mechanic shall be required to work in...

48 CFR 52.222-4 - Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards-Overtime Compensation.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-10-01

... laborers or mechanics (see Federal Acquisition Regulation 22.300) shall require or permit them to work over... basic payroll records for all laborers and mechanics working on the contract during the contract and... the employment of laborers and mechanics and require subcontractors to include these provisions in any...

45 CFR 2543.84 - Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-10-01

... contracts and in excess of $2500 for other contracts that involve the employment of mechanics or laborers... Section 102 of the Act, each contractor shall be required to compute the wages of every mechanic and... to construction work and provides that no laborer or mechanic shall be required to work in...

48 CFR 250.104-3-70 - Indemnification under contracts involving both research and development and other work.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-10-01

... contracts involving both research and development and other work. 250.104-3-70 Section 250.104-3-70 Federal... MANAGEMENT EXTRAORDINARY CONTRACTUAL ACTIONS AND THE SAFETY ACT Extraordinary Contractual Actions 250.104-3-70 Indemnification under contracts involving both research and development and other work. When...

48 CFR 1827.304-3 - Contracts for construction work or architect-engineer services. (NASA supplements paragraph (a))

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-10-01

... work or architect-engineer services. (NASA supplements paragraph (a)) 1827.304-3 Section 1827.304-3... REQUIREMENTS PATENTS, DATA, AND COPYRIGHTS Patent Rights Under Government Contracts 1827.304-3 Contracts for construction work or architect-engineer services. (NASA supplements paragraph (a)) (a) For construction or...

The "Make or Buy" Decision: Five Main Points to Consider

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Archer, Mary Ann E.

1978-01-01

Five points which should be considered when making decisions about whether to purchase magnetic tapes for in-hours searching by batch processing, purchase terminals and contract with on-line vendors, or contract with information brokers for retrospective searching or SDI are availability of information in the most useful form, hardware and…

41 CFR Appendix B to Chapter 301 - Allocation of M&IE Rates To Be Used in Making Deductions From the M&IE Allowance

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-07-01

... 41 Public Contracts and Property Management 4 2014-07-01 2014-07-01 false Allocation of M&IE Rates To Be Used in Making Deductions From the M&IE Allowance B Appendix B to Chapter 301 Public Contracts.... 301, App. B Appendix B to Chapter 301—Allocation of M&IE Rates To Be Used in Making Deductions From...

41 CFR Appendix B to Chapter 301 - Allocation of M&IE Rates To Be Used in Making Deductions From the M&IE Allowance

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-07-01

... 41 Public Contracts and Property Management 4 2012-07-01 2012-07-01 false Allocation of M&IE Rates To Be Used in Making Deductions From the M&IE Allowance B Appendix B to Chapter 301 Public Contracts.... 301, App. B Appendix B to Chapter 301—Allocation of M&IE Rates To Be Used in Making Deductions From...

41 CFR Appendix B to Chapter 301 - Allocation of M&IE Rates To Be Used in Making Deductions From the M&IE Allowance

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-07-01

... 41 Public Contracts and Property Management 4 2011-07-01 2011-07-01 false Allocation of M&IE Rates To Be Used in Making Deductions From the M&IE Allowance B Appendix B to Chapter 301 Public Contracts.... 301, App. B Appendix B to Chapter 301—Allocation of M&IE Rates To Be Used in Making Deductions From...

41 CFR Appendix B to Chapter 301 - Allocation of M&IE Rates To Be Used in Making Deductions From the M&IE Allowance

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-07-01

... 41 Public Contracts and Property Management 4 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Allocation of M&IE Rates To Be Used in Making Deductions From the M&IE Allowance B Appendix B to Chapter 301 Public Contracts.... 301, App. B Appendix B to Chapter 301—Allocation of M&IE Rates To Be Used in Making Deductions From...

A response to Purdy.

PubMed

Dodds, Susan; Jones, Karen

1989-01-01

The authors respond to Laura Purdy's article, "Surrogate mothering: exploitation or empowerment?," in the same issue of Bioethics. They contend that focusing on what is necessarily wrong with surrogate motherhood contracts allows Purdy to overlook the contingent features of classist, patriarchal society that make such contracts morally wrong and to marginalize feminist concerns. Theoretical fallacies within Purdy's consequentialist framework create too individualistic and narrow a discussion of the possible harms of surrogate contracts, ignoring influences upon women as a group and the psychological risks to the surrogate mother. If surrogacy contracts have the potential to empower women, then we must see some specific changes that would make this a reality, given that Purdy does not mean surrogacy as it is currently practised.

48 CFR 215.404-71-3 - Contract type risk and working capital adjustment.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-10-01

... varying contract types. The working capital adjustment is an adjustment added to the profit objective for... Base (item 20) Profit objective 24. CONTRACT type risk (1) (2) (3) Cost financed Length factor Interest... money. (3) Multiply (1) by (2). (4) Only complete this block when the prospective contract is a fixed...

48 CFR 215.404-71-3 - Contract type risk and working capital adjustment.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-10-01

... varying contract types. The working capital adjustment is an adjustment added to the profit objective for... Base (item 20) Profit objective 24. CONTRACT type risk (1) (2) (3) Cost financed Length factor Interest... money. (3) Multiply (1) by (2). (4) Only complete this block when the prospective contract is a fixed...

48 CFR 215.404-71-3 - Contract type risk and working capital adjustment.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-10-01

... varying contract types. The working capital adjustment is an adjustment added to the profit objective for... Base (item 20) Profit objective 24. CONTRACT type risk (1) (2) (3) Cost financed Length factor Interest... money. (3) Multiply (1) by (2). (4) Only complete this block when the prospective contract is a fixed...

Extending the Work of Cowen and Fowles: A Historical Analysis of Kentucky Teacher Contracts

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Ingle, W. Kyle; Wisman, R. Aaron

2018-01-01

We extend the work of Cowen and Fowles by examining contracts in Kentucky school districts with collective bargaining. Using document analysis, we sought to answer the following research question: Do key provisions of teacher contracts change over time? We also examine the most recently negotiated contract in Louisville schools (2013-2018). We…

48 CFR 32.405 - Applying Pub. L. 85-804 to advance payments under sealed bid contracts.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-10-01

... advance payments under sealed bid contracts. 32.405 Section 32.405 Federal Acquisition Regulations System... Non-Commercial Items 32.405 Applying Pub. L. 85-804 to advance payments under sealed bid contracts. (a... provisions of law relating to contracts, as explained in 50.101-1(a), also include making advance payments...

Shaping the future of practice through political activity: how nurses can influence health care policy.

PubMed

Ennen, K A

2001-12-01

1. The scope of professional nursing practice obligates the individual nurse to make participation in public policy formulation part of their professional work. Helping to shape the health and welfare of our communities and the nation fulfills part of nursing's contract with America's citizens. 2. Nurses have valuable, special knowledge and skills which "fit" very well with political involvement and policy making activities. 3. Occupational and environmental health nurses have a special responsibility to influence public policies that affect America's work force by using the five Cs of political action to enable effective involvement. 4. Nursing's professional associations act as advocates for nursing's unique interests and causes. Nurses who join and become active in associations such as AAOHN and ANA are instrumental in protecting the profession of nursing and ensuring that health care issues are at the top of the political agenda at all government levels.

14 CFR 1204.509 - Delegation of authority to take action regarding “liquidated damage” assessments under the...

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-01-01

... regarding âliquidated damageâ assessments under the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act, and... authority to take action regarding “liquidated damage” assessments under the Contract Work Hours and Safety... nonconstruction contracts as they are subject to the Conract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act, in regards to...

14 CFR 1204.509 - Delegation of authority to take action regarding “liquidated damage” assessments under the...

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-01-01

... regarding âliquidated damageâ assessments under the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act, and... authority to take action regarding “liquidated damage” assessments under the Contract Work Hours and Safety... nonconstruction contracts as they are subject to the Conract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act, in regards to...

2 CFR Appendix A to Part 215 - Contract Provisions

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-01-01

..., contractors shall be required to pay wages to laborers and mechanics at a rate not less than the minimum wages... construction contracts and in excess of $2500 for other contracts that involve the employment of mechanics or... mechanic and laborer on the basis of a standard work week of 40 hours. Work in excess of the standard work...

34 CFR Appendix A to Part 74 - Contract Provisions

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-07-01

... shall be required to pay wages to laborers and mechanics at a rate not less than the minimum wages... construction contracts and in excess of $2500 for other contracts that involve the employment of mechanics or... mechanic and laborer on the basis of a standard work week of 40 hours. Work in excess of the standard work...

7 CFR Appendix A to Part 3019 - Contract Provisions

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-01-01

..., contractors shall be required to pay wages to laborers and mechanics at a rate not less than the minimum wages... construction contracts and in excess of $2500 for other contracts that involve the employment of mechanics or... mechanic and laborer on the basis of a standard work week of 40 hours. Work in excess of the standard work...

36 CFR Appendix A to Part 1210 - Contract Provisions

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-07-01

... shall be required to pay wages to laborers and mechanics at a rate not less than the minimum wages... construction contracts and in excess of $2,500 for other contracts that involve the employment of mechanics or... mechanic and laborer on the basis of a standard work week of 40 hours. Work in excess of the standard work...

36 CFR Appendix A to Part 1210 - Contract Provisions

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-07-01

... shall be required to pay wages to laborers and mechanics at a rate not less than the minimum wages... construction contracts and in excess of $2,500 for other contracts that involve the employment of mechanics or... mechanic and laborer on the basis of a standard work week of 40 hours. Work in excess of the standard work...

34 CFR Appendix A to Part 74 - Contract Provisions

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-07-01

... shall be required to pay wages to laborers and mechanics at a rate not less than the minimum wages... construction contracts and in excess of $2500 for other contracts that involve the employment of mechanics or... mechanic and laborer on the basis of a standard work week of 40 hours. Work in excess of the standard work...

34 CFR Appendix A to Part 74 - Contract Provisions

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-07-01

... shall be required to pay wages to laborers and mechanics at a rate not less than the minimum wages... construction contracts and in excess of $2500 for other contracts that involve the employment of mechanics or... mechanic and laborer on the basis of a standard work week of 40 hours. Work in excess of the standard work...

7 CFR Appendix A to Part 3019 - Contract Provisions

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-01-01

..., contractors shall be required to pay wages to laborers and mechanics at a rate not less than the minimum wages... construction contracts and in excess of $2500 for other contracts that involve the employment of mechanics or... mechanic and laborer on the basis of a standard work week of 40 hours. Work in excess of the standard work...

2 CFR Appendix A to Part 215 - Contract Provisions

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-01-01

..., contractors shall be required to pay wages to laborers and mechanics at a rate not less than the minimum wages... construction contracts and in excess of $2500 for other contracts that involve the employment of mechanics or... mechanic and laborer on the basis of a standard work week of 40 hours. Work in excess of the standard work...

7 CFR Appendix A to Part 3019 - Contract Provisions

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-01-01

..., contractors shall be required to pay wages to laborers and mechanics at a rate not less than the minimum wages... construction contracts and in excess of $2500 for other contracts that involve the employment of mechanics or... mechanic and laborer on the basis of a standard work week of 40 hours. Work in excess of the standard work...

Weighing the Contract Option.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Dervarics, Charles

1993-01-01

Contracting for noneducational services is standard operating procedure in many school districts. Private contractors are involved in transportation, food service, maintenance, and even, in rare cases, instruction. Before deciding to contract out, school boards should examine improvement to school-run operations before making a final decision.…

Whither Performance Contracting?

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Green, Norman S.

This report describes briefly performance contracts; discusses their shortcomings, pitfalls, and advantages; and gives some insight into the future development of this new concept. Two shortcomings of performance contracting include (1) teaching to the test and (2) board abdication of its responsibility for making final decisions about educational…

Employment contracts: cross-sectional and longitudinal relations with quality of working life, health and well-being.

PubMed

Kompier, Michiel; Ybema, Jan Fekke; Janssen, Julia; Taris, Toon

2009-01-01

The aim of this study was to enhance (i) insight in the relationship between different types of employment contract and the quality of working life, health and well-being, and (ii) our causal understanding of these relationships by comparing employees whose contract type changes across time. Analyses were based on a two-year prospective cohort study. Cross-sectional analyses were based upon a sample of 2,454 Dutch employees (2004). Longitudinal data were available for 1,865 respondents (2004-2006). We distinguished among 5 contract types, and subgroups of 'Upward' (i.e., towards permanent employment) and 'Downward' (towards temporary employment) movers across time. Data were analysed with analysis of variance and cross table analysis. Cross-sectionally, we found differences between contract types in quality of working life: generally permanent employees had better jobs, whereas temporary agency workers and on call workers had more 'bad work characteristics'. We also found a difference in health behaviour (smoking) and that psychological health was worst among temporary agency workers. In longitudinal analyses we found some evidence that a positive change in employment contract was associated with a better quality of working life and better psychological health, whereas the opposite was true for a negative contract change. The quality of working life, health and well-being are unequally distributed over employment contract groups. Temporary agency workers and on-call workers deserve special attention in terms of job design and human resource management.

Radiation Effects on the Electrical Properties of MOS Device Materials.

DTIC Science & Technology

1978-02-01

3 Under Contract e ~i8 DAAG39~~ C.0O88 tJTtj~ J b This work _ sponsored by di. Ds~nse Nuclear Aisocy undur Nuclear ~ ffiupons Effucta flussarch...numb •r) Si02, MOS , CMOS Vacuum Ultraviolet Radiation Radiation Hardness Interfac e States Capture Cross Sections 2 ’ ~~’*~~ TRACT (Continu e on...When 0 t e Entered ) Results show that unannealed dry oxides have the lowest interface— state density after irrad iation, making them more desirable

Spectrum Project

NASA Image and Video Library

2017-10-16

Dr. Scott Shipley of Ascentech Enterprises makes an adjustment to the Spectrum unit. He is the project engineer for the effort working under the Engineering Services Contract at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. The device is being built for use aboard the International Space Station and is designed to expose different organisms to different color of fluorescent light while a camera records what's happening with time-laps imagery. Results from the Spectrum project will shed light on which living things are best suited for long-duration flights into deep space.

Can conservation contracts co-exist with change? Payment for ecosystem services in the context of adaptive decision-making and sustainability.

PubMed

Hayes, Tanya; Murtinho, Felipe; Cárdenas Camacho, Luis Mario; Crespo, Patricio; McHugh, Sarah; Salmerón, David

2015-01-01

This paper considers the ability of payment for ecosystem services (PES) programs to operate in the context of dynamic and complex social-ecological systems. Drawing on the experiences of two different PES programs in Latin America, we examine how PES institutions fit with the tenets of adaptive decision-making for sustainable resource management. We identify how the program goals and the connection to the market influence the incentive structure, information gathering, learning and feedback processes, and the structure of decision-making rights, specifically the ability to make and modify resource-use rules. Although limited in their generalizability, findings from the two case studies suggest a tension between the contractual model of PES and adaptive decision-making in natural resource systems. PES programs are not inherently decentralized, flexible management tools, as PES contracts tend to restrict decision-making rights and offer minimal flexibility mechanisms to change resource-use practices over the duration of the contract period. Furthermore, PES design and flexibility is heavily dependent on the goals and mission of the buyer and the respective market. If PES is to facilitate sustainable resource management, greater attention is needed to assess how the institutional design of the PES contracts influence the motivation and capacity of participants and program officers alike to adaptively manage the respective resource systems.

