Sentences with phrase «decline in federal spending»

By that year, the sector will suffer a 75 percent decline in federal spending, from a high of $ 44.3 billion in 2009 to only $ 11 billion in 2014.

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What is interesting is that the total annual lapse in federal direct program spending has been declining for some time.

The federal government has promised to keep 68,000 full - time military members and 27,000 reservists in uniform, despite declines in defence spending and the closure of 12 military recruiting centres across the country in 2013.

According to the Main Estimates, tabled by the President of the Treasury Board, on June 3rd, along with Supplementary Estimates A, spending by the federal government for 2011 - 12 is forecast to be $ 252.8 billion representing a DECLINE of $ 14.1 billion from spending in 2010 - 11.

The flat reading for public construction spending was due in part to Federal construction spending rising by 2.2 % to the highest value seen since September 2011, which worked to offset the 0.3 % decline in state and local spending.

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear Nassau County's appeal of a federal court ruling upholding a $ 43 million judgment won by two men who — after spending years in prison — were exonerated in the 1984 rape and murder of a Lynbrook teenager.

The Trump administration escalated a battle with government ethics groups by declining, even in the face of a federal court order, to release a comprehensive list of individuals visiting with the president at Mar - a-Lago during the two dozen days he spent there this year.

Testimony includes: recommendations for the 2014 - 2015 state fiscal year; review of actual and proposed reductions in human services spending; use of federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) funding in the 2014 - 2015 Executive Budget; and, the impact of decline in the purchasing power of the monthly cash assistance grant.

Observe, for instance, that while discretionary spending was declining from 38.1 percent to 30.9 percent of the federal budget in the Obama years, mandatory spending grew from 53.5 percent to 62.9 percent, according to White House Office of Management and Budget data.

In contrast, the combined value of all non-mandatory (discretionary) spending — a category that includes R&D — has declined as a percentage of the overall federal budget.

Despite a recent budget proposal from the Obama administration to increase spending on federal R&D by 7 % next year, dollars flowing to research have largely been flat in recent years, and declining when inflation is taken into account.

This strategy would obviously not address the problem of declining state support, and significant new federal support could in fact make it easier for states to reduce their spending.

A federal «maintenance of effort» (MOE) requirement in the Individuals With Disabilities Act (IDEA, the federal special - education law) that handcuffs states and districts by requiring that special - ed spending never decline from one year to the next.

When federal stimulus dollars were added, overall real spending per pupil still declined in 23 states.

This influx of funds, together with declines in state and local spending during the Great Recession, drove an increase in the federal share to around 13 percent through 2011 - 12.

Despite robust growth and recent improvements in price and performance, a boom in US clean energy technology («clean tech») sectors could now falter as federal clean energy spending declines sharply, according to a new report published today by some of the country's top energy analysts.

However, economic growth will remain constrained by various headwinds, such as a potential spike in oil prices due to tension in the Middle East; an expected decline in net exports from the global slowdown; and an expected increase in fiscal drag, including the fading of federal spending from the stimulus and a decline in defense spending for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.»

Under present law, in 2013 the 2001/2003 tax cuts expire, the payroll tax cut expires, extended unemployment benefits end, and federal government spending levels decline due to last summer's Budget Control Act.

In addition, federal government spending also recorded a significant (5.6 %) decline.