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Page 771 - Law 763 provides that the compensation of such employees shall be fixed and adjusted from time to time as nearly as is consistent with the public interest in accordance with prevailing rates. A general survey of Government and industrial employees...
Page 253 - To insure, by timely and effective military action, the security of the United States, its possessions, and areas vital to its interest. 3. To uphold and advance the national policies and interests of the United States.
Page 192 - Operations from May 1944 until August 1945, participating in the Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, and Ardennes Campaigns. He was released from active duty on 5 January 1946. On 3 November 1947, General Greenlief rejoined the Nebraska National Guard as commanding officer, Company G, 134th Infantry. He subsequently served as S-3 of the 134th Infantry Regiment, acting assistant adjutant general of Nebraska, G-4 of the 34th Infantry Division and division chief of staff.
Page 253 - Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, constitute the immediate military staff of the Secretary of Defense. The Joint Chiefs of Staff are the principal military advisers to the President, the National Security Council, and the Secretary of Defense.
Page 294 - Procurement of the product or service from a commercial source will result in higher cost to the Government.
Page 176 - Stat. 930 (1976), provides that "it is the policy of the United States that equipment procured for the use of personnel of the Armed Forces of the United States stationed in Europe under the terms of the North Atlantic Treaty should be standardized or at least interoperable with equipment of other members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
Page 401 - Ms. Malgoire. STATEMENT OF MARY A. MALGOIRE Ms. MALGOIRE. Good morning. Thank you, Congressman Markey, Congressman Rinaldo, and the other distinguished members of this subcommittee for the opportunity to speak to you today. I am past President and currently serve as Regulatory Representative of the National Association of Personal Financial Advisers, an industry association whose members are fee-only financial advisors. Fee-only means that the advisor earns his or her entire compensation from client...
Page 293 - It is the general policy of the administration that the Federal Government will not start or carry on any commercial activity to provide a service or product for its own use if such product or service can be procured from private enterprise through ordinary business channels.
Page 619 - Amounts paid as compensation for services or primarily for the benefit of the grantor. (1) Except as provided in paragraph (a) of §1.117-2, any amount paid or allowed to, or on behalf of, an individual to enable him to pursue studies or research, if such amount represents either compensation for past, present, or future employment services or represents payment for services...
Page 690 - WHEREAS, future demands on our surveillance, warning and control capabilities in support of tactical air operations, particularly in the context of a European conflict, will be quite severe; and WHEREAS, an AWACS system has been developed by the Air Force consisting of an advanced radar system mounted In a Boeing 707 E-3A airplane with associated data processing and communication equipment; and WHEREAS, the Air Force Chief of Staff has stated that the AWACS "offers the greatest single quantum jump...