§§ 12111233, enacted shortly after the close of World War II and at the height of the Korean conflict, recites that Congress had made available 'extensive funds' for the execution of the national defense program and that 'sound execution' of the program requires 'the elimination of excessive profits from contracts made with the United States, and from related subcontracts.' § 101, 50 U.S.C.
Commenting in a statement, game worker and founding member of the IWGB's Games Workers Unite branch, Dec Peach, said: "For as long as I can remember it has been considered normal for games workers to endure zero-hours contracts, excessive unpaid overtime and even sexism and homophobia as the necessary price to pay for the privilege of working in the industry.
Agencies continue to waste their budgets on large electrical bills, unnecessary equipment, excessive printing, unproductive contracting, and unwarranted hiring.
The original Act, as amended, provided: 'Upon renegotiation, the Secretary is authorized and directed to eliminate any excessive profits under such contract or subcontract * * * (iii) by directing a contractor to withhold for the account of the United States, from amounts otherwise due to the subcontractor, any amount of such excessive profits under the subcontract * * *.' 56 Stat.
Apart from the fact that the increase in the airtime contract is excessive given the shortness of my current contract with O2, the fact that there is a penalty attached to terminating the airtime agreement seems to me an unfair term designed to stop customers cancelling.
To the extent that bank depositors and creditors are even partially protected by public guarantees, we show that it is in the interests of bank shareholders to choose more risky investments than would be socially optimal, and therefore to design a CEO contract with excessive risk taking incentives.
A hospital such as Nchanga North with a congestion efficiency score of 60% can contract its excessive inputs by 40% without worsening outputs.
The Treasury Department also issued a report this year criticizing the excessive use of the contracts.
There is excessive arm's-length contracting compared to the case where the top firm controls this organizational choice itself.
Equity-like contracts and excessive monitoring emerge when principals coordinate or verify each other's monitoring efforts.
