The principal mechanism by which the Federal Congress oversees local governments' use of federal resources is the national program of audits, directed by the Superior Federal Auditors (ASF, in Spanish) in coordination with the Superior Audit Entities of States (EFSL, in Spanish).
But in the ruling issued here today, the judge, Gladys Kessler, said her reading of the federal law made it clear that Congress never intended "to create a private action for violations by a federal entity of the state and local environmental noise requirements".
Witnessing the rise of the formidable entity of the state, they sought to place limits on its power and authority.
We have to wrestle with the question of who is going to set the agenda for this huge, sprawling entity of 25 states and 455 million people".
The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) is the most prominent international entity of the states of the Third World.
To further add to the muni market woes, there is a case before the U.S. Supreme Court (Kentucky vs. Davis) which challenges the right of states to allow tax exemptions for income earned by residents on muni bonds issued by that state's entities, while taxing income earned on bonds from out-of-state entities.
This study of a formerly predominantly pastoral polity within a sub-national territorial entity of the Yemeni state that is presently entangled in a comprehensive communal transformation process emphasizes the changing interactional dynamics between Soqotran pastoralists' ecological praxes, environmental milieu and the pastoral herds.
By far Mr. Romney's most far-reaching measure, the proposal sought to give Mr. LeBovidge authority to pursue corporate tax evasion, even through out-of-state entities.
Some states are passing laws requiring collection of sales tax by out-of-state entities that have in-state affiliates.
The companies claim they are not being taxed fairly because a large number of their transactions are now conducted electronically and, in many cases, between out-of-state entities.
