Sentences with phrase «agency budget cuts»

Agency budget cuts worsened the crisis.

The city Department of Education could be facing a loss of more than 6,100 teaching jobs in the coming fiscal years under Mayor Michael Bloomberg's latest financial plan calling for an additional $ 1.6 billion in agency budget cuts.

Not exact matches

The FY 2019 request is an even greater disparity: Commerce's request increased to $ 9.9 billion while SBA received the third largest cut of all agencies, at $ 0.6 billion — now just 6 percent of Commerce's proposed budget.

While the budget proposes large spending cuts to many government agencies — the Environmental Protection Agency and State Department budgets would be cut 31 % and 28 %, respectively — defense and military spending would increase substantially.

The State Department has lost clout in the Trump administration, and the White House has proposed massive budget cuts for the agency.

No agency has had its operating budget shredded as mercilessly as the SBA's (most agencies have gotten more money), and the cuts of the past six years have struck at all aspects of the agency.

Related: Sequester Countdown: What's in Store for the SBA Each agency has seven months to make the required budget cuts.

A year ago, the agency offered early retirement to a number of employees and the decrease in headcount achieved then was enough to mitigate the requisite budget cuts, Mills told reporters in a meeting in New York last week.

The combined budget for the State Department and U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, would fall by 28 %, with funding cuts for the United Nations, climate change and cultural exchange programs.

However, the House's plan for the EPA would cut the agency's budget 80 percent less than what the White house recommended in its May budget proposal.

Both identify about $ 1.2 trillion in spending cuts to the day - to - day operating budgets of government agencies, though Reid's proposal also counts an extra $ 1 trillion in savings from winding down wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Under the tentative plan from the Office of Management and Budget, the agency's funding would be reduced by roughly 25 percent and about 3,000 jobs would be cut, about 19 percent of the agency's staff.

The product of intensive talks before lawmakers left Washington for Christmas, the budget deal alleviates the harshest effects of automatic budget cuts on the Pentagon and domestic agencies.

It took some painful cuts and some reorganization of state agencies to balance the budget, and Texas is one of only seven states — mostly oil - producing ones — that saw revenues decline last year, according to the National Association of State Budget Offbudget, and Texas is one of only seven states — mostly oil - producing ones — that saw revenues decline last year, according to the National Association of State Budget OffBudget Officers.

In Quebec, for instance, public low - income housing agencies estimate that a recent cut in funding slashed their repair budgets by 30 %.

Indeed, Trump's proposed budget cuts funding for the Environmental Protection Agency by 31 %, and specifically eliminates measures designed to preserve clean air and water and ward off climate change — including Obama - era legislation amending the longstanding Clean Air Act and creating what is literally known as the Clean Water Rule.

Since taking office, President Trump has pulled the country out of the Paris climate change accord, proposed cutting the Environmental Protection Agency's budget by 26 percent, and placed tariffs on solar panels imported from countries like China and South Korea.

The most recent example is the refusal of the Privy Council Office (PCO) to provide PBO with information on how government departments and agencies are implementing the Budget 2012 expenditure cuts.

By 2015, the Harper government will have imposed permanent budget cuts of at least 10.8 billion dollars per year to federal departments and agencies.

The Conservative government has cut $ 56 million from the budget of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), meaning that there are now fewer food safety inspectors checking Canadians» food for contamination and other hazards.

IMB president David Platt announced Thursday that the agency needs to cut at least 600 missionaries and staff in order to balance its budget.

Some of the law enforcement agencies have withdrawn their school resource officers from local high schools in the wake of budget cuts, losing in the process what had been for many departments their main point of contact with driving - age teenagers.

My concern is that in this era of draconian state education budget cuts (here in Texas, we rank second to last in per - student spending), state agencies, under pressure from cash - strapped districts, might be far too liberal in allowing these exempt — but often quite lucrative — fundraisers.

In the letter, the groups point to Schumer's opposition to cuts to the budget of the Environmental Protection Agency.

After naming EPA enemy Scott Pruitt as the agency head and proposing a 31 % budget cut for EPA it is up to the states to safeguard the air and water we rely on.

MPs also raised concerns that the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre is having its budget cut by ten per cent over four years and warned that it could lose its focus when it is merged with the National Crime Agency.

The White House is seeking to cut more than $ 2.5 billion from the annual budget of the Environmental Protection Agency — an overall reduction of more than 23 percent.

NYC Administration for Children's Services Commissioner David Hansell said that his improvements to the agency face an obstacle in Cuomo, who has proposed a cap to cut state reimbursement for the city's child welfare costs from its current $ 449 million to $ 320 million in his budget.