Can Conservation Contracts Co-exist with Change? Payment for Ecosystem Services in the Context of Adaptive Decision-Making and Sustainability

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Hayes, Tanya; Murtinho, Felipe; Cárdenas Camacho, Luis Mario; Crespo, Patricio; McHugh, Sarah; Salmerón, David

2015-01-01

This paper considers the ability of payment for ecosystem services (PES) programs to operate in the context of dynamic and complex social-ecological systems. Drawing on the experiences of two different PES programs in Latin America, we examine how PES institutions fit with the tenets of adaptive decision-making for sustainable resource management. We identify how the program goals and the connection to the market influence the incentive structure, information gathering, learning and feedback processes, and the structure of decision-making rights, specifically the ability to make and modify resource-use rules. Although limited in their generalizability, findings from the two case studies suggest a tension between the contractual model of PES and adaptive decision-making in natural resource systems. PES programs are not inherently decentralized, flexible management tools, as PES contracts tend to restrict decision-making rights and offer minimal flexibility mechanisms to change resource-use practices over the duration of the contract period. Furthermore, PES design and flexibility is heavily dependent on the goals and mission of the buyer and the respective market. If PES is to facilitate sustainable resource management, greater attention is needed to assess how the institutional design of the PES contracts influence the motivation and capacity of participants and program officers alike to adaptively manage the respective resource systems.

Behavioural contracting as a tool to help patients achieve better health.

PubMed

Neale, A V

1991-12-01

Behavioural contracting is an intervention technique in which a client signs an agreement to make certain behaviour changes within a specified time, usually with explicitly defined rewards for adherence or success. Contracting is being increasingly used by health professionals to assist patients in making beneficial life style changes. This paper presents data on the outcome of behavioural contracting interventions to lower serum cholesterol and to increase exercise activity. Of 223 primary care patients enrolled in a health promotion programme, 179 met with the project health educator to improve their cardiovascular risk profile; 144 of these were classified as having 'high cholesterol' and 51 signed contracts to adopt the American Heart Association guidelines diet within a 3-month period. Everyone was encouraged to sign a contract to engage in aerobic exercise three times per week; 96 did so. The results indicate that contractors achieved greater beneficial health changes than non-contractors, and that the group which fully met their contract obligations experienced the greatest health benefit of all (either a lowering of cholesterol or a decreased exercising heart rate).

75 FR 67416 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; NASDAQ OMX BX, Inc.; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness...

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2010-11-02

... Clerical and Grammatical Corrections to Chapter VII, Section 1 (Exercise of Options Contracts) of the... (``BOX'') to make a clerical correction to Chapter VII, Section 1 (Exercise of Options Contracts) of the... Exchange is proposing to make a clerical correction to the rule text of Chapter VII, Section 1 (Exercise of...

34 CFR 365.23 - How does a State make a subgrant or enter into a contract?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-07-01

... 34 Education 2 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false How does a State make a subgrant or enter into a contract? 365.23 Section 365.23 Education Regulations of the Offices of the Department of Education (Continued) OFFICE OF SPECIAL EDUCATION AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION STATE...

34 CFR 365.23 - How does a State make a subgrant or enter into a contract?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-07-01

... 34 Education 2 2011-07-01 2010-07-01 true How does a State make a subgrant or enter into a contract? 365.23 Section 365.23 Education Regulations of the Offices of the Department of Education (Continued) OFFICE OF SPECIAL EDUCATION AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION STATE...

17 CFR Appendix B to Part 38 - Guidance on, and Acceptable Practices in, Compliance With Core Principles

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-04-01

.... The designated contract market must demonstrate that it is making a good-faith effort to resolve... decision-making and implementation of emergency intervention in the market. At a minimum, the DCM must have... COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION DESIGNATED CONTRACT MARKETS Pt. 38, App. B Appendix B to Part 38...

Funding Solar Projects at Federal Agencies: Mechanisms and Selection Criteria (Brochure)

DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

Not Available

Implementing solar energy projects at federal facilities is a process. The project planning phase of the process includes determining goals, building a team, determining site feasibility and selecting the appropriate project funding tool. This fact sheet gives practical guidance to assist decision-makers with understanding and selecting the funding tool that would best address their site goals. Because project funding tools are complex, federal agencies should seek project assistance before making final decisions. High capital requirements combined with limits on federal agency energy contracts create challenges for funding solar projects. Solar developers typically require long-term contracts (15-20) years to spread outmore » the initial investment and to enable payments similar to conventional utility bill payments. In the private sector, 20-year contracts have been developed, vetted, and accepted, but the General Services Administration (GSA) contract authority (federal acquisition regulation [FAR] part 41) typically limits contract terms to 10 years. Payments on shorter-term contracts make solar economically unattractive compared with conventional generation. However, in several instances, the federal sector has utilized innovative funding tools that allow long-term contracts or has created a project package that is economically attractive within a shorter contract term.« less

The coordinating contracts of supply chain in a fuzzy decision environment.

PubMed

Sang, Shengju

2016-01-01

The rapid change of the product life cycle is making the parameters of the supply chain models more and more uncertain. Therefore, we consider the coordination mechanisms between one manufacturer and one retailer in a fuzzy decision marking environment, where the parameters of the models can be forecasted and expressed as the triangular fuzzy variables. The centralized decision-making system, two types of supply chain contracts, namely, the revenue sharing contract and the return contract are proposed. To obtain their optimal policies, the fuzzy set theory is adopted to solve these fuzzy models. Finally, three numerical examples are provided to analyze the impacts of the fuzziness of the market demand, retail price and salvage value of the product on the optimal solutions in two contracts. It shows that in order to obtain more fuzzy expected profits the retailer and the manufacturer should seek as low fuzziness of demand, high fuzziness of the retail price and the salvage value as possible in both contracts.

41 CFR Appendix A to Part 105 - 72-Contract Provisions

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-07-01

... required to pay wages to laborers and mechanics at a rate not less than the minimum wages specified in a... construction contracts and in excess of $2500 for other contracts that involve the employment of mechanics or... mechanic and laborer on the basis of a standard work week of 40 hours. Work in excess of the standard work...

49 CFR Appendix A to Part 19 - Contract Provisions

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-10-01

..., contractors shall be required to pay wages to laborers and mechanics at a rate not less than the minimum wages... construction contracts and in excess of $2,500 for other contracts that involve the employment of mechanics or... mechanic and laborer on the basis of a standard work week of 40 hours. Work in excess of the standard work...

41 CFR Appendix A to Part 105 - 72-Contract Provisions

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-01-01

... required to pay wages to laborers and mechanics at a rate not less than the minimum wages specified in a... construction contracts and in excess of $2500 for other contracts that involve the employment of mechanics or... mechanic and laborer on the basis of a standard work week of 40 hours. Work in excess of the standard work...

10 CFR Appendix A to Subpart B of... - Contract Provisions

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-01-01

..., contractors shall be required to pay wages to laborers and mechanics at a rate not less than the minimum wages... construction contracts and in excess of $2500 for other contracts that involve the employment of mechanics or... mechanic and laborer on the basis of a standard work week of 40 hours. Work in excess of the standard work...

10 CFR Appendix A to Subpart B of... - Contract Provisions

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-01-01

..., contractors shall be required to pay wages to laborers and mechanics at a rate not less than the minimum wages... construction contracts and in excess of $2500 for other contracts that involve the employment of mechanics or... mechanic and laborer on the basis of a standard work week of 40 hours. Work in excess of the standard work...

41 CFR Appendix A to Part 105 - 72-Contract Provisions

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-01-01

... required to pay wages to laborers and mechanics at a rate not less than the minimum wages specified in a... construction contracts and in excess of $2500 for other contracts that involve the employment of mechanics or... mechanic and laborer on the basis of a standard work week of 40 hours. Work in excess of the standard work...

49 CFR Appendix A to Part 19 - Contract Provisions

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-10-01

..., contractors shall be required to pay wages to laborers and mechanics at a rate not less than the minimum wages... construction contracts and in excess of $2,500 for other contracts that involve the employment of mechanics or... mechanic and laborer on the basis of a standard work week of 40 hours. Work in excess of the standard work...

49 CFR Appendix A to Part 19 - Contract Provisions

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-10-01

..., contractors shall be required to pay wages to laborers and mechanics at a rate not less than the minimum wages... construction contracts and in excess of $2,500 for other contracts that involve the employment of mechanics or... mechanic and laborer on the basis of a standard work week of 40 hours. Work in excess of the standard work...

22 CFR Appendix A to Part 518 - Contract Provisions

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-04-01

..., contractors shall be required to pay wages to laborers and mechanics at a rate not less than the minimum wages... construction contracts and in excess of $2,500 for other contracts that involve the employment of mechanics or... mechanic and laborer on the basis of a standard work week of 40 hours. Work in excess of the standard work...

10 CFR Appendix A to Subpart B of... - Contract Provisions

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-01-01

..., contractors shall be required to pay wages to laborers and mechanics at a rate not less than the minimum wages... construction contracts and in excess of $2500 for other contracts that involve the employment of mechanics or... mechanic and laborer on the basis of a standard work week of 40 hours. Work in excess of the standard work...

48 CFR 27.303 - Contract clauses.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-10-01

...)(1) Insert a patent rights clause in all solicitations and contracts for experimental, developmental... contracts for construction work or architect-engineer services that include— (i) Experimental, developmental, or research work; (ii) Test and evaluation studies; or (iii) The design of a Government facility that...

48 CFR 27.303 - Contract clauses.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-10-01

...)(1) Insert a patent rights clause in all solicitations and contracts for experimental, developmental... contracts for construction work or architect-engineer services that include— (i) Experimental, developmental, or research work; (ii) Test and evaluation studies; or (iii) The design of a Government facility that...

48 CFR 27.303 - Contract clauses.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-10-01

...)(1) Insert a patent rights clause in all solicitations and contracts for experimental, developmental... contracts for construction work or architect-engineer services that include— (i) Experimental, developmental, or research work; (ii) Test and evaluation studies; or (iii) The design of a Government facility that...

48 CFR 27.303 - Contract clauses.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-10-01

...)(1) Insert a patent rights clause in all solicitations and contracts for experimental, developmental... contracts for construction work or architect-engineer services that include— (i) Experimental, developmental, or research work; (ii) Test and evaluation studies; or (iii) The design of a Government facility that...

Testing the associations between different aspects of seafarers' employment contract and on-board internet access and their job and life satisfaction and health.

PubMed

Slišković, Ana; Penezić, Zvjezdan

2016-12-01

The aim of this study was to test for associations between different aspects of contract and on-board internet access and seafarers' satisfaction and health. Altogether 298 Croatian seafarers, all officers, employed on cargo ships, with a minimum work experience of two years with their current shipping company, participated in an online survey. The questionnaire included sociodemographic items, questions relating to their employment contract and internet access, and measures of job satisfaction, life satisfaction, mental health, and gastrointestinal and cardiovascular symptoms. Their job- and lifesatisfaction levels were higher for shorter duration on board, favourable ratio of work to non-work days, and compliance with the employment contract regarding the changes to work and non-work days. Mental health differed likewise but only in relation to two aspects of the contract: on-board duration and compliance with the contract. The level of gastrointestinal symptoms was lower in cases of shorter on-board duration and compliance with the contract, and in seafarers who have free, unlimited internet access on board. Lower level of cardiovascular symptoms was found in seafarers with free, unlimited internet access on board. Our findings suggest that in promoting satisfaction and health in seafaring, attention should be given to reducing on-board duration, compliance with the contract, and internet accessibility on board.

Work closely with the business office.

PubMed

2011-05-01

At the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, members of the case management department work closely with the contracting and business department by pointing out payer issues and keeping the chief financial officer informed about payer requirements that could affect reimbursement. Case managers track payer issues on a dayto-day basis and report trends to the contracting department. Contracting staff obtain input from members of the case management department when negotiating or renegotiating contracts. Changes in payer contracts are communicated to the case management staff.

Determinants of the cost of capital for privately financed hospital projects in the UK.

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Colla, Paolo; Hellowell, Mark; Vecchi, Veronica; Gatti, Stefano

2015-11-01

Many governments make use of private finance contracts to deliver healthcare infrastructure. Previous work has shown that the rate of return to investors in these markets often exceeds the efficient level. Our focus is on the factors that influence that return. We examine the effect of macroeconomic, project- and firm-level variables using a detailed sample of 84 UK private finance initiative (PFI) contracts signed between 1997 and 2010. Of the above variables, macroeconomic conditions and lead sponsor size are related to the investor return. However, our results show a remarkable degree of stability in the return to investors over the 14-year period. We find evidence of a 'prevailing norm' that is robust to project- and firm-level variation. The sustainability of excess returns over a long period is indicative of a concentrated market structure. We argue that policymakers should consider new mechanisms for increasing competition in the equity market, while ensuring that authorities have the specialist resources required to negotiate efficient contract prices. Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.

Effect of the new contract on GPs' working lives and perceptions of quality of care: a longitudinal survey.

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Whalley, Diane; Gravelle, Hugh; Sibbald, Bonnie

2008-01-01

An ambitious pay-for-performance system was implemented in UK general practice in 2004 amid doubts that it could improve both the working lives of doctors and quality of care. To evaluate doctors' perceptions of their working lives and quality of care before and after the new contract. Longitudinal questionnaire survey. England, UK. A longitudinal postal survey of English GPs in February 2004 and September 2005. Measures included reported job satisfaction (7-point scale), hours worked, income, and impact of the contract. Responses were available from 2105 doctors in 2004 and 1349 in 2005. Mean overall job satisfaction increased from 4.58 out of 7 in 2004 to 5.17 in 2005. The greatest improvements in satisfaction were with remuneration and hours of work. Mean reported hours worked fell from 44.5 to 40.8. Mean income increased from an estimated 73,400 pounds in 2004 to 92,600 pounds in 2005. Most GPs reported that the new contract had increased their income (88%), but decreased their professional autonomy (71%), and increased their administrative (94%) and clinical (86%) workloads. After the introduction of the contract doctors were more positive than they had anticipated about its impact on quality of care. GPs' job satisfaction increased after the introduction of the new contract, despite perceptions of negative consequences for workload and autonomy. GPs reported working fewer hours with a higher income, and their expectations regarding the impact of the contract on quality of care had been exceeded.

48 CFR 42.1304 - Government delay of work.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-10-01

... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 1 2011-10-01 2011-10-01 false Government delay of work... CONTRACT MANAGEMENT CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION AND AUDIT SERVICES Suspension of Work, Stop-Work Orders, and Government Delay of Work 42.1304 Government delay of work. (a) The clause at 52.242-17, Government Delay of...

Performance Contracting: Taking School Technology Green

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Taival, Dane

2009-01-01

Energy efficiency makes fiscal and environmental sense, and so does energy savings performance contracting. Because an energy savings performance contract can create a self-funding package of products and services that reduce energy and operating costs, over time, school districts' sometimes-large initial investment in emerging technologies saves…

48 CFR 36.601-3 - Applicable contracting procedures.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-10-01

... Services 36.601-3 Applicable contracting procedures. (a)(1) For facility design contracts, the statement of work shall require that the architect-engineer specify, in the construction design specifications, use..., availability, price reasonableness, and cost-effectiveness. Where appropriate, the statement of work also shall...

