Sentences with phrase «agencies spent more»

According to a fact - sheet released by the committee, government agencies spent more than $ 267 million hosting or sending employees to 767 conferences in fiscal year 2012.

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The document reallocates more than $ 54 billion from government entities like the Environmental Protection Agency, the State Department and even NASA to boost defense spending by the same amount.

That effort largely focuses on reducing Energy Department spending energy subsidies and stopping the agency from issuing any more loan guarantees — the same program that funded Solyndra.

The US spends more on space exploration than any other country in the world.A big chunk of this investment goes to NASA, the country's leading agency for space exploration.

What's more, federal agencies spent about $ 4 billion on «sensors and data collectors» between 2011 and 2015, according to the business intelligence platform Govini.

President Donald Trump has said he plans to pay for billions of dollars more for the military by cutting spending on domestic agencies and departments.

Sheikh says he tried mightily as head of StatsCan to shift limited resources away from collecting data about the country's shrinking manufacturing sector — more than 300,000 jobs have been shed in Ontario and Quebec over the past decade — so the agency could spend more on tracking the boom in services and trade.

Most state agencies are grappling with spending cuts of 5.5 %, and they're bracing for more belt tightening as state economists prepare to release reduced revenue estimates for the current and coming fiscal year.

The second generation of trading models is now being built and while agency trading desks still take the greatest share of digital spend there are now real alternatives being developed that give brands more control over data and technology alongside the wider push to ensure greater transparency,» he added.

But since our boutique agency has begun growing and doing well, I've been spending more time thinking about scaling up.

A lesser - known North Korean cyber-espionage outfit has become more active on the international scene in 2017, after spending the previous five years targeting only South Korean government agencies and North Korean defectors.

More than $ 125 million has been spent over an initiative to bar state agencies from paying more for drugs than the Veterans Affairs Department pMore than $ 125 million has been spent over an initiative to bar state agencies from paying more for drugs than the Veterans Affairs Department pmore for drugs than the Veterans Affairs Department pays.

If elected Prime Minister, Mr. Harper promised that would be no more inaccurate forecasts, because he would create an independent agency, «Ensuring truth in budgeting with a Parliamentary Budget Authority» to hold the government to account in its budget forecasting and its spending estimates.

The International Energy Agency and the International Renewable Energy Agency recently estimated that more than $ 100 trillion could be spent globally on energy efficiency and renewable energy over the next 35 years.

The report also indicates that traditional agencies are being threatened as more in - house competency is created as well as a re-direct in spending towards specialists in digital media creation takes hold.

Christian aid agencies have praised George Osborne's budget announcement which confirmed the UK will spend 0.7 % of its national income on aid this yea... More

And let's face it, given what we spend on the military and the intelligence agencies, aren't you as well just more than a little disappointed that the government STILL can't find a guy riding from cave to cave on a donkey?

147 SOUTH Host Dan McMillan spent time with the Orland Fire Protection District's Fire Chief Mike Schofield, EMS Officer Lt. Mark Duke, and Training Officer Lt. David Piper to learn more about the fire and EMS agency that serves a majority of the Village of Orland Park.

So, although it is certainly true that we should be spending more money on children in disadvantaged neighborhoods, the primary problem is that what we are already spending gets spent in really unhelpful ways, haphazard ways: different programs, different agencies, different levels of government.

Agencies that can raise the funds are spending more money for food, building shelves in their pantries, moving to bigger buildings, taking on summer food drives for the first time - and praying.

Prior to that he spent more than 30 years in advertising, first in senior management positions (CFO and COO) at two of the largest advertising agencies in Philadelphia, then as a financial and management consultant to small and mid-sized advertising, public relations and marketing firms.

In a time when the state is supposed to be doing more with less, it seems ridiculous to be spending resources on this promotional nonsense instead of allowing agencies to focus their limited resources on their missions.

The government has been forced to defend the Child Support Agency (CSA) once again as new figures suggest it is spending more on enforcement than it receives in payments.

• Rightsizing Government: Saying that redesigning New York State government is essential to rebuilding the state's economy, Governor Cuomo issued an Executive Order creating the Spending and Government Efficiency (SAGE) Commission to make state government more accountable and efficient by reducing the number of agencies, authorities, and commissions by 20 percent.

The former Police and Crime Commissioner for Essex argues that more resources can help, but any available funds need to be spent by the right agencies in the right way.

