If a contractor receives proper written notification and fails to notify a subcontractor of a prevailing wage project, they are liable for the interest, penalties or fines assessed by the Department. A subcontractor is nevertheless responsible for paying the proper prevailing wage rate of pay.
The President is both the head of state and head of government of the United States of America, and Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces. Under Article II of the Constitution, the President is responsible for the execution and enforcement of the laws created by Congress. Fifteen executive departments â each led by an appointed member of the President's Cabinet â carry out the day-to-day administration of the federal government.
In a presidential system, the leader of the executive is both the head of state and head of government. In a parliamentary system, a cabinet minister responsible to the legislature is the head of government, while the head of state is usually a largely ceremonial monarch or president. Constitution. Diarchy.