Consultants in nhs scotland: a survey of work commitments, remuneration, job satisfaction and retirement plans.

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French, F H; Andrew, J E; Awramenko, M; Coutts, H; Leighton-Beck, L; Mollison, J; Needham, G; Scott, A; Walker, K A

2004-05-01

UK consultants have reported working long hours, increased stress and reduced morale. This study set out to elicit consultants' views on flexible working and to gather data on consultants' workloads, remuneration, job satisfaction and retirement plans. As such it is the first comprehensive study of consultants in NHS Scotland. The Information and Statistics Division of the Scottish Executive Health Dept provided a list of consultants working in NHS Scotland Focus groups and interviews informed the design of a postal self-completion, questionnaire. The response ratewas 61%. Almost two-thirds (65%) of respondents felt their workloads were unreasonable and unsustainable and 67% were unable to provide their desired standards of patient care. Two-thirds (67%) did not normally take meal breaks, 63% had insufficient time for outside interests, whilst 44% felt their health was being adversely affected Many (84%) believed that some of their work could be delegated to someone less qualified but 79% agreed that there were insufficient staff to make this possible. The average planned retirement age was 60 years, with 23% describing their plans as definite and 70% as quite or very likely. When asked what might induce them to postpone retirement, 50% cited reduced workload/work intensity. In 2003, a majority of consultants in the UK voted in favour of the new consultant contract. This will improve consultant pay and introduce a standard 40-hour working week, including worked on-call. This should address tow of the main areas of consultant dissatisfaction in NHS Scotland. However, staff shortages will require to be addressed if the contract is to be successfully implemented.

Contract law for physicians. The basics.

PubMed

Eelkema, R

1989-02-01

As part of the Minnesota Medical Association's ongoing contract review process, this article provides information to help educate physicians about the major managed care contracts being offered to them. The information provided is not intended to, nor should it be a substitute for legal advice pertaining to an individual's practice and specific contracts with third parties. The MMA will not be making recommendations regarding the merits of any particular contract. A decision to enter into a contract rests with the physician and his or her clinic in consultation with private legal counsel.

Insecurity and shiftwork as characteristics of negative work environment: psychosocial and behavioural mediators.

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Elovainio, Marko; Kuusio, Hannamaria; Aalto, Anna-Mari; Sinervo, Timo; Heponiemi, Tarja

2010-05-01

This paper is a report of an investigation into whether insecure work contract and shiftwork are associated with reduced wellbeing indicators, such as psychological distress, low job involvement and low work ability. Insecure work contracts and shiftwork have repeatedly been found to contribute to the development and continuation of negative outcomes among healthcare professionals. In particular, nurses are generally considered as being at high risk of work-related stress and reduced wellbeing. Cross-sectional survey data from the Finnish Health Care Professional Study collected in 2006 were used. The random sample of Finnish Registered Nurses comprised 2100 women and men aged 22-65 years. Information on the work contract and shiftwork were self-reported. The wellbeing indicators used were psychological distress (GHQ-12), work ability and job involvement. Psychosocial work characteristics were measured using the Job Content Questionnaire and an organizational justice scale. Variance and linear regression analyses showed that insecure work contract was associated with lower work ability and job involvement. Shiftwork was related to psychological distress, low job involvement and low work ability. Support for a mediating role of job demands and job control and a moderating role of relational justice was obtained. To reduce the negative effects of environmental stressors, such as insecure work contract and shiftwork, it may be better to focus on improving psychosocial work characteristics than on nurses' health-related behaviour.

The Role of Labor Unions in Creating Working Conditions That Promote Public Health

PubMed Central

Paras, Claudia Alexandra; Greenwich, Howard; Hagopian, Amy

2016-01-01

We sought to portray how collective bargaining contracts promote public health, beyond their known effect on individual, family, and community well-being. In November 2014, we created an abstraction tool to identify health-related elements in 16 union contracts from industries in the Pacific Northwest. After enumerating the contract-protected benefits and working conditions, we interviewed union organizers and members to learn how these promoted health. Labor union contracts create higher wage and benefit standards, working hours limits, workplace hazards protections, and other factors. Unions also promote well-being by encouraging democratic participation and a sense of community among workers. Labor union contracts are largely underutilized, but a potentially fertile ground for public health innovation. Public health practitioners and labor unions would benefit by partnering to create sophisticated contracts to address social determinants of health. PMID:27077343

Sandia National Laboratories: Working with Sandia: Accounts Payable

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Payable iSupplier Account Accounts Payable Invoice Processing E-invoice Contract Information Construction and Facilities Contract Audit Working with Sandia Accounts Payable Invoice processing Electronic and quantity of property or services actually delivered or rendered (as stated in the contract

Building Relationships Means Better IT Contracts

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Kossuth, Joanne; Ballman, Donald

2004-01-01

The ancient Romans had it right. The underlying relationships between contracting parties were considered so important among Roman citizens that breaking a contract was considered a serious offense: The breaching party forfeited social position and property, and, if necessary, his family was expected to make good on his contractual promises. In…

42 CFR 422.510 - Termination of contract by CMS.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-10-01

...: (1) Termination of contract by CMS. (i) CMS notifies the MA organization in writing 90 days before... organization; or (B) The MA organization experiences financial difficulties so severe that its ability to make...) of this section. (ii) CMS notifies the MA organization in writing that its contract will be...

42 CFR 422.510 - Termination of contract by CMS.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-10-01

...: (1) Termination of contract by CMS. (i) CMS notifies the MA organization in writing 90 days before... organization; or (B) The MA organization experiences financial difficulties so severe that its ability to make...) of this section. (ii) CMS notifies the MA organization in writing that its contract will be...

42 CFR 422.510 - Termination of contract by CMS.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-10-01

...) Termination of contract by CMS. (i) CMS notifies the MA organization in writing 90 days before the intended...; or (B) The MA organization experiences financial difficulties so severe that its ability to make...) of this section. (ii) CMS notifies the MA organization in writing that its contract will be...

Teacher Dispositions and Contract Non-Renewal

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Nixon, Andy; Dam, Margaret; Packard, Abbot

2010-01-01

School principals sift through a milieu of data, perceptions, and circumstances to determine which teachers are worthy of contract renewal. This paper provides a review of the research on the role that teacher dispositions play in principals' decision-making regarding contract renewals, as well as a theoretical perspective on the implications for…

Contract Education: A Background Paper.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

California Community Colleges, Sacramento. Academic Senate.

Today contract education is generally thought of as a program or course for which an employer is paying the full cost of instruction for customized training. Contract education can help faculty remain current, encourage industry to make equipment available to the college that might otherwise be too expensive, and provide employment opportunities…

48 CFR 19.806 - Pricing the 8(a) contract.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-10-01

... SOCIOECONOMIC PROGRAMS SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAMS Contracting With the Small Business Administration (the 8(a... data from the 8(a) contractor. If the SBA requests audit assistance to determine the proposed price to... requested by the SBA, the contracting officer shall make available the data used to estimate the fair market...

48 CFR 19.806 - Pricing the 8(a) contract.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-10-01

... SOCIOECONOMIC PROGRAMS SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAMS Contracting With the Small Business Administration (the 8(a... data from the 8(a) contractor. If the SBA requests audit assistance to determine the proposed price to... requested by the SBA, the contracting officer shall make available the data used to estimate the fair market...

48 CFR 19.806 - Pricing the 8(a) contract.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-10-01

... SOCIOECONOMIC PROGRAMS SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAMS Contracting With the Small Business Administration (the 8(a... data from the 8(a) contractor. If the SBA requests audit assistance to determine the proposed price to... requested by the SBA, the contracting officer shall make available the data used to estimate the fair market...

48 CFR 19.806 - Pricing the 8(a) contract.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-10-01

... SOCIOECONOMIC PROGRAMS SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAMS Contracting With the Small Business Administration (the 8(a... data from the 8(a) contractor. If the SBA requests audit assistance to determine the proposed price to... requested by the SBA, the contracting officer shall make available the data used to estimate the fair market...

7 CFR 1402.5 - Late payments.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-01-01

... payments. If payment is not received by CCC within the period specified in the sales contract, interest will be assessed by CCC. If a buyer fails to make arrangements for payment according to the provisions of the contract, CCC retains the right to terminate the sales contract. If CCC terminates the sales...

7 CFR 1402.5 - Late payments.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-01-01

... payments. If payment is not received by CCC within the period specified in the sales contract, interest will be assessed by CCC. If a buyer fails to make arrangements for payment according to the provisions of the contract, CCC retains the right to terminate the sales contract. If CCC terminates the sales...

7 CFR 1402.5 - Late payments.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-01-01

... payments. If payment is not received by CCC within the period specified in the sales contract, interest will be assessed by CCC. If a buyer fails to make arrangements for payment according to the provisions of the contract, CCC retains the right to terminate the sales contract. If CCC terminates the sales...

7 CFR 1402.5 - Late payments.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-01-01

... payments. If payment is not received by CCC within the period specified in the sales contract, interest will be assessed by CCC. If a buyer fails to make arrangements for payment according to the provisions of the contract, CCC retains the right to terminate the sales contract. If CCC terminates the sales...

7 CFR 1402.5 - Late payments.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-01-01

... payments. If payment is not received by CCC within the period specified in the sales contract, interest will be assessed by CCC. If a buyer fails to make arrangements for payment according to the provisions of the contract, CCC retains the right to terminate the sales contract. If CCC terminates the sales...

Therapeutic Work as a Facilitator for Return to Paid Work in Cancer Survivors.

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van Egmond, M P; Duijts, S F A; van Muijen, P; van der Beek, A J; Anema, J R

2017-03-01

Purpose The increase of flexible employment in European labour markets has contributed to workers' risk of job loss. For sick-listed workers with chronic illnesses, such as cancer, and especially those without an employment contract, participation in therapeutic work may be an important step towards paid employment. The purpose of this study was to determine the role of therapeutic employment as facilitator for return to paid work, in a cohort of sick-listed cancer survivors (CSs) with and without an employment contract. Methods In this longitudinal study, data were used from a cohort of Dutch CSs (N = 192), who applied for disability benefits after 2 years of sick leave. The primary outcome measure was return to paid work after 1 year. Logistic regression analysis was applied. Results Of the participating CSs (mean age 50.7 years, 33 % male), 69 % had an employment contract at baseline. CSs without an employment contract participated significantly less in therapeutic work (p < 0.001) and were less likely to return to paid work after 1 year (p = 0.001), than those with a contract. Participation in therapeutic work significantly increased the chance of return to paid work after 1 year (OR 6.97; 95 % CI 2.94-16.51), adjusted for age, gender, level of work disability and having an employment contract. Conclusions Participation in therapeutic work could be an important facilitator for return to paid work in sick-listed CSs. The effectiveness of therapeutic work as a means to return to paid employment for sick-listed workers should be studied in an experimental setting.

48 CFR 1552.211-74 - Work assignments.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-10-01

... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 6 2011-10-01 2011-10-01 false Work assignments. 1552.211... Work assignments. As prescribed in 1511.011-74, insert the following contract clause in cost-reimbursement type term form contracts when work assignments are to be used. Work Assignments (APR 1984) (a) The...

29 CFR 5.32 - Overtime payments.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-07-01

... THE CONTRACT WORK HOURS AND SAFETY STANDARDS ACT) Interpretation of the Fringe Benefits Provisions of... Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act, and the Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act whenever the... computed on a regular or basic rate of $3.00 an hour. However, in some cases a question of fact may be...

29 CFR 5.32 - Overtime payments.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-07-01

... THE CONTRACT WORK HOURS AND SAFETY STANDARDS ACT) Interpretation of the Fringe Benefits Provisions of... Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act, and the Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act whenever the... computed on a regular or basic rate of $3.00 an hour. However, in some cases a question of fact may be...

23 CFR 635.105 - Supervising agency.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-04-01

... CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE Contract Procedures § 635.105 Supervising agency. (a) The STD has responsibility... work with its own forces or by contract; provided the following conditions are met and the Division... compliance with subpart B of this part. (2) When the work is to be performed under a contract awarded by a...

Women's Learning in Contract Work: Practicing Contradictions in Boundaryless Conditions

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Fenwick, Tara

2008-01-01

The general rise in contractors, particularly among knowledge workers negotiating "boundaryless" employment conditions, has generated interest in the nature and forms of contract work. This article explores the learning of contract workers as they negotiate these conditions, with a focus on women. Drawing from a qualitative study of…

23 CFR 635.125 - Termination of contract.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-04-01

... shall Federal funds participate in anticipated profit on work not performed. (c) Except as provided for..., advertising, and award procedures are to be followed when a STD awards the contract for completion of a... the original contract to be in effect and that the work will be completed in accordance with the...

Impact of employment contract changes on workers' quality of working life, job insecurity, health and work-related attitudes.

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Wagenaar, Alfred F; Kompier, Michiel A J; Houtman, Irene L D; van den Bossche, Seth N J; Taris, Toon W

2012-01-01

Changes in employment contracts may impact the quality of working life, job insecurity, health and work-related attitudes. We examined the validity of two partly competing theoretical approaches. Based upon a segmentation approach, we expected no change in scores among stable trajectories, whereas upward trajectories were expected to be for the better and downward trajectories to be for the worse (Hypothesis 1). As turnover theories suggest that this hypothesis may only apply to workers who do not change employer, we also examined these contract trajectories stratified for a change of employer (Hypothesis 2). Drawing on the 2007 and 2008 waves of the Netherlands Working Conditions Cohort Study (N=9,688), repeated measures analysis of covariance showed little across-time change in the criterion variables, thus largely disconfirming our first hypothesis. These results could (at least partly) be explained by employer change; this was generally associated with improved scores among all contract trajectories (Hypothesis 2). However, workers receiving a less stable contract from the same employer were found to be at risk for health and well-being problems. Segmentation theory-based assumptions on contract trajectories primarily apply to stable and downward contract trajectories at the same employer, whereas assumptions from turnover theories better apply to contract trajectories combined with a change of employer. Future research should focus more closely on factors predicting "involuntary" downward trajectories into precarious temporary employment or unemployment.

48 CFR 53.301-1093 - Standard Form 1093, Schedule of Withholdings Under the Davis-Bacon Act and/or the Contract Work...

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-10-01

... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 2 2011-10-01 2011-10-01 false Standard Form 1093, Schedule of Withholdings Under the Davis-Bacon Act and/or the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act... Withholdings Under the Davis-Bacon Act and/or the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act. EC01MY91.076 ...

48 CFR 53.301-1093 - Standard Form 1093, Schedule of Withholdings Under the Davis-Bacon Act and/or the Contract Work...

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-10-01

... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 2 2010-10-01 2010-10-01 false Standard Form 1093, Schedule of Withholdings Under the Davis-Bacon Act and/or the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act... Withholdings Under the Davis-Bacon Act and/or the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act. EC01MY91.076 ...

Community service contracting for older people in urban China: a case study in Guangdong Province.

