Sentences with phrase «allow agency spending»

Advocates for biomedical research note that the small increase won't allow agency spending to keep pace with inflation.

Not exact matches

Sept. 30 marks the final day of fiscal year 2015 and members of Congress are working to pass a bill that would allow U.S. federal agencies to continue spending money, thus avoiding the second federal government shutdown in two years.

Though the International Space Station (ISS) currently serves as the only permanently manned outpost in space, Las Vegas - based Bigelow Aerospace is testing inflatable space habitats in orbit that it hopes to develop into a series of commercial space stations, serving as either scientific outposts that could be leased by government agencies or «space hotels» that would allow space tourists to spend extended periods in orbit.

As a result, the Treasury Board's initial appropriations did not represent an accurate accounting of how much departments and agencies were actually allowed to spend.

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 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.

And they're not, as the Home Office seems to hope, likely to spend all this time creating encryption software only to allow the security agencies to chuck in a bit of code at the back giving them access.

Public authorities are not subject to the same oversight as state agencies, which allows for «backdoor spending,» or the spending of millions of taxpayer dollars without traditional checks and balances.

«Strong, conservative fiscal policies of cutting spending and limiting our debt have created a strong financial foundation that allows us to invest in our community and grow our tax base,» said Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente Jr. «The three national credit agencies have once again confirmed our conservative approach by maintaining our stellar credit ratings.»

Since much of the allowed increase is eaten up by spending for education and Medicaid, agencies have been squeezed, losing workers to attrition and consolidating operations and processes to save money.

Paul Brennan, Director of Purchasing for Rockland County, advised that «the use of the SmartProcure Database allows county procurement staff to research price history on almost any product or service, discover new vendors and increase competition for our solicitations, analyze our own spending, and increase the opportunity for cooperative contracts among government agencies.»

«While touting transparency and spending millions to promote its website — which attracts many unscrupulous commercial operators — Airbnb steadfastly refuses to cooperate with city agencies to stop illegal activity on its site allowing thousands of transient tourists to gain access to residential buildings, creating a danger to our communities.»

Drawing on data from the Budget Function Analysis and Mayor's Management Report, the CBC's new NYC Money Meter allows you to track spending by service line for 15 New York City agencies

Budget officials present a quick overview of proposed mid-year changes in spending and revenue estimates, and the Council briefly reviews and approves them, allowing the administration to divert additional resources to agencies that need them and to cut back in other areas.

A new website site allows city tax payers to see how much agencies spend on things like liquor and car services.

But yesterday, the two sides came to an agreement on how much to spend on the earth sciences that allowed them to advance legislation sketching out a 2 - year vision for the space agency.

The Senate bill would allow three key research agencies — NIH, the National Science Foundation, and the Department of Energy — to spend up to 25 % of their SBIR and STTR funds on such start - ups, and the other eight agencies up to 15 %.

One reason for Moore's optimism is the return of what is known as «regular order,» meaning allowing spending panels in both the House and Senate to specify the budgets of every federal agency.

The new deal allows agencies to operate normally within the constraints of the spending plans, assuming that President Donald Trump signs the legislation (as is expected).

The new legislation, introduced by Republican Sen. Mark Wyland of Escondido but likely to enjoy the support of many Democrats, could signal a showdown with Gov. Jerry Brown, who vetoed similar legislation last year because it infringed on a key premise of his Local Control Funding Formula — allowing local educational agencies the bulk of authority over school spending decisions.

This spending flexibility allows state educational agencies to reserve funding for principals or other school leaders to implement evidence - based strategies for leadership development and support, such as school leader residency programs in which candidates prepare to become principals by working in authentic school settings alongside mentor principals.

California OHV Programs: Legislation was approved by the Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee to allow funds collected for California's Off Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation (OHMVR) program to be spent by other agencies on unrelated programs and never reimbursed.

For those less interested in being continuously on the move as the «nomadic» lifestyle dictates, the agency have helped local community groups set up a series of cultural and homestay programs allowing you a rare insight into the local life and customs, including, for example, a trip that offers the chance to spend a week learning to train Kazakh eagles in Bayan Ulgii province.

[+] There is a sign - up bonus of 80,000 points [+] You only have to spend $ 3000 within the first three months to earn the rewards [+] Add another authorized user to get an extra 7500 points if your user makes purchases [+] Get five points per dollar with Marriott properties [+] Get two points per dollar when you spend money with certain airlines [+] Earn two points per dollar spent in restaurants and at car rental agencies [+] Earn one point per dollar with most other purchases [+] Get a free night's stay every anniversary at one of the category 1 - 5 locations [+] They do not add foreign transaction fees onto your account [+] They have over 4300 hotels in 81 different countries / territories [+] You may use your card and your point overseas in their hotels [+] You may sign up for Silver Elite status [+] They allow you to transfer your points to participating airlines

Our new JiTT.travel Publisher platform allows travel bloggers and writers, and tourism brands and agencies to create their own guides to share through our great marketplace, creating the ultimate source of travel content, allowing travelers to customize tours based on their interests and the time spent at their destination.

The late Fabio Mauri was so scarred by the photographs that his father's news agency received from the camps that he need to be institutionalized for eight years; he then spent the next half century creating art questioning how Europe could have allowed such an atrocity to occur on its shores.

If such banking were allowed, agencies would have an incentive to spend more efficiently on wildfire management.