He was originally sentenced to 24 months in prison, far shorter than what federal guidelines generally specify for crimes of that nature.

One example of the exercise of this device was to condition allocation of federal funding where certain state laws do not conform to federal guidelines.

Using federal guidelines, the graduation rate for the class of 2005, was 69.3%, the highest in the state, but below the national average of 70.6%.

Three steam locomotives are currently under restoration to federal guidelines.

Governing, licensing, and law enforcement bodies are often at the sub-national (e.g. state or province) level, but federal guidelines / regulations also often exist.