Sentences with phrase «federal budget freeze»

After I completed my undergraduate and was ready to head to George Washington University for my MBA, because of a federal budget freeze, my fellowship funding was cut and I had to figure out how I would pay for my education.

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The commitment in Budget 2011 to undertake a Strategic Operating Review to find $ 4 billion in annual savings followed the Budget 2010 initiatives which restrained growth in national defence spending, capped funding of the International Assistance Envelope, forced departments to absorb the increase in annual federal employees» wages for 2011 - 12, and froze their operating budgets for 2011 - 12 and 2012 - 13 at their 2010 - 11 levels.

Tentative deals have been reached on parts of a new state budget, including about $ 1 billion in additional funding for public schools, a work - around for some higher - income New Yorkers to reduce the impact of new federal tax deduction limits, and a freeze on what Albany sends to local governments around the state.

He's entering the fray from a strong position — President Obama ordered a wage freeze for federal workers in November, and many other governors are grappling with the same issue in order to breach their own budget gaps.

Cuomo's budget assumes the federal government will approve a $ 10 billion Medicaid waiver, and that state operating spending will hold to less than two percent a year, which helps balance his plans for a local property tax freeze and for $ 100 million in funding during this coming year, to begin expanding pre-K programs statewide.

The economic crisis has severely affected many autonomous regions, and the federal government recently announced a public - sector hiring freeze and a cut of $ 600 million in the country's research budget.

Over the past several rather tense weeks, the federal government froze all science grants while seeking to balance the nation's budget.

But with the budget boosts for federal science agencies provided by 2009's American Recovery and Reinvestment Act drying up in 2011, science advocates are concerned that Obama's funding freeze may spell the steep budgetary drop - off in the next fiscal year that many dread.Image: US Senate»

Washington — Heading off numerous Republican amendments to freeze or cut federal spending for child - nutrition programs, the House Education and Labor Committee last week approved a bill that would increase the programs» $ 5.3 - billion budget by $ 119 million in fiscal 1986.

While this didn't mean that schools received no funding, the extreme decrease in state and federal funding, (as well as later freezes and sequestrations as the legislature attempted to deal with the state budget), meant that Kentucky's school districts were forced to rely on their other source of income: property taxes.

The lower government - wide satisfaction score and the decreases in all 10 workplace issues came during a difficult time for federal employees, who have faced a three - year pay freeze, furloughs, hiring slowdowns and across - the - board budget reductions.

The Turnbull government declared its «rock solid» commitment to universal health care with a $ 10 billion pledge to health in the 2017 - 18 Federal Budget including the staggered withdrawal of the Medicare indexation freeze and establishment of a Medicare Guarantee Fund to ensure longevity of universal health care and access to medicines.