PubMed

Lin, Wenyi

2016-01-01

Contracting of community services to non-governmental service-providing organisations - mainly social work agencies - is an emerging phenomenon and a social innovation with regard to delivering community services in urban China. Contracting of community services for the older person, which is the focus of this study, is embedded in the macro context of the development of social service contracting in China. Qualitative research techniques, including document analysis, case study, participant observation and in-depth interviews, were adopted for this study. Nine government officials, three staff working in Community Residents' Committees, 15 staff working in social work agencies and 41 older people were interviewed in an effort to understand the impact and challenges of community service contracting in urban China. The findings showed that the involvement of social work agencies in the community service provision system results in integration of community resources, expansion of service coverage and enhancement of older people's access to community services. However, several problems may impede the development of community service provision in the context of contracting in China. These include purchaser-oriented rather than user-oriented service provision, older people's negative attitude towards social work services, inappropriate performance measurement, reliance of non-government organisations on government funding and ambiguous definition of community services.

77 FR 143 - New Postal Product

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2012-01-03

... information under seal. In the Statement of Supporting Justification, Dennis R. Nicoski, Manager, Field Sales Strategy and Contracts, asserts that the contract will cover its attributable costs, make a positive...

Offshore medicine.

PubMed

Baker, D

2001-03-01

Offshore life can be refreshing for medics who are looking for a little change of pace; however, it is not for everyone. Working offshore can be the easiest or most boring job you'll ever have. It takes a specific type of medic to fit this mold. So, if you are considering a career in the offshore field, take all of the above into consideration. You are not just making a change in jobs, but a change in lifestyle. Once you become accustomed to this lifestyle, it will be hard to go back to the everyday hustle and bustle of the streets. For more information about working offshore, contact Acadian Contract Services at 800/259-333, or visit www.acadian.com.

An Analysis Of Cyber Security And How It Is Affecting A Contract Writing System, Seaport

DTIC Science & Technology

2016-06-01

CONTRACT WRITING SYSTEM, SEAPORT June 2016 By: Bill Turner Daniel Belcher Danielle Allen Advisors: Raymond Jones Stacy McQuage...A CONTRACT WRITING SYSTEM, SEAPORT 5. FUNDING NUMBERS 6. AUTHOR(S) Bill Turner, Daniel Belcher, & Danielle Allen 7. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME(S...business support for the DOD—specifically, the contract writing system SeaPort. Is cybersecurity becoming too restrictive, making the ability to support the

Office of Inspector General report on special audit of pension plans for Department of Energy contract employees of the University of California

DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

NONE

1996-08-01

On May 15, 1996, the Department of Energy (DOE) announced its decision to extend and renegotiate its contracts with the University of California for the management and operation of the Los Alamos, Lawrence Berkeley, and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories. Current contracts for the operation of these laboratories expire in 1997. The renegotiation process provides an opportunity for the Department to: (1) recover at least $620 million in excess assets from the pension plans it has funded for University of California employees who work at DOE`s laboratories; and (2) improve the Department`s ability to exercise prudent management of its interest inmore » those pension funds. According to Department records, as of July 1, 1995, the University of California Retirement Plan had between $620 million and $2.0 billion in excess assets that were attributable to the Department of Energy (emphasis supplied). The wide variation in excess assets is a function of the assumptions used in making these calculations. These are described in Appendix 1 to this report. It was concluded as a result of the audit that, as part of the contract renegotiation process, the Department should obtain the cooperation and assistance of the University of California in recovering excess pension plan assets in a manner that does not affect the defined retirement benefits of the contract employees. This could include jointly sponsoring legislation to modify any existing legal restrictions.« less

The role of the psychological contract in the motivation of nurses.

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Corder, Emma; Ronnie, Linda

2018-02-05

Purpose Although private health care is regarded as providing a premium quality experience for both patients and staff alike, it is not without its daily challenges for health professionals. This study aims to explore the psychological contract of nurses to develop a greater understanding of how employee-employer interaction impacts motivation levels. Design/methodology/approach Data were gathered through semi-structured interviews with thirteen nurses at a private hospital in South Africa. Five nursing managers were interviewed to provide a management perspective. Thematic analysis was used to identify the salient elements of the psychological contract and to establish connections with motivational features. Findings The psychological contract of nurses was balanced in nature, contained predominantly relational elements and was characterized by the need for manager support, leadership and autonomy. Motivation was a by-product of fulfilment and was enhanced by a combination of tangible and intangible rewards. Practical implications Nursing managers should recognize their role in caring for the wellbeing of their staff and should be trained accordingly. Equipping nurses with the necessary tools to work autonomously, as well as acknowledging their skills, will stimulate confidence and improve motivation. Originality/value This study makes an important contribution to the existing literature on the psychological contract of nurses within the health-care system. It provides insight into relationship-based mechanisms that can be used to improve the motivation of nurses and thus impact the overall quality of patient care.

48 CFR 37.602 - Performance work statement.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-10-01

... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 1 2011-10-01 2011-10-01 false Performance work statement... CATEGORIES OF CONTRACTING SERVICE CONTRACTING Performance-Based Acquisition 37.602 Performance work statement. (a) A Performance work statement (PWS) may be prepared by the Government or result from a Statement...

46 CFR Sec. 17 - Performance of work resulting from damage sustained while undergoing repairs.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-10-01

... SHIPPING AUTHORITY MASTER LUMP SUM REPAIR CONTRACT-NSA-LUMPSUMREP Sec. 17 Performance of work resulting... performance of repairs under the NSA Master Contract, negotiations for accomplishment of work necessary to...

46 CFR Sec. 17 - Performance of work resulting from damage sustained while undergoing repairs.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-10-01

... SHIPPING AUTHORITY MASTER LUMP SUM REPAIR CONTRACT-NSA-LUMPSUMREP Sec. 17 Performance of work resulting... performance of repairs under the NSA Master Contract, negotiations for accomplishment of work necessary to...

46 CFR Sec. 17 - Performance of work resulting from damage sustained while undergoing repairs.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-10-01

... SHIPPING AUTHORITY MASTER LUMP SUM REPAIR CONTRACT-NSA-LUMPSUMREP Sec. 17 Performance of work resulting... performance of repairs under the NSA Master Contract, negotiations for accomplishment of work necessary to...

46 CFR Sec. 17 - Performance of work resulting from damage sustained while undergoing repairs.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-10-01

... SHIPPING AUTHORITY MASTER LUMP SUM REPAIR CONTRACT-NSA-LUMPSUMREP Sec. 17 Performance of work resulting... performance of repairs under the NSA Master Contract, negotiations for accomplishment of work necessary to...

46 CFR Sec. 17 - Performance of work resulting from damage sustained while undergoing repairs.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-10-01

... SHIPPING AUTHORITY MASTER LUMP SUM REPAIR CONTRACT-NSA-LUMPSUMREP Sec. 17 Performance of work resulting... performance of repairs under the NSA Master Contract, negotiations for accomplishment of work necessary to...

Dynamic thermal expansivity of liquids near the glass transition.

PubMed

Niss, Kristine; Gundermann, Ditte; Christensen, Tage; Dyre, Jeppe C

2012-04-01

Based on previous works on polymers by Bauer et al. [Phys. Rev. E 61, 1755 (2000)], this paper describes a capacitative method for measuring the dynamical expansion coefficient of a viscous liquid. Data are presented for the glass-forming liquid tetramethyl tetraphenyl trisiloxane (DC704) in the ultraviscous regime. Compared to the method of Bauer et al., the dynamical range has been extended by making time-domain experiments and by making very small and fast temperature steps. The modeling of the experiment presented in this paper includes the situation in which the capacitor is not full because the liquid contracts when cooling from room temperature down to around the glass-transition temperature, which is relevant when measuring on a molecular liquid rather than a polymer.

28 CFR Appendix A to Part 70 - Contract Provisions

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-07-01

... Department. 4. Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act (40 U.S.C. 327-333)—Where applicable, all... standard work week of forty hours. Work in excess of the standard work week is permissible provided that... all hours worked in excess of forty hours in the work week. Section 107 of the Act is applicable to...

38 CFR Appendix A to Part 49 - Contract Provisions

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-07-01

... Federal awarding agency. 4. Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act (40 U.S.C. 327-333)—Where... the basis of a standard work week of 40 hours. Work in excess of the standard work week is permissible... hours worked in excess of 40 hours in the work week. Section 107 of the Act is applicable to...

Nonstandard Work, Substandard Jobs. Flexible Work Arrangements in the U.S.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Kalleberg, Arne L.; Rasell, Edith; Cassirer, Naomi; Reskin, Barbara F.; Hudson, Ken; Webster, David; Appelbaum, Eileen; Spalter-Roth, Roberta M.

Nonstandard work arrangements (independent contracting, working for a temporary help agency, contract or on-call work, day labor, self-employment, and regular part-time employment) are growing more common in the United States. In 1995, more than 29 percent of all jobs were in nonstandard work arrangements. A study of these jobs and the…

78 FR 33045 - Revocation of Statement of Policy on Public Participation in Rule Making

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2013-06-03

... relating to ``public property, loans, grants, benefits, or contracts,'' adding that agencies should follow... rulemaking for all regulatory actions relating to public property, loans, grants, benefits, or contracts... management or personnel or to public property, loans, grants, benefits, or contracts.'' 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(2...

42 CFR 423.509 - Termination of contract by CMS.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-10-01

...: (1) Termination of contract by CMS. (i) CMS notifies the Part D plan sponsor in writing at least 45... experiences financial difficulties so severe that its ability to make necessary health services available is...) CMS notifies the Part D plan sponsor in writing that its contract will be terminated on a date...

20 CFR Appendix A to Part 401 - Employee Standards of Conduct

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-04-01

... arrangements for the design, development, or operation of any system of records without making reasonable... provisions: (1) Contracts for design, or development of systems and equipment. The contracting officer shall not enter into any contract for the design or development of a system of records, or for equipment to...

20 CFR Appendix A to Part 401 - Employee Standards of Conduct

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-04-01

... arrangements for the design, development, or operation of any system of records without making reasonable... provisions: (1) Contracts for design, or development of systems and equipment. The contracting officer shall not enter into any contract for the design or development of a system of records, or for equipment to...

76 FR 44884 - Federal Acquisition Regulation; Payments Under Time-and-Materials and Labor-Hour Contracts

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2011-07-27

... Acquisition Regulation; Payments Under Time-and-Materials and Labor-Hour Contracts AGENCY: Department of... Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to make necessary revisions to accommodate the authorization to use time-and... significant changes to the regulations for time-and- materials and labor-hour contracts: (1) FAR Case 2003-027...

29 CFR 4.178 - Computation of hours worked.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-07-01

... in which the employee is suffered or permitted to work whether or not required to do so, and all time... performance of a covered contract, a computation of their hours worked in each workweek when such work under... in which the employee is engaged in performing work on contracts subject to the Act. However, unless...

The power transfer from the neuromuscular machinery to its load as a vegetative and somatic behaviour.

PubMed

Federici, A; Nocera, L

1990-01-01

Models have been proposed in literature describing the contraction of visceral and somatic muscles as an interaction between the time-varying elastances of them and the loads they are working against. The aim of this paper is: 1) to make clear similarities between the models of visceral and somatic muscular contraction; 2) to stress the concept that the power transfer from a time-varying elastance to its load is a behaviour, i.e. an interaction between the entire neuromuscular machinery and the surrounding environment; 3) to propose a theory describing the various physiological and pathological behaviours of both visceral and somatic muscles as different ways of coupling between the time-varying muscular elastances and their loads. In this theory it is assumed that the entire neuromuscular machinery acts as a whole to set the most appropriate power transfer to achieve behavioural goals.

48 CFR 27.201-2 - Contract clauses.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-10-01

... all R&D solicitations and contracts for which the primary purpose is R&D work, except that this... exclusively for R&D work. (3) Use the clause with its Alternate II in solicitations and contracts for... schedule set by a regulatory body. (b) Insert the clause at 52.227-2, Notice and Assistance Regarding...

48 CFR 27.404-3 - Copyrighted works.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-10-01

... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 1 2011-10-01 2011-10-01 false Copyrighted works. 27.404... works. (a) Data first produced in the performance of a contract. (1) Generally, the contractor must obtain permission of the contracting officer prior to asserting rights in any copyrighted work containing...

48 CFR 1511.011-74 - Work assignments.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-10-01

... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 6 2011-10-01 2011-10-01 false Work assignments. 1511.011... ACQUISITION PLANNING DESCRIBING AGENCY NEEDS 1511.011-74 Work assignments. The Contracting Officer shall insert the contract clause at 1552.211-74, Work Assignments, in cost-reimbursement type term form...

48 CFR 836.574 - Subcontracts and work coordination.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-10-01

... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 5 2010-10-01 2010-10-01 false Subcontracts and work... Subcontracts and work coordination. The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 852.236-80, Subcontracts and work coordination, in solicitations and contracts for construction expected to exceed the micro...

48 CFR 27.404-3 - Copyrighted works.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-10-01

... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 1 2010-10-01 2010-10-01 false Copyrighted works. 27.404... works. (a) Data first produced in the performance of a contract. (1) Generally, the contractor must obtain permission of the contracting officer prior to asserting rights in any copyrighted work containing...

Summary of Environmental Data Analysis and Work Performed by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) in Support of the Navajo Nation Abandoned Mine Lands Project at Tse Tah, Arizona

DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

Taffet, Michael J.; Esser, Bradley K.; Madrid, Victor M.

This report summarizes work performed by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) under Navajo Nation Services Contract CO9729 in support of the Navajo Abandoned Mine Lands Reclamation Program (NAMLRP). Due to restrictions on access to uranium mine waste sites at Tse Tah, Arizona that developed during the term of the contract, not all of the work scope could be performed. LLNL was able to interpret environmental monitoring data provided by NAMLRP. Summaries of these data evaluation activities are provided in this report. Additionally, during the contract period, LLNL provided technical guidance, instructional meetings, and review of relevant work performed by NAMLRPmore » and its contractors that was not contained in the contract work scope.« less

Multiple Award, Multiple Order Contracts - The Future of Navy Surface Maintenance Procurement

DTIC Science & Technology

2015-06-01

example, in October 2004, Australia’s North West Shelf Shipping signed a long-term maintenance and upgrade contract for its fleet of liquefied natural ...fuel tank during shipyard corrosion control activities (e.g., grinding and/or sanding) and there was already a work item in the contract for crack...is not related to items in the original contract. An example of new work is adding fuel tank repair to a combat systems equipment-specific

17 CFR 200.13 - Executive Director.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-04-01

... AND ETHICS; AND INFORMATION AND REQUESTS Organization and Program Management General Organization... procurement regulations, enters into contracts, designates contracting officers, and makes procurement...-specific application of performance measures, procurement reforms, personnel reductions, financial...

Outsourcing: considerations for healthcare protection managers.

PubMed

Billings, M

The author discusses the use of contract services--myths, advantages, and disadvantages. He provides tips on what to look out for and what questions to ask before making a change to contract security.

23 CFR 646.216 - General procedures.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-04-01

... subject to the provisions of § 646.216(b) (2), preliminary engineering work on railroad-highway projects... contracts where such work is regularly performed for the railroad in its own work under such contracts at... wholly or partly affected by a highway project, the costs of work necessary to functionally restore such...

49 CFR 30.11 - Use of solicitation provisions and contract clauses.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-10-01

... § 30.15, Restrictions on Federal Public Works Projects, in contractions and solicitations, if— (1) The... contract is awarded during fiscal year 1988. (c) Any contract already awarded that should have contained...

49 CFR 30.11 - Use of solicitation provisions and contract clauses.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-10-01

... § 30.15, Restrictions on Federal Public Works Projects, in contractions and solicitations, if— (1) The... contract is awarded during fiscal year 1988. (c) Any contract already awarded that should have contained...