Lhota and Cuomo have pressured de Blasio to split the $ 836 million price tag — a mix of new capital and operating funds — but the mayor has insisted that he would not give the MTA more city dollars until the agency spent its money more wisely.

While Cuomo has made his contribution available, de Blasio has insisted he wouldn't provide additional funding until the agency spends its money more wisely.

Nassau county's financial control board could impose spending cuts affecting county agencies, contracts and more.

Rightsizing Government: Saying that redesigning New York State government is essential to rebuilding the state's economy, Governor Cuomo today issued an Executive Order creating the Spending and Government Efficiency (SAGE) Commission to make state government more accountable and efficient by reducing the number of agencies, authorities, and commissions by 20 percent.

Government watchdogs expressed concern that the budget added more than $ 700 million in new agency spending since January despite reduced tax - revenue projections from real - estate transactions and personal income taxes.

In announcing the watch list, Stringer noted that citywide spending on homelessness across all agencies has more than doubled from $ 1.1 billion in FY 2013 to a projected $ 2.6 billion in FY 2019, resulting in a need to monitor DHS spending.

WASHINGTON — Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt spent more than $ 120,000 in public funds last summer for a trip to Italy that included a meeting of G - 7 ministers and...

According to the figures, city agencies have spent nearly half - a-billion dollars more than had been budgeted so far this year, thanks in part to the twin punches of the post-Christmas blizzard and Hurricane Irene.

Although less than 9 percent of the city's overall budget is comes from federal aid — excluding Community Development Block Grant - Disaster Recovery and other Hurricane Sandy - related aid — 11 out of more than 40 mayoral agencies that represent 59 percent of total city spending get 92 percent of federal grant aid, according to Stringer's initial analysis of federal funding, which he conducted to pinpoint what's at stake for New Yorkers ahead of Trump's inauguration in January.

The three agencies all manage institutional settings and have also led OT lists in previous years, accounting for more than 60 percent of all the overtime spent by state agencies.

«When we need savings, we go case by case, agency by agency, program by program,» Mr. de Blasio said, saying he was more focused on changing the city's spending on ballooning healthcare costs.

«In 2015, participants in the Commercial Production Tax Credit program hired more than 15,550 workers while spending nearly $ 100 million on productions across New York State,» agency spokesman Jason Conwall said.

While Mr. de Blasio has often touted his savings and the fiscal responsibility of his budgets, they have vastly increased city spending — and earlier this year Council members pushed him to require more savings from city agencies to protect against an economic downturn.

That amounted to $ 613,790,919 in contracts for minority - owned business and $ 497,093,519 for women - owned business — out of more than $ 10.8 billion in total state agency and authority spending.

Empire State Development, the state's leading economic development agency, has spent more than $ 75,000 promoting its tweets since October, records obtained under a state Freedom of Information Law request show.

«State agencies spent nearly $ 52 million more on overtime in 2012 than the year before for nearly 14.5 million hours of overtime,» DiNapoli said.

She said that she would like to see consideration of changes that give the City Council more control over the way money is budgeted and spent by city agencies, among other reforms.

A group of local law enforcement agencies and the district attorney spent months developing a series of guidelines to answer these questions and more.

The preliminary budget, which would take effect July 1 and must first be approved by the City Council, also includes more than $ 740 million worth of new city agency spending, mostly on programs de Blasio has already announced in recent months, like new initiatives to help the homeless and an overhaul of the city's mental health system.

«Receiving these ratings from our nation's leading credit agencies validates our fiscal policies and shows that our growing tax base and willingness to cut spending and limit debt, has led to investments that are growing our economy,» said Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente Jr. «The stronger our fiscal position, the more successfully the county can deliver for the people.»

Two people briefed on the matter, but not authorized to comment publicly, said State Police sources indicated that D'Amico, 56, wants to spend more time with his family and also grew tired of a governor's administration that meddled in the agency's decision - making.

The agency was ostensibly dedicated to helping parents navigate the school system, but prosecutors said employees there and at another nonprofit organization she ran stole more than $ 100,000 in state grants instead of spending the money on programming.

The release of that updated spending plan, which the mayor has indicated will likely include a more robust agency savings plan, will trigger another round of hearings at the City Council.

Stirpe said he also worried that more cuts to government spending might make it harder for some agencies to operate.

We have spent a lot of money fighting terrorism; more than the insurance agencies would say a human life is worth, but we don't want that to happen.