Because of lower - than - expected federal assistance for Medicaid, Albany instituted an across - the - board budget sweep of 1.1 percent, cutting state spending and also siphoning off theoretically separate revenue streams dedicated to specific programs and agencies, like the MTA.

Gov. David Paterson last Thursday proposed $ 5 billion in cuts over the next two years to fill a growing state budget deficit, and the plan makes deep reductions in funding to education, health care and state agencies.

BY DUNCAN OSBORNE The two city agencies that are most likely to contribute resources to a plan to substantially reduce new HIV infections in New York saw their funding cut in the city's preliminary budget, suggesting that any effort those agencies might make to advance the plan will be paid for by reprogramming existing cash -LSB-...]

But the governor will get pushback from the state worker unions if he tries to balance the budget solely through state agency cuts and consolidations, says Public Employees Federation President Ken Brynien.

The mid year financial report released by Cuomo's budget office says options to close the gap include more cuts to state agencies, delaying payments to local governments and schools, suspension of some construction projects, and even borrowing money short term to pay for operating expenses.

It's a conceit that feels ignored in this budget, particularly with cuts to programs such as Close to Home, which Cuomo created and championed, and the proposal to block - grant funding for child welfare services, said Jim Purcell, chief executive officer at the Council of Family and Child Caring Agencies.

Nassau's financial control board could impose millions of dollars in spending cuts to the county's 2018 budget when it meets next week, affecting everything from agency budgets to contracts and equipment purchases, officials said Tuesday.

Bloomberg laid out in detail what he has done, and will continue to do — including freezing city - funded spending, seeking agency - specific budget cuts, and spreading the current four - year capital plan to five years.

Unlike the proposals of many recent years, which prompted council members and advocates to march on the steps of City Hall, fighting to halt cuts to city agencies and social services, Mr. de Blasio's preliminary budget is relatively painless.

Along with $ 2.5 billion in Medicaid and agency cuts, the tax would help fill a $ 3.5 billion projected deficit in the state budget, caused by falling income tax revenue.

Vanderhoef will also be seeking to layoff 150 county workers, save $ 1.8 million by not reimbursing out - of - county students at the community college, cut the intelligence task force from the police budget, kick $ 1.4 million in local election costs back to towns, reduce funding to contract agencies by $ 300,000 this year and over $ 500,000 next year, and install a new charge on your motor vehicle registration.

When Gov. Mario Cuomo announced in 1984 that he would slash his personal staff by 10 percent, he did not actually cut the number of employees reporting to him — instead adding dozens of workers to state agency budget lines.

FEMA Grants: The Trump 2018 Budget Blueprint would cut grant assistance to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (herein referred to as «FEMA») by twenty - five percent (25 %) nationwide.

WASHINGTON HEIGHTS — MTA officials promised that looming budget cuts won't affect their plans to make long - term fixes to the problem - plagued elevators at the 168th Street 1 train station — but Uptown elected officials say they're concerned the agency isn't doing enough to address the crisis.

To avoid cuts in services, local aid or tax increases, the Executive Budget directs State agencies to be more efficient and focuses resources on their core programs and services.

De Blasio told reporters after the meeting that he intends to look for targeted agency cuts, particularly within the Department of Education, but has no immediate plans for an agency - wide budget cut, which is known as a «Program to Eliminate the Gap.»

In September, Bloomberg ordered a partial hiring freeze and told city agency directors to shrink their budgets by 5.4 percent this year and 8 percent next year, with smaller cuts for the Department of Education and police and fire departments.

During his testimony, Taylor also noted the mayor has restored budget cuts to his agency.

PRESS RELEASE FROM SENATOR DAVID CARLUCCI With residents and agencies now fearing the potential fallout over possible budget cuts to our most vulnerable populations, Senator David Carlucci (D - Rockland / Westchester) today announced a grassroots call to action to convince Governor Cuomo to join with state legislators in fully restoring the proposed 6 % cuts to the Office for -LSB-...]

Agencies under the UJA - Federation umbrella have lost a total of $ 6 million due to Paterson's veto of legislative earmarks known as member - item grants, the latest in eight cycles of budget cuts that have rocked the non-sectarian network of special education, child care, mental health, immigrant and other services, lowering revenue by 5 to 7 percent, said Soloway.

«Officials with the state Budget Division say they're planning for layoffs even though there have been no memorandums or other written guidance sent to state agencies about how the cuts would proceed, or precisely when they would begin.

The strategy does nothing to reverse last year's 60 % cut in the affordable housing budget, which has driven new affordable home building down by 97 %, a stunning detail that was slipped out by the Homes and Communities Agency the day after the strategy.