49 CFR 30.11 - Use of solicitation provisions and contract clauses.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-10-01

... § 30.15, Restrictions on Federal Public Works Projects, in contractions and solicitations, if— (1) The... contract is awarded during fiscal year 1988. (c) Any contract already awarded that should have contained...

49 CFR 30.11 - Use of solicitation provisions and contract clauses.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-10-01

... § 30.15, Restrictions on Federal Public Works Projects, in contractions and solicitations, if— (1) The... contract is awarded during fiscal year 1988. (c) Any contract already awarded that should have contained...

49 CFR 30.11 - Use of solicitation provisions and contract clauses.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-10-01

... § 30.15, Restrictions on Federal Public Works Projects, in contractions and solicitations, if— (1) The... contract is awarded during fiscal year 1988. (c) Any contract already awarded that should have contained...

Bending the cost curve and increasing revenue: a family medicine model that works!

PubMed

Katz, Bernard J; Needham, Mark R

2012-12-01

This article attempts to illustrate ways in which family physician practices are able to demonstrate high value, enhanced quality, and streamlined costs, essential components of practice sustainability. Specific examples are provided to assist practices to consider questions and information that allow for skillful engagement during contract negotiations, consider increasing practice revenues by adopting practice enhancements that make sense for the location of the practice and community needs, develop workflow analyses, and review opportunities for expense reduction. Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

34 CFR Appendix A to Part 74 - Contract Provisions

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-07-01

... suspected or reported violations to the Federal awarding agency. 4. Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards... mechanic and laborer on the basis of a standard work week of 40 hours. Work in excess of the standard work... basic rate of pay for all hours worked in excess of 40 hours in the work week. Section 107 of the Act is...

36 CFR Appendix A to Part 1210 - Contract Provisions

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-07-01

... suspected or reported violations to the Federal awarding agency. 4. Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards... mechanic and laborer on the basis of a standard work week of 40 hours. Work in excess of the standard work... basic rate of pay for all hours worked in excess of 40 hours in the work week. Section 107 of the Act is...

32 CFR Appendix A to Part 34 - Contract Provisions

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-07-01

... mechanic and laborer on the basis of a standard work week of 40 hours. Work in excess of the standard work... basic rate of pay for all hours worked in excess of 40 hours in the work week. Section 107 of the Act is... laborers shall include a provision for compliance with Sections 102 and 107 of the Contract Work Hours and...

10 CFR Appendix A to Subpart B of... - Contract Provisions

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-01-01

... suspected or reported violations to the Federal awarding agency. 4. Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards... mechanic and laborer on the basis of a standard work week of 40 hours. Work in excess of the standard work... basic rate of pay for all hours worked in excess of 40 hours in the work week. Section 107 of the Act is...

45 CFR 2543.84 - Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-10-01

... 45 Public Welfare 4 2010-10-01 2010-10-01 false Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act. 2543... laborer on the basis of a standard work week of 40 hours. Work in excess of the standard work week is... pay for all hours worked in excess of 40 hours in the work week. Section 107 of the Act is applicable...

48 CFR 35.006 - Contracting methods and contract type.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-10-01

... indicated a high degree of probability that development is feasible and (2) the Government has determined... SPECIAL CATEGORIES OF CONTRACTING RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CONTRACTING 35.006 Contracting methods and..., performance objectives, and specifications for the work can be defined will largely determine the type of...

48 CFR 970.1504-1-4 - Types of contracts and fee arrangements.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-10-01

...-based management contract, those contract types which incentivize performance and cost control are... performance result or outcome. (e) Because the nature and complexity of the work performed under a management... AGENCY SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS DOE MANAGEMENT AND OPERATING CONTRACTS Contracting by Negotiation 970...

Alaska digital aeromagnetic database description

USGS Publications Warehouse

Connard, G.G.; Saltus, R.W.; Hill, P.L.; Carlson, L.; Milicevic, B.

1999-01-01

Northwest Geophysical Associates, Inc. (NGA) was contracted by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to construct a database containing original aeromagnotic data (in digital form) from surveys, maps and grids for the State of Alaska from existing public-domain magnetic data. This database facilitates thedetailed study and interpretation of aeromagnetic data along flightline profiles and allows construction of custom grids for selected regions of Alaska. The database is linked to and reflect? the work from the statewide gridded compilation completed under a prior contract. The statewide gridded compilation is also described in Saltus and Simmons (1997) and in Saltus and others (1999). The database area generally covers the on-shore portion of the State of Alaska and the northern Gulf of Alaska excluding the Aleutian Islands. The area extends from 54'N to 72'N latitude and 129'W to 169'W longitude. The database includes the 85 surveys that were included in the previous statewide gridded compilation. Figure (1) shows the extents of the 85 individual data sets included in the statewide grids. NGA subcontracted a significant portion of the work described in this report to Paterson, Grant, and Watson Limited (PGW). Prior work by PGW (described in Meyer and Saltus, 1995 and Meyer and others, 1998) for the interior portion of Alrska (INTAK) is included in this present study. The previous PGW project compiled 25 of the 85 surveys included in the statewide grids. PGW also contributed 10 additional data sets that were not included in either of the prior contracts or the statewide grids. These additional data sets are included in the current project in the interest of making the database as complete as possible. Figure (2) shows the location of the additional data sets.

32 CFR Appendix A to Part 32 - Contract Provisions

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-07-01

... Federal awarding agency. 4. Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act (40 U.S.C. 327-333)—Where... hours. Work in excess of the standard work week is permissible provided that the worker is compensated... hours in the work week. Section 107 of the Act is applicable to construction work and provides that no...

29 CFR 4.113 - Contracts to furnish services “through the use of service employees.”

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-07-01

... contracting officer knows when advertising for bids or concluding negotiations that service employees will in... subject to the Act even though the work of such employees may be performed under the direction and..., since such situations require consideration of other factors such as the nature of the contract work...

42 CFR 423.509 - Termination of contract by CMS.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-10-01

...: (1) Termination of contract by CMS. (i) CMS notifies the Part D plan in writing 90 days before the... difficulties so severe that its ability to make necessary health services available is impaired to the point of... writing that its contract will be terminated on a date specified by CMS. If a termination in is effective...

42 CFR 423.509 - Termination of contract by CMS.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-10-01

...: (1) Termination of contract by CMS. (i) CMS notifies the Part D plan in writing 90 days before the... difficulties so severe that its ability to make necessary health services available is impaired to the point of... writing that its contract will be terminated on a date specified by CMS. If a termination in is effective...

25 CFR 900.127 - What can be included in the Indian tribe or tribal organization's contract budget?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-04-01

... which phase (see § 900.112) of the construction process the Indian tribe or tribal organization is... associated with the management of the construction contract; and (4) In cases where the Indian tribe or... construction contract to make a reasonable profit, taking into consideration the risks associated with carrying...

Human Capital Contracts: "Equity-Like" Instruments for Financing Higher Education. Policy Analysis.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Palacios, Miguel

Human capital contracts are "equity-like" instruments for financing higher education. Since repayment depends on earning and adjusts to student capital to pay, these contracts should be more attractive to students than traditional loans. By making transparent the relative economic value of certain fields of study or the value of degrees from…

The Public Schools Contracts Law. Focus on School Law Series.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Dabreu, O. Lisa

New Jersey's Public Schools Contracts Law, enacted on June 2, 1977, places limits on the authority of local and regional boards of education to make purchases and to enter into contracts, agreements, or leases for supplies or services. This publication is designed to provide information and guidance that will assist boards of education in meeting…

Medicare program; description of the Health Care Financing Administration's evaluation methodology for the Peer Review Organization 5th Scope of Work contracts--HCFA. General notice with comment period.

PubMed

1997-07-02

This notice describes how HCFA intends to evaluate the Peer Review Organizations (PROs) for quality improvement activities, under their 5th Scope of Work (SOW) contracts, for efficiency and effectiveness in accordance with the Social Security Act. In accordance with the provisions of the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993, the 5th SOW contracts with the PROs are performance-based contracts.

48 CFR 205.303 - Announcement of contract awards.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-10-01

... (if significant work is performed at a different location); (4) Funding data. Type of appropriation... DD-LA- (AR) 1279; (D) Including, as a minimum, the following— (1) Contract data. Contract number... contract, description of what is being bought, contract type, whether any of the buy was for foreign...

48 CFR 205.303 - Announcement of contract awards.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-10-01

... (if significant work is performed at a different location); (4) Funding data. Type of appropriation... DD-LA- (AR) 1279; (D) Including, as a minimum, the following— (1) Contract data. Contract number... contract, description of what is being bought, contract type, whether any of the buy was for foreign...

48 CFR 205.303 - Announcement of contract awards.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-10-01

... (if significant work is performed at a different location); (4) Funding data. Type of appropriation... DD-LA- (AR) 1279; (D) Including, as a minimum, the following— (1) Contract data. Contract number... contract, description of what is being bought, contract type, whether any of the buy was for foreign...

48 CFR 205.303 - Announcement of contract awards.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-10-01

... (if significant work is performed at a different location); (4) Funding data. Type of appropriation... DD-LA- (AR) 1279; (D) Including, as a minimum, the following— (1) Contract data. Contract number... contract, description of what is being bought, contract type, whether any of the buy was for foreign...

48 CFR 205.303 - Announcement of contract awards.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-10-01

... (if significant work is performed at a different location); (4) Funding data. Type of appropriation... DD-LA- (AR) 1279; (D) Including, as a minimum, the following— (1) Contract data. Contract number... contract, description of what is being bought, contract type, whether any of the buy was for foreign...

Evaluation of risk in change orders report for AKDOT construction staff.

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

2009-06-01

Work changes are common in construction contracts, especially for large projects. When contract changes must be made, how the owner : (the organization paying for the work) and the contractor (the firm performing the work) agree on a fair and reasona...

48 CFR 37.602 - Performance work statement.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-10-01

... on the use of measurable performance standards and financial incentives in a competitive environment... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 1 2010-10-01 2010-10-01 false Performance work statement... CATEGORIES OF CONTRACTING SERVICE CONTRACTING Performance-Based Acquisition 37.602 Performance work statement...

48 CFR 970.1707 - Work for others.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-10-01

... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 5 2010-10-01 2010-10-01 false Work for others. 970.1707 Section 970.1707 Federal Acquisition Regulations System DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AGENCY SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS DOE MANAGEMENT AND OPERATING CONTRACTS Special Contracting Methods 970.1707 Work for others. ...

48 CFR 36.605 - Government cost estimate for architect-engineer work.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-10-01

... for architect-engineer work. 36.605 Section 36.605 Federal Acquisition Regulations System FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION SPECIAL CATEGORIES OF CONTRACTING CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECT-ENGINEER CONTRACTS Architect-Engineer Services 36.605 Government cost estimate for architect-engineer work. (a) An independent...

48 CFR 1336.605 - Government cost estimate for architect-engineer work.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-10-01

... for architect-engineer work. 1336.605 Section 1336.605 Federal Acquisition Regulations System DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE SPECIAL CATEGORIES OF CONTRACTING CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECT-ENGINEER CONTRACTS Architect-Engineer Services 1336.605 Government cost estimate for architect-engineer work. After award, the...

48 CFR 1336.605 - Government cost estimate for architect-engineer work.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-10-01

... for architect-engineer work. 1336.605 Section 1336.605 Federal Acquisition Regulations System DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE SPECIAL CATEGORIES OF CONTRACTING CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECT-ENGINEER CONTRACTS Architect-Engineer Services 1336.605 Government cost estimate for architect-engineer work. After award, the...

48 CFR 1336.605 - Government cost estimate for architect-engineer work.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-10-01

... for architect-engineer work. 1336.605 Section 1336.605 Federal Acquisition Regulations System DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE SPECIAL CATEGORIES OF CONTRACTING CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECT-ENGINEER CONTRACTS Architect-Engineer Services 1336.605 Government cost estimate for architect-engineer work. After award, the...

48 CFR 36.605 - Government cost estimate for architect-engineer work.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-10-01

... for architect-engineer work. 36.605 Section 36.605 Federal Acquisition Regulations System FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION SPECIAL CATEGORIES OF CONTRACTING CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECT-ENGINEER CONTRACTS Architect-Engineer Services 36.605 Government cost estimate for architect-engineer work. (a) An independent...

48 CFR 36.605 - Government cost estimate for architect-engineer work.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-10-01

... for architect-engineer work. 36.605 Section 36.605 Federal Acquisition Regulations System FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION SPECIAL CATEGORIES OF CONTRACTING CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECT-ENGINEER CONTRACTS Architect-Engineer Services 36.605 Government cost estimate for architect-engineer work. (a) An independent...

48 CFR 1336.605 - Government cost estimate for architect-engineer work.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-10-01

... for architect-engineer work. 1336.605 Section 1336.605 Federal Acquisition Regulations System DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE SPECIAL CATEGORIES OF CONTRACTING CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECT-ENGINEER CONTRACTS Architect-Engineer Services 1336.605 Government cost estimate for architect-engineer work. After award, the...

48 CFR 36.605 - Government cost estimate for architect-engineer work.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-10-01

... for architect-engineer work. 36.605 Section 36.605 Federal Acquisition Regulations System FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION SPECIAL CATEGORIES OF CONTRACTING CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECT-ENGINEER CONTRACTS Architect-Engineer Services 36.605 Government cost estimate for architect-engineer work. (a) An independent...

48 CFR 36.605 - Government cost estimate for architect-engineer work.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-10-01

... for architect-engineer work. 36.605 Section 36.605 Federal Acquisition Regulations System FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION SPECIAL CATEGORIES OF CONTRACTING CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECT-ENGINEER CONTRACTS Architect-Engineer Services 36.605 Government cost estimate for architect-engineer work. (a) An independent...

48 CFR 1336.605 - Government cost estimate for architect-engineer work.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-10-01

... for architect-engineer work. 1336.605 Section 1336.605 Federal Acquisition Regulations System DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE SPECIAL CATEGORIES OF CONTRACTING CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECT-ENGINEER CONTRACTS Architect-Engineer Services 1336.605 Government cost estimate for architect-engineer work. After award, the...

[Job status after the resident training period in Spain. Analysis of a national survey.

PubMed

García Sanz, Miguel; Rodríguez Socarrás, Moises; Tortolero Blanco, Leonardo; Pesquera-Ortega, Laura; Colombo, Juan; Gómez Rivas, Juan

2018-01-01

Since the establishment of specialization of medicine through the residency system, Spanish health care has sought to maintain a balance between established needs and trained professionals, with the aim of avoiding the deficit or excess of health specialists with its consequences. The objective of the present review is to know the working conditions of urologist specialists at the end of the residency training period. The results of a survey for urologist who completed their residency contract from 2012 to 2016 are presented, assessing working status, academic and working data during the first months after the completion of specialized training. A total of 42 surveys were collected. All respondents had a working contract within 6 months of completing their training. 71% had a temporary contract, most with duration of less than one year. There are more contract numbers in the public health system, although they increase progressively in the private sector. More than half of the respondents were satisfied with their work situation. The work insertion of the recently specialized urologists is high, reaching 100% within 6 months of finishing their specialization. Labor quality issues are not so positive, observing great working instability associated to a high proportion of temporary contracts lower than 6 months.

Size, History-Dependent, Activation and Three-Dimensional Effects on the Work and Power Produced During Cyclic Muscle Contractions.

