US spending on defence and government services was then adversely impacted for several years by
the federal budget sequestration agreement.
With Congressional representatives unable to reach any sort of a compromise,
the federal budget sequestration process is about to go into full swing, a process that will require reductions in all federal government services and programs, as well as furloughs or layoffs of an estimated 108,000 federal agency employees, according to a Center for Strategic Budgetary Assessments report.
Active engagement in federal initiatives in education -
federal budget sequestration, restraint and seclusion regulation, and NCLB waivers
Although much of the funds affected by
federal budget sequestration have been restored in Fiscal Year 2014, many school districts have suffered a significant loss of resources.
Not exact matches
«There is major uncertainty in the market and
federal agencies are not sure until the
budget is passed and
sequestration is resolved that they will continue, and they have really reduced the scale of work,» says Zia Islam, founder of Zantech IT Services, a McLean, Virginia - based company that has worked for NASA, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and other
federal agencies.
Due to
sequestration, the forced
federal budget cuts that took effect Friday, the SBA is expected to lose the ability to guarantee 1,928 fewer loans totaling $ 902 million in capital in the hands of entrepreneurs.
Unfortunately, negative impacts from the
budget sequestration persisted in the real economy despite the
Federal Reserve's unconventional policy measures.
The automatic
federal budget cuts known as
sequestration have begun and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders is raising concerns about the potential impact on Vermonters.
The report released Monday as part of a collaborative study between the Geiger Gibson Program in Community Health Policy, part of the School of Public Health and Health Services at George Washington University, and the RCHN Community Health Foundation, reveals that due to
federal budget cuts through
sequestration, the nation's 1,200 community health programs will lose $ 120 million in funding.
There is great uncertainty about the impact the
federal budget cuts, through the process known as
sequestration, will have on the Massachusetts economy.
The mandatory days off without pay were ordered by the Secretary of Defense as a result of the across the board
federal budget cuts known as
sequestration.
Though hit hard by the recent
federal sequestration numbers, officials in the Kingston City School District are still anticipating crafting an operating
budget for the 2013 - 14 school year with a tax levy increase of 2 percent or less.