PubMed

Ross, Stephanie A; Ryan, David S; Dominguez, Sebastian; Nigam, Nilima; Wakeling, James M

2018-05-03

Muscles undergo cycles of length change and force development during locomotion, and these contribute to their work and power production to drive body motion. Muscle fibres are typically considered to be linear actuators whose stress depends on their length, velocity, and activation state, and whose properties can be scaled up to explain the function of whole muscles. However, experimental and modelling studies have shown that a muscle's stress additionally depends on inactive and passive tissues within the muscle, the muscle's size, and its previous contraction history. These effects have not been tested under common sets of contraction conditions, especially the cyclic contractions that are typical of locomotion. Here we evaluate the relative effects of size, history-dependent, activation and three-dimensional effects on the work and power produced during cyclic contractions of muscle models. Simulations of muscle contraction were optimized to generate high power outputs: this resulted in the muscle models being largely active during shortening, and inactive during lengthening. As such, the history-dependent effects were dominated by force depression during simulated active shortening rather than force enhancement during active stretch. Internal work must be done to deform the muscle tissue, and to accelerate the internal muscle mass, resulting in reduced power and work that can be done on an external load. The effect of the muscle mass affects the scaling of muscle properties, with the inertial costs of contraction being relatively greater at larger sizes and lower activation levels.

48 CFR 32.704 - Limitation of cost or funds.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-10-01

... fee, if any, based on the percentage of work completed in relation to the total work called for under... of Funds, the contracting officer, upon learning that the contractor is approaching the estimated... contract terms to stop work when the funding or cost limit is reached, and (C) any work beyond the funding...

48 CFR 32.704 - Limitation of cost or funds.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-10-01

... fee, if any, based on the percentage of work completed in relation to the total work called for under... of Funds, the contracting officer, upon learning that the contractor is approaching the estimated... contract terms to stop work when the funding or cost limit is reached, and (C) any work beyond the funding...

48 CFR 32.704 - Limitation of cost or funds.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-10-01

... fee, if any, based on the percentage of work completed in relation to the total work called for under... of Funds, the contracting officer, upon learning that the contractor is approaching the estimated... contract terms to stop work when the funding or cost limit is reached, and (C) any work beyond the funding...

48 CFR 32.704 - Limitation of cost or funds.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-10-01

... fee, if any, based on the percentage of work completed in relation to the total work called for under... of Funds, the contracting officer, upon learning that the contractor is approaching the estimated... contract terms to stop work when the funding or cost limit is reached, and (C) any work beyond the funding...

48 CFR 1552.211-70 - Reports of work.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-10-01

... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 6 2011-10-01 2011-10-01 false Reports of work. 1552.211... Reports of work. As prescribed in 1511.011-70, insert one of the contract clauses in this subsection when... is to be used to specify reports in the contract schedule. Reports of Work (OCT 2000) The Contractor...

48 CFR 836.501 - Performance of work by the contractor.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-10-01

... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 5 2010-10-01 2010-10-01 false Performance of work by the... Performance of work by the contractor. The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 852.236-72, Performance of work by the contractor, in solicitations and contracts for construction that contain the FAR...

48 CFR 22.807 - Exemptions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-10-01

..., are not exempt.) (2) Work outside the United States. Contracts are exempt from the requirements of E.O. 11246 for work performed outside the United States by employees who were not recruited within the United... work on or under the contract. (4) Work on or near Indian reservations. It shall not be a violation of...

14 CFR Appendix A to Subpart B of... - Contract Provisions

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-01-01

... suspected or reported violations to the NASA. 4. Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act (40 U.S.C. 327... laborer on the basis of a standard work week of 40 hours. Work in excess of the standard work week is... pay for all hours worked in excess of 40 hours in the work week. Section 107 of the Act is applicable...

10 CFR Appendix B to Subpart D of... - Contract Provisions

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-01-01

... and laborer on the basis of a standard work week of 40 hours. Work in excess of the standard work week... basic rate of pay for all hours worked in excess of 40 hours in the work week. Section 107 of the Act is... laborers must include a provision for compliance with Sections 102 and 107 of the Contract Work Hours and...

48 CFR 1252.217-76 - Liability and insurance.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-10-01

...) The Contractor shall not make any allowance in the contract price for the inclusion of any premium... of and shall not affect the pricing structure of the contract, and are additional to the compensation...

48 CFR 1827.304-3 - Contracts for construction work or architect-engineer services. (NASA supplements paragraph (a))

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-10-01

... architect-engineer services contracts with other than a small business or nonprofit organization, see 1827... REQUIREMENTS PATENTS, DATA, AND COPYRIGHTS Patent Rights Under Government Contracts 1827.304-3 Contracts for...

48 CFR 1827.304-3 - Contracts for construction work or architect-engineer services. (NASA supplements paragraph (a))

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-10-01

... architect-engineer services contracts with other than a small business or nonprofit organization, see 1827... REQUIREMENTS PATENTS, DATA, AND COPYRIGHTS Patent Rights Under Government Contracts 1827.304-3 Contracts for...

48 CFR 1827.304-3 - Contracts for construction work or architect-engineer services. (NASA supplements paragraph (a))

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-10-01

... architect-engineer services contracts with other than a small business or nonprofit organization, see 1827... REQUIREMENTS PATENTS, DATA, AND COPYRIGHTS Patent Rights Under Government Contracts 1827.304-3 Contracts for...

48 CFR 1827.304-3 - Contracts for construction work or architect-engineer services. (NASA supplements paragraph (a))

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-10-01

... architect-engineer services contracts with other than a small business or nonprofit organization, see 1827... REQUIREMENTS PATENTS, DATA, AND COPYRIGHTS Patent Rights Under Government Contracts 1827.304-3 Contracts for...

48 CFR 922.804-2 - Construction.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-10-01

... subcontractors for work to be performed in the specified geographical areas. (b) Other nonexempt construction... affirmative action steps to be taken by the offeror in connection with all work under the contract. Such... each craft involved in the performance of the contract work. All solicitations for construction...

Statements of work handbook. [technical writing for NASA programs

NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

1975-01-01

Guidelines are presented for preparing statements of work (SOW) to assure a consistent approach throughout NASA. Statements of work for study and preliminary definition contracts, for definition and development of major systems, for support services, and for small research and development contracts are discussed.

48 CFR 1511.011-75 - Working files.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-10-01

... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 6 2014-10-01 2014-10-01 false Working files. 1511.011-75 Section 1511.011-75 Federal Acquisition Regulations System ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY ACQUISITION PLANNING DESCRIBING AGENCY NEEDS 1511.011-75 Working files. Contracting Officers shall insert the contract...

48 CFR 1511.011-75 - Working files.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-10-01

... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 6 2012-10-01 2012-10-01 false Working files. 1511.011-75 Section 1511.011-75 Federal Acquisition Regulations System ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY ACQUISITION PLANNING DESCRIBING AGENCY NEEDS 1511.011-75 Working files. Contracting Officers shall insert the contract...

48 CFR 1511.011-75 - Working files.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-10-01

... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 6 2013-10-01 2013-10-01 false Working files. 1511.011-75 Section 1511.011-75 Federal Acquisition Regulations System ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY ACQUISITION PLANNING DESCRIBING AGENCY NEEDS 1511.011-75 Working files. Contracting Officers shall insert the contract...

48 CFR 1511.011-75 - Working files.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-10-01

... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 6 2011-10-01 2011-10-01 false Working files. 1511.011-75 Section 1511.011-75 Federal Acquisition Regulations System ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY ACQUISITION PLANNING DESCRIBING AGENCY NEEDS 1511.011-75 Working files. Contracting Officers shall insert the contract...

Development of Xi'an-CI package – applying the hole–particle symmetry in multi-reference electronic correlation calculations

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Suo, Bingbing; Lei, Yibo; Han, Huixian; Wang, Yubin

2018-04-01

This mini-review introduces our works on the Xi'an-CI (configuration interaction) package using graphical unitary group approach (GUGA). Taking advantage of the hole-particle symmetry in GUGA, the Galfand states used to span the CI space are classified into CI subspaces according to the number of holes and particles, and the coupling coefficients used to calculate Hamiltonian matrix elements could be factorised into the segment factors in the hole, active and external spaces. An efficient multi-reference CI with single and double excitations (MRCISD) algorithm is thus developed that reduces the storage requirement and increases the number of correlated electrons significantly. The hole-particle symmetry also gives rise to a doubly contracted MRCISD approach. Moreover, the internally contracted Gelfand states are defined within the CI subspace arising from the hole-particle symmetry, which makes the implementation of internally contracted MRCISD in the framework of GUGA possible. In addition to MRCISD, the development of multi-reference second-order perturbation theory (MRPT2) also benefits from the hole-particle symmetry. A configuration-based MRPT2 algorithm is proposed and extended to the multi-state n-electron valence-state second-order perturbation theory.

48 CFR 22.403-3 - Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-10-01

... workweek unless paid for all additional hours at not less than 11/2 times the basic rate of pay (see 22.301... Standards for Contracts Involving Construction 22.403-3 Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act. The... 22.305) contain a clause (see 52.222-4) specifying that no laborer or mechanic doing any part of the...

48 CFR 1516.603-2 - What are the requirements for use of an NTP?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-10-01

... PROTECTION AGENCY CONTRACTING METHODS AND CONTRACT TYPES TYPES OF CONTRACTS Time-and-Materials, Labor-Hour... may issue an NTP so long as it does not exceed the limits of his or her procurement authority and only... than the next working day after NTP issuance. (2) Within 5 working days of the EPA on-scene coordinator...

Web-based document and content management with off-the-shelf software

DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

Schuster, J

1999-03-18

This, then, is the current status of the project: Since we made the switch to Intradoc, we are now treating the project as a document and image management system. In reality, it could be considered a document and content management system since we can manage almost any file input to the system such as video or audio. At present, however, we are concentrating on images. As mentioned above, my CRADA funding was only targeted at including thumbnails of images in Intradoc. We still had to modify Intradoc so that it would compress images submitted to the system. All processing ofmore » files submitted to Intradoc is handled in what is called the Document Refinery. Even though MrSID created thumbnails in the process of compressing an image, work needed to be done to somehow build this capability into the Document Refinery. Therefore we made the decision to contract the Intradoc Engineering Team to perform this custom development work. To make Intradoc even more capable of handling images, we have also contracted for customization of the Document Refinery to accept Adobe PhotoShop and Illustrator file in their native format.« less

Contract Learning.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Gilbert, Jay

Academic work carried out through learning contracts at Empire State College is described. Learning contracts are defined and examples are given. Faculty roles, educational advantages, and implementation methods are discussed. (MLH)

48 CFR 217.7104 - Contract clauses.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-10-01

... Section 217.7104 Federal Acquisition Regulations System DEFENSE ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CONTRACTING METHODS AND CONTRACT TYPES SPECIAL CONTRACTING METHODS Master Agreement for...) 252.217-7004, Job Orders and Compensation. (3) 252.217-7005, Inspection and Manner of Doing Work. (4...

48 CFR 217.7104 - Contract clauses.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-10-01

... Section 217.7104 Federal Acquisition Regulations System DEFENSE ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CONTRACTING METHODS AND CONTRACT TYPES SPECIAL CONTRACTING METHODS Master Agreement for...) 252.217-7004, Job Orders and Compensation. (3) 252.217-7005, Inspection and Manner of Doing Work. (4...

48 CFR 217.7104 - Contract clauses.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-10-01

... Section 217.7104 Federal Acquisition Regulations System DEFENSE ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CONTRACTING METHODS AND CONTRACT TYPES SPECIAL CONTRACTING METHODS Master Agreement for...) 252.217-7004, Job Orders and Compensation. (3) 252.217-7005, Inspection and Manner of Doing Work. (4...

48 CFR 217.7104 - Contract clauses.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-10-01

... Section 217.7104 Federal Acquisition Regulations System DEFENSE ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CONTRACTING METHODS AND CONTRACT TYPES SPECIAL CONTRACTING METHODS Master Agreement for...) 252.217-7004, Job Orders and Compensation. (3) 252.217-7005, Inspection and Manner of Doing Work. (4...

29 CFR 1926.1 - Purpose and scope.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-07-01

... Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act. The standards are published in subpart C of this part and... section 107 of the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act having general applicability. ...

29 CFR 1926.1 - Purpose and scope.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-07-01

... Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act. The standards are published in subpart C of this part and... section 107 of the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act having general applicability. ...

41 CFR Appendix D to Part 60 - 741-Guidelines Regarding Positions Engaged in Carrying Out a Contract

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-07-01

... 41 Public Contracts and Property Management 1 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 true 741-Guidelines Regarding... Management Other Provisions Relating to Public Contracts OFFICE OF FEDERAL CONTRACT COMPLIANCE PROGRAMS... performed and their relationship to contract performance. A position is included if its duties included work...

48 CFR 1845.106-70 - NASA contract clauses and solicitation provision.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-10-01

... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 6 2010-10-01 2010-10-01 true NASA contract clauses and... AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION CONTRACT MANAGEMENT GOVERNMENT PROPERTY General 1845.106-70 NASA contract... solicitations and contracts when Government property is to be made available to a contractor working on a NASA...

41 CFR Appendix D to Part 60 - 741-Guidelines Regarding Positions Engaged in Carrying Out a Contract

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-07-01

... 41 Public Contracts and Property Management 1 2012-07-01 2009-07-01 true 741-Guidelines Regarding... Management Other Provisions Relating to Public Contracts OFFICE OF FEDERAL CONTRACT COMPLIANCE PROGRAMS... performed and their relationship to contract performance. A position is included if its duties included work...

41 CFR Appendix D to Part 60 - 741-Guidelines Regarding Positions Engaged in Carrying Out a Contract

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-07-01

... 41 Public Contracts and Property Management 1 2011-07-01 2009-07-01 true 741-Guidelines Regarding... Management Other Provisions Relating to Public Contracts OFFICE OF FEDERAL CONTRACT COMPLIANCE PROGRAMS... performed and their relationship to contract performance. A position is included if its duties included work...

41 CFR Appendix D to Part 60 - 741-Guidelines Regarding Positions Engaged in Carrying Out a Contract

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-07-01

... 41 Public Contracts and Property Management 1 2013-07-01 2013-07-01 false 741-Guidelines Regarding... Management Other Provisions Relating to Public Contracts OFFICE OF FEDERAL CONTRACT COMPLIANCE PROGRAMS... performed and their relationship to contract performance. A position is included if its duties included work...

76 FR 27117 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; C2 Options Exchange, Incorporated; Notice of Filing and Immediate...

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2011-05-10

... exchange-traded fund (``ETF'') option classes traded on C2. Currently, transactions fees as set out in the... maker rebate and pay a liquidity removing taker rate of $.25 per contract; C2 Market-Makers receive a liquidity making rebate of $.25 per contract and pay a liquidity removing taker rate of $.34 per contract...

The Terms of the Deal: A Quality Charter School Contract Defined. Authorizing Matters. Issue Brief

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Haft, William

2009-01-01

A contract is about commitment and responsibility. It is about the commitment that two or more parties make and the responsibility to deliver on those commitments. When school developers and authorizers turn a charter application into a contract, the relationship transforms: it shifts from aspiration to expectation and from theory to practice. The…

Comparative analysis of JKR Sarawak form of contract and Malaysia Standard form of building contract (PWD203A)

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Yunus, A. I. A.; Muhammad, W. M. N. W.; Saaid, M. N. F.

2018-04-01

Standard form of contract is normally being used in Malaysia construction industry in establishing legal relation between contracting parties. Generally, most of Malaysia federal government construction project used PWD203A which is a standard form of contract to be used where Bills of Quantities Form Part of the Contract and it is issued by Public Works Department (PWD/JKR). On the other hand in Sarawak, the largest state in Malaysia, the state government has issued their own standard form of contract namely JKR Sarawak Form of Contract 2006. Even both forms have been used widely in construction industry; there is still lack of understanding on both forms. The aim of this paper is to identify significant provision on both forms of contract. Document analysis has been adopted in conducting an in-depth review on both forms. It is found that, both forms of contracts have differences and similarities on several provisions specifically matters to definitions and general; execution of the works; payments, completion and final account; and delay, dispute resolution and determination.

High speed packet switching

NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

1991-01-01

This document constitutes the final report prepared by Proteon, Inc. of Westborough, Massachusetts under contract NAS 5-30629 entitled High-Speed Packet Switching (SBIR 87-1, Phase 2) prepared for NASA-Greenbelt, Maryland. The primary goal of this research project is to use the results of the SBIR Phase 1 effort to develop a sound, expandable hardware and software router architecture capable of forwarding 25,000 packets per second through the router and passing 300 megabits per second on the router's internal busses. The work being delivered under this contract received its funding from three different sources: the SNIPE/RIG contract (Contract Number F30602-89-C-0014, CDRL Sequence Number A002), the SBIR contract, and Proteon. The SNIPE/RIG and SBIR contracts had many overlapping requirements, which allowed the research done under SNIPE/RIG to be applied to SBIR. Proteon funded all of the work to develop new router interfaces other than FDDI, in addition to funding the productization of the router itself. The router being delivered under SBIR will be a fully product-quality machine. The work done during this contract produced many significant findings and results, summarized here and explained in detail in later sections of this report. The SNIPE/RIG contract was completed. That contract had many overlapping requirements with the SBIR contract, and resulted in the successful demonstration and delivery of a high speed router. The development that took place during the SNIPE/RIG contract produced findings that included the choice of processor and an understanding of the issues surrounding inter processor communications in a multiprocessor environment. Many significant speed enhancements to the router software were made during that time. Under the SBIR contract (and with help from Proteon-funded work), it was found that a single processor router achieved a throughput significantly higher than originally anticipated. For this reason, a single processor router was developed and the final delivery under this contract will include a single processor CNX-500 router. The router and its interface boards (2 FDDIs and 2 dual-ethernets) are all product-quality components.

25 CFR 273.16 - Powers and duties of Indian Education Committee.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-04-01

... EDUCATION ASSISTANCE ACT PROGRAM EDUCATION CONTRACTS UNDER JOHNSON-O'MALLEY ACT Application Process § 273.16... contracts under this part. (2) Make an annual assessment of the learning needs of Indian children in the...

7 CFR 1726.18 - Preloan contracting.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-01-01

... AGRICULTURE ELECTRIC SYSTEM CONSTRUCTION POLICIES AND PROCEDURES General § 1726.18 Preloan contracting... if a construction work plan, general funds, loan or loan guarantee for the proposed work has not been approved. While the RUS staff will work with the borrower in such circumstances, nothing contained in this...

48 CFR 2052.215-70 - Key personnel.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-10-01

... are considered to be essential to the successful performance of the work hereunder: * The contractor agrees that personnel may not be removed from the contract work or replaced without compliance with..., or is expected to become, unavailable for work under this contract for a continuous period exceeding...

48 CFR 736.605 - Government cost estimate for architect-engineer work.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-10-01

... for architect-engineer work. 736.605 Section 736.605 Federal Acquisition Regulations System AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT SPECIAL CATEGORIES OF CONTRACTING CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECT-ENGINEER CONTRACTS Architect-Engineer Services 736.605 Government cost estimate for architect-engineer work. See 736.602-3(c)(5). ...

48 CFR 736.605 - Government cost estimate for architect-engineer work.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-10-01

... for architect-engineer work. 736.605 Section 736.605 Federal Acquisition Regulations System AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT SPECIAL CATEGORIES OF CONTRACTING CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECT-ENGINEER CONTRACTS Architect-Engineer Services 736.605 Government cost estimate for architect-engineer work. See 736.602-3(c)(5). ...

48 CFR 736.605 - Government cost estimate for architect-engineer work.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-10-01

... for architect-engineer work. 736.605 Section 736.605 Federal Acquisition Regulations System AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT SPECIAL CATEGORIES OF CONTRACTING CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECT-ENGINEER CONTRACTS Architect-Engineer Services 736.605 Government cost estimate for architect-engineer work. See 736.602-3(c)(5). ...

48 CFR 736.605 - Government cost estimate for architect-engineer work.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-10-01

... for architect-engineer work. 736.605 Section 736.605 Federal Acquisition Regulations System AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT SPECIAL CATEGORIES OF CONTRACTING CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECT-ENGINEER CONTRACTS Architect-Engineer Services 736.605 Government cost estimate for architect-engineer work. See 736.602-3(c)(5). ...

48 CFR 736.605 - Government cost estimate for architect-engineer work.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-10-01

... for architect-engineer work. 736.605 Section 736.605 Federal Acquisition Regulations System AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT SPECIAL CATEGORIES OF CONTRACTING CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECT-ENGINEER CONTRACTS Architect-Engineer Services 736.605 Government cost estimate for architect-engineer work. See 736.602-3(c)(5). ...

Physiological Mechanisms of Eccentric Contraction and Its Applications: A Role for the Giant Titin Protein

PubMed Central

Hessel, Anthony L.; Lindstedt, Stan L.; Nishikawa, Kiisa C.

2017-01-01

When active muscles are stretched, our understanding of muscle function is stretched as well. Our understanding of the molecular mechanisms of concentric contraction has advanced considerably since the advent of the sliding filament theory, whereas mechanisms for increased force production during eccentric contraction are only now becoming clearer. Eccentric contractions play an important role in everyday human movements, including mobility, stability, and muscle strength. Shortly after the sliding filament theory of muscle contraction was introduced, there was a reluctant recognition that muscle behaved as if it contained an “elastic” filament. Jean Hanson and Hugh Huxley referred to this structure as the “S-filament,” though their concept gained little traction. This additional filament, the giant titin protein, was identified several decades later, and its roles in muscle contraction are still being discovered. Recent research has demonstrated that, like activation of thin filaments by calcium, titin is also activated in muscle sarcomeres by mechanisms only now being elucidated. The mdm mutation in mice appears to prevent activation of titin, and is a promising model system for investigating mechanisms of titin activation. Titin stiffness appears to increase with muscle force production, providing a mechanism that explains two fundamental properties of eccentric contractions: their high force and low energetic cost. The high force and low energy cost of eccentric contractions makes them particularly well suited for athletic training and rehabilitation. Eccentric exercise is commonly prescribed for treatment of a variety of conditions including sarcopenia, osteoporosis, and tendinosis. Use of eccentric exercise in rehabilitation and athletic training has exploded to include treatment for the elderly, as well as muscle and bone density maintenance for astronauts during long-term space travel. For exercise intolerance and many types of sports injuries, experimental evidence suggests that interventions involving eccentric exercise are demonstrably superior to conventional concentric interventions. Future work promises to advance our understanding of the molecular mechanisms that confer high force and low energy cost to eccentric contraction, as well as signaling mechanisms responsible for the beneficial effects of eccentric exercise in athletic training and rehabilitation. PMID:28232805

The cost risk implementation on design-build project of integrated public spaces child friendly in capital of Jakarta

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Mardiaman, Mubarok, Abdul

2017-11-01

Jakarta area of 662.33 km2 with a population of 10,075,030 inhabitants and green open spaces 9.98%. The Jakarta government built a child-friendly integrated open space as facilities for playing. Providing of facilities was hoped suitable with time, cost, quality, accountability and proper financial governance. Based on the PU ministerial regulation number 19/PRT/M/2015 on the standards and guidelines for procurement the design and construction work on the integrated build and the PU ministerial regulation No. 07/PRT/M/2011 on standards and guidelines for procurement of construction works and consulting services of public works and the ministry of housing. RPTRA development at 123 locations in Jakarta was implemented base on the contract of design and build. The design study was influenced by the cost elements; the main strength (expert), skilled personnel, support personnel, major equipment and support. The construction fee relies on; expert implementation, hardware implementation, preparation work, land, buildings, courtyards, fences, complementary and governance capabilities for human resources in completing the construction activities to minimize the cost risk. Montecarlo simulations was conducted to determine the average unit price, model and analyze systems. In the cost contract, the percentage of design work stipulated 2.5%, build 97.5%. Base on regulation the minister of public work for design work cost 2.72%, build 97.28%. Then, actual cost for design 2.67% and build 97.33%. From the three reference was shown that there are differentiation one another. The acceleration of planning able to make the cost and time more efficient that impact on the implementation margin.

Shillapoo Wildlife Area, Annual Report 2006-2007.

DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

Calkins, Brian

This report summarizes accomplishments, challenges and successes on WDFW's Shillapoo Wildlife Area funded under Bonneville Power Administration's (BPA) Wildlife Mitigation Program (BPA project No.2003-012-00) during the Fiscal Year 07 contract period October 1, 2006-September 30, 2007. The information presented here is intended to supplement that contained in BPA's PISCES contract development and reporting system. The organization below is by broad categories of work but references are made to individual work elements in the PISCES Statement of Work as appropriate. The greatest success realized during this contract period was significant positive changes in the vegetative community in several wetland basins throughoutmore » the wildlife area. This major goal is being achieved in part by new equipment and operation capability funded under the BPA contract, state capital and migratory bird stamp funds, and the past or ongoing investment of other partners including Ducks Unlimited, The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Clark Public Utilities and others. We continue to be challenged by requirements under the archaeological and historic preservation act necessary to protect many sensitive sites known to occur within the wildlife area. The problems encountered to date have been largely administrative in nature and those experienced this year were unforeseen and probably unavoidable. Early in the contract period, WDFW and BPA had agreed to have a BPA staff archaeologist perform the survey and reporting work. Unexpectedly, just prior to the expected start date for the surveys, the employee resigned leaving BPA's staff short handed and necessitated contracting the work with an archaeological consultant. This delay caused us to forego work on several projects that are now deferred until the next contract period. The most notable projects impacted by this unfortunate circumstance are those involving the construction or repair of fences.« less

Pricing structures in US coal supply contracts

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Kacker, Kanishka

The subject of my dissertation is the study of coal procurement by electric utilities in the US over 2 decades, from 1979 to 2000. Energy markets are typically characterized by severe contracting problems. Buyers and sellers therefore employ various instruments, such as contract length or complex pricing arrangements, to restrict these problems. Relationship specific investment, wherein buyers make investments specific to their suppliers, has been advanced as a prominent explanation for contractual length. Investment decisions are however endogenous in length or pricing, making causal identification of the role of investment specificity difficult. In my first chapter, I attempt a resolution. I use the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendment as an exogenous shifter of the extent of relationship specific investment. A key feature of the Amendment's design helps me define a difference-in-difference model arguably free of the endogeneity issues discussed above. I find that the plants forced into switching - Phase I plants located in the US Midwest - are more likely to choose fixed price contracts than those that were not. Further they also write contracts of shorter terms, with the reduction being approximately 30%. Considerably little is known about the performance implications of contractual choices. These form the basis for Chapter 2. Here I find prices to be lower, by between 5% to 20% of the total transaction price, but the probability of renegotiation higher, under fixed price contracts than under escalator or cost-plus contracts. Contract choices appear consistent with a trade-off between establishing incentives ex-ante and lowering negotiation costs ex-post, with relationship specific investments in particular making such a trade-off compelling. Chapter 3 considers the regulatory environment these utilities were subject to. Both incentive based regulation as well as the restructuring of electricity generation are smaller in comparison to relationship specific investment in terms of their effects on contractual decisions. Consequently, when evaluating the effect of these reforms, ignoring the contractual structure of fuel procurement - and therefore investment specificity - leads to large and significant biases in their impacts.

48 CFR 1322.302 - Liquidated damages and overtime pay.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-10-01

... SOCIOECONOMIC PROGRAMS APPLICATION OF LABOR LAWS TO GOVERNMENT ACQUISITIONS Contract Work Hours and Safety... subcontractor inadvertently violated the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act is set forth in CAM 1301...

48 CFR 422.302 - Liquidated damages and overtime pay.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-10-01

... SOCIOECONOMIC PROGRAMS APPLICATION OF LABOR LAWS TO GOVERNMENT ACQUISITIONS Contract Work Hours and Safety... authorized to review determinations of liquidated damages due under section 104(c) of the Contract Work Hours...

48 CFR 422.302 - Liquidated damages and overtime pay.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-10-01

... SOCIOECONOMIC PROGRAMS APPLICATION OF LABOR LAWS TO GOVERNMENT ACQUISITIONS Contract Work Hours and Safety... authorized to review determinations of liquidated damages due under section 104(c) of the Contract Work Hours...

29 CFR 5.17 - Withdrawal of approval of a training program.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-07-01

... CONTRACTS SUBJECT TO THE CONTRACT WORK HOURS AND SAFETY STANDARDS ACT) Davis-Bacon and Related Acts... for the classification of work actually performed until an acceptable program is approved. ...

29 CFR 5.17 - Withdrawal of approval of a training program.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-07-01

... NONCONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS SUBJECT TO THE CONTRACT WORK HOURS AND SAFETY STANDARDS ACT) Davis-Bacon and Related... for the classification of work actually performed until an acceptable program is approved. ...

48 CFR 1322.302 - Liquidated damages and overtime pay.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-10-01

... SOCIOECONOMIC PROGRAMS APPLICATION OF LABOR LAWS TO GOVERNMENT ACQUISITIONS Contract Work Hours and Safety... subcontractor inadvertently violated the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act is set forth in CAM 1301...

Contract management survey 2002.

PubMed

Hoppszallern, Suzanna

2002-10-01

Spending on clinical contracts continues to outpace spending on business services, but may be leveling off. The 12th annual Contract Management Survey shows that the performance of clinical vendors is now comparable to business service vendors in meeting savings targets. Both business and clinical vendors are receiving higher marks from hospital leaders, but execs quickly respond to low marks by bringing the service back in-house of changing vendors. This report examines trends in outsourcing, satisfaction levels, the decision-making process, contract features and performance, and spending.

22 CFR Appendix A to Part 145 - Clauses for Contracts and Small Purchases Awarded by Recipient

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-04-01

... suspected or reported violations to the Department. 4. Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act (40 U.S... mechanic and laborer on the basis of a standard work week of 40 hours. Work in excess of the standard work... basic rate of pay for all hours worked in excess of 40 hours in the work week. Section 107 of the Act is...

29 CFR 4.181 - Overtime pay provisions of other Acts.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-07-01

... § 4.180. (b) Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act. (1) The Contract Work Hours and Safety... the work performed for the employer is subject to such Act and if, in such workweek, the total hours... not less than 11/2 times their regular rate of pay for all hours worked in excess of the applicable...

46 CFR Sec. 2 - Use of contract for competitive bid and negotiated price awards.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-10-01

... ship repair work awarded as a result of competitive bidding or negotiation. As a general rule all work... shall be rejected. If the ship's availability permits a new Invitation for Bids for the work in question... the accomplishment of work under the NSA-LUMPSUMREP Contract will be permitted in lieu of competitive...

The Certification Program, Training, and Competencies--An Examination of the Air Force Contracting Work Force’s Response to the Sufficiency of Professional Training

DTIC Science & Technology

1994-09-01

Training Education I 1 year Contracting Fundamentals De-rce or Contract Pricing 24 hours of business II 2 years Government Contract Law Same as Level I...Contract Pricing I CON 201 Government Contract Law Il CON 221 Intermediate Contract Administration II CON 222 Operational Level Contract II Administration...4-13 Table 4-13. Top Five Courses Perceived as Most AdL.4uate Ranking* I Certification Training Course Title 1 Government Contract Law 2 MDAC - Basic

The Contract Management Body of Knowledge: A Comparison of Contracting Competencies

DTIC Science & Technology

2013-12-01

SME subject matter expert SOW statement of work TINA Truth in Negotiations Act UCC uniform commercial code WBS work breakdown structure xv...documents whose terms and condition are legally enforceable. Sources of law and guidance covered include the uniform commercial code ( UCC ), Federal...contracting including the uniform commercial code ( UCC ), Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), as well as various other laws pertaining to both

48 CFR 731.371 - Compensation for personal services.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-10-01

... employees with whom the contractor will be working. (b) Salaries and wages. (1) The policies set forth in... members working under annual appointments, salary for service under the contract may include the employee... members working under academic year appointments, salary for service under the contract may include the...

7 CFR 1726.405 - Inventory of work orders (RUS Form 219).

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-01-01

... 7 Agriculture 11 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 false Inventory of work orders (RUS Form 219). 1726.405... SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ELECTRIC SYSTEM CONSTRUCTION POLICIES AND PROCEDURES Contract Closeout § 1726.405 Inventory of work orders (RUS Form 219). Upon completion of the contract closeout, the...

48 CFR 22.301 - Statutory requirement.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-10-01

... PROGRAMS APPLICATION OF LABOR LAWS TO GOVERNMENT ACQUISITIONS Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act... that no laborer or mechanic doing any part of the work contemplated by the contract shall be required or permitted to work more than 40 hours in any workweek unless paid for all such overtime hours at...

48 CFR 22.301 - Statutory requirement.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-10-01

... PROGRAMS APPLICATION OF LABOR LAWS TO GOVERNMENT ACQUISITIONS Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act... that no laborer or mechanic doing any part of the work contemplated by the contract shall be required or permitted to work more than 40 hours in any workweek unless paid for all such overtime hours at...

48 CFR 970.4402-3 - Purchasing from contractor-affiliated sources.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-10-01

... the entities are separately incorporated. (b) Subcontracts for performance of contract work itself (as distinguished from the purchase of supplies and services needed in connection with the performance of work... and operating contractor seeks authorization to have some part of the contract work performed by a...

41 CFR 102-5.35 - Who is authorized home-to-work transportation?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-07-01

... 41 Public Contracts and Property Management 3 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Who is authorized home-to-work transportation? 102-5.35 Section 102-5.35 Public Contracts and Property Management Federal Property Management Regulations System (Continued) FEDERAL MANAGEMENT REGULATION GENERAL 5-HOME-TO-WORK...

Optimal strategies for electric energy contract decision making

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Song, Haili

2000-10-01

The power industry restructuring in various countries in recent years has created an environment where trading of electric energy is conducted in a market environment. In such an environment, electric power companies compete for the market share through spot and bilateral markets. Being profit driven, electric power companies need to make decisions on spot market bidding, contract evaluation, and risk management. New methods and software tools are required to meet these upcoming needs. In this research, bidding strategy and contract pricing are studied from a market participant's viewpoint; new methods are developed to guide a market participant in spot and bilateral market operation. A supplier's spot market bidding decision is studied. Stochastic optimization is formulated to calculate a supplier's optimal bids in a single time period. This decision making problem is also formulated as a Markov Decision Process. All the competitors are represented by their bidding parameters with corresponding probabilities. A systematic method is developed to calculate transition probabilities and rewards. The optimal strategy is calculated to maximize the expected reward over a planning horizon. Besides the spot market, a power producer can also trade in the bilateral markets. Bidding strategies in a bilateral market are studied with game theory techniques. Necessary and sufficient conditions of Nash Equilibrium (NE) bidding strategy are derived based on the generators' cost and the loads' willingness to pay. The study shows that in any NE, market efficiency is achieved. Furthermore, all Nash equilibria are revenue equivalent for the generators. The pricing of "Flexible" contracts, which allow delivery flexibility over a period of time with a fixed total amount of electricity to be delivered, is analyzed based on the no-arbitrage pricing principle. The proposed algorithm calculates the price based on the optimality condition of the stochastic optimization formulation. Simulation examples illustrate the tradeoffs between prices and scheduling flexibility. Spot bidding and contract pricing are not independent decision processes. The interaction between spot bidding and contract evaluation is demonstrated with game theory equilibrium model and market simulation results. It leads to the conclusion that a market participant's contract decision making needs to be further investigated as an integrated optimization formulation.

Using Monte Carlo Simulation To Improve Cargo Mass Estimates For International Space Station Commercial Resupply Flights

DTIC Science & Technology

2016-12-01

laboratory. The transition of this function to the commercial sector under Firm Fixed-Price contracting has forced both NASA and commercial providers to...adjust to make this effort successful. Improving bag-level cargo launch manifests delivered from NASA to the provider more than a year in advance is...contracting has forced both NASA and commercial providers to adjust to make this effort successful. Improving bag-level cargo launch manifests delivered from

Risk factors for injury among construction workers at Denver International Airport.

PubMed

Lowery, J T; Borgerding, J A; Zhen, B; Glazner, J E; Bondy, J; Kreiss, K

1998-08-01

The Denver International Airport construction project provided a rare opportunity to identify risk factors for injury on a large construction project for which 769 contractors were hired to complete 2,843 construction contracts. Workers' compensation claims and payroll data for individual contracts were recorded in an administrative database developed by the project's Owner-Controlled Insurance Program. From claims andy payroll data linked with employee demographic information, we calculated injury rates per 200,000 person-hours by contract and over contract characteristics of interest. We used Poisson regression models to examine contract-specific risk factors in relation to total injuries, lost-work-time (LWT), and non-LWT injuries. We included contract-specific expected loss rates (ELRs) in the model to control for prevailing risk of work and used logistic regression methods to determine the association between LWT and non-LWT injuries on contracts. Injury rates were highest during the first year of construction, at the beginning of contracts, and among older workers. Risk for total and non-LWT injuries was elevated for building construction contracts, contract for special trades companies (SIC 17), contracts with payrolls over $1 million, and those with overtime payrolls greater than 20%. Risk for LWT injuries only was increased for site development contracts and contract starting in the first year of construction. Contracts experiencing one or more minor injuries were four times as likely to have at least one major injury (OR = 4.0, 95% CI (2.9, 5.5)). Enhancement of DIA's safety infrastructure during the second year of construction appears to have been effective in reducing serious (LWT) injures. The absence of correlation between injury rates among contracts belonging to the same company suggest that targeting of safety resources at the level of the contract may be an effective approach to injury prevention. Interventions focused on high-risk contracts, including those with considerable overtime work, contracts held by special trades contractors (SIC 17), and contracts belonging to small and mid-sized companies, and on high-risk workers, such as those new to a construction site or new to a contract may reduce injury burden on large construction sites. The join occurrence of minor and major injuries on a contract level suggests that surveillance of minor injuries may be useful in identifying opportunities for prevention of major injures.

48 CFR 22.608 - Procedures.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-10-01

... APPLICATION OF LABOR LAWS TO GOVERNMENT ACQUISITIONS Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act 22.608 Procedures. (a) Award. When a contract subject to the Act is awarded, the contracting officer, in accordance with... to the contractor DOL publication WH-1313, Notice to Employees Working on Government Contracts. (b...

The Administrative Contract: Implications for Reform.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Murray, Kenneth T.; Murray, Barbara A.

1999-01-01

Although most principals and superintendents must be awarded annual or multiyear employment contracts by their school districts, such contracts offer little protection from reassignment to a lesser position or even from dismissal. Inadequate remedies for breach of employment contracts subject school administrators to working solely at their…

48 CFR 970.5070-3 - Contract clauses.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-10-01

... SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS DOE MANAGEMENT AND OPERATING CONTRACTS Extraordinary Contractual Actions and the..., shall be included in all management and operating contracts involving the risk of public liability for... the contract work, including such events caused by a product delivered to a DOE-owned, facility for...

Shillapoo Wildlife Area, Annual Report 2007-2008.

DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

Calkins, Brian

This report summarizes accomplishments, challenges and successes on WDFW's Shillapoo Wildlife Area funded under Bonneville Power Administration's (BPA) Wildlife Mitigation Program (BPA project No.2003-012-00) during the Fiscal Year 08 contract period October 1, 2007-September 30, 2008. The information presented here is intended to supplement that contained in BPA's PISCES contract development and reporting system. The organization below is by broad categories of work but references are made to individual work elements in the PISCES Statement of Work as appropriate. Significant progress was realized in almost all major work types. Of particular note was progress made in tree plantings and pasturemore » rehabilitation efforts. This year's tree planting effort included five sites detailed below and in terms of the number of plants was certainly the largest effort on the wildlife area to date in one season. The planting itself took a significant amount of time, which was anticipated. However, installation of mats and tubes took much longer than expected which impacted planned fence projects in particular. Survival of the plantings appears to be good. Improvement to the quality of waterfowl pasture habitats is evident on a number of sites due to replanting and weed control efforts. Continuing long-term weed control efforts will be key in improving this particular type of habitat. A prolonged cold, wet spring and a number of equipment breakdowns presented stumbling blocks that impacted schedules and ultimately progress on planned activities. The unusual spring weather delayed fieldwork on pasture planting projects as well as weed control and slowed the process of maintaining trees and shrubs. This time lag also caused the continued deferral of some of our fencing projects. The large brush hog mower had the driveline break twice and the smaller tractor had an engine failure that caused it to be down for over a month. We have modified our budget plan for next year to include a temporary employee that will work primarily on tree maintenance and fencing projects to make sure that we make progress in these areas and we will be investigating whether a heavier duty driveline can be obtained for the mower.« less

Claims for Unabsorbed Overhead on Defense Contracts.

DTIC Science & Technology

1985-09-01

coat which, under the provisions of any pertinent law, regulation, or contract, cannot be included in prices, cost reimbureements , or settlements...ruled that the contractor was due some reimbursement . " - Allegheny appealed the contracting officer’s determination a second time questioning how much...amount of reimbursement . The final opinion also added the cost that was substantiated for replacement of operators and make-up pay. Therefore, the

Office of Inspector General audit report on Project Hanford management contract costs and performance

DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

NONE

1998-11-01

On August 6, 1996, the Richland Operations Office (Richland) awarded the Project Hanford Management Contract (Management Contract) to Fluor Daniel Hanford, Inc. (Fluor Daniel). This performance-based, 5-year contract to support cleanup of the Department of Energy`s (DOE) Hanford Site (Hanford) contained performance goals or expectations related to the stabilization, transition, and diversification of the Tri-Cities` economy near Hanford in southeastern Washington. One of these economic goals was that Fluor Daniel and its major subcontractors would help generate 3,000 new, non-Hanford, private sector jobs that would help stabilize and diversify the Tri-Cities` economy. The contract specifically called for Fluor Daniel tomore » help generate 200 jobs, establish an investment fund, and bring 6 new growth-oriented enterprise companies to the Tri-Cities by the end of Fiscal Year (FY) 1997. The objective of the audit was to determine whether Richland was making adequate progress in stabilizing and diversifying the economy of the Tri-Cities by creating 3,000 new, non-Hanford jobs within 5 years. Accordingly, the author examined the progress made in FY 1997, which was the first year of the Management Contract. Richland and Fluor Daniel are at risk of not meeting the Management Contract`s goals of stabilizing and diversifying the economy of the Tri-Cities because most of the new jobs created during FY 1997 were not comparable to Hanford jobs and, thus, may not sustain long-term economic goals. Therefore, Fluor Daniel has not met its expectations in the first year and is not making adequate progress toward meeting the Management Contract`s overall economic goals.« less

13 CFR 126.700 - What are the performance of work requirements for HUBZone contracts?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-01-01

... 13 Business Credit and Assistance 1 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 false What are the performance of work... ADMINISTRATION HUBZONE PROGRAM Contract Performance Requirements § 126.700 What are the performance of work... meet the performance of work requirements set forth in § 125.6(c) of this chapter. (b) In addition to...

Promised and delivered inducements and contributions: an integrated view of psychological contract appraisal.

PubMed

Lambert, Lisa Schurer

2011-07-01

The reciprocal exchange of employees' work for pay that is central to employment relationships is viewed here through the lens of the psychological contract. A psychological contract involves promised inducements, promised contributions, delivered inducements, and delivered contributions: How an employee cognitively integrates these 4 elements is a central question in psychological contract theory. Three alternative approaches for integrating the 4 elements were drawn from discrepancy theory, from equity theory, and from need theories of satisfaction, respectively. Experimental findings disconfirmed the discrepancy and equity approaches. Findings were consistent with the premise of the needs model, which is that appraisal is driven by how psychological contract elements facilitate or hinder an employee's effort to fulfill personal needs. Results showed that promised and delivered pay and work contribute uniquely to appraisal but that they vary in their influence on appraisal. These findings were consistent with the needs model principle that elements proximal to need satisfaction matter more than distal elements. That is, what is delivered (for pay and for work) matters more than what is promised, and pay matters more than work.

The role of collective labor contracts and individual characteristics on job satisfaction in Tuscan nursing homes.

PubMed

Vainieri, Milena; Smaldone, Pierluigi; Rosa, Antonella; Carroll, Kathleen

2017-08-23

The role played by remuneration strategies in motivating health care professionals is one of the most studied factors. Some studies of nursing home (NH) services, while considering wages and labor market characteristics, do not explicitly account for the influence of the contract itself. This study investigates the relationship between the labor contracts applied in 62 Tuscan NHs and NH aides' job satisfaction with two aims: to investigate the impact of European contracts on employee satisfaction in health care services and to determine possible limitations of research not incorporating these contracts. We apply a multilevel model to data gathered from a staff survey administered in 2014 to all employees of 62 NHs to analyze two levels: individual and NH. Labor contracts were introduced into the model as a variable of NH. Findings show that the factors influencing nursing aides' satisfaction occur at both the individual and NH levels. Organizational characteristics explain 16% of the variation. For individual characteristics, foreign and temporary workers emerge as more satisfied than others. For NH variables, results indicate that the labor contract with the worst conditions is not associated with lower workers' satisfaction. Although working conditions play a relevant role in the job satisfaction of aides, labor contracts do not seem to affect it. Interestingly, aides of the NHs with the contract having the best conditions register a significantly lower level of satisfaction compared to the NHs with the worst contract conditions. This suggests that organizational factors such as culture, team work, and other characteristics, which were not explicitly considered in this study, may be more powerful sources of worker satisfaction than labor contracts. Our analysis has value as a management tool to consider alternative sources as well as the labor contract for employee incentives.This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives License 4.0 (CCBY-NC-ND), where it is permissible to download and share the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be changed in any way or used commercially without permission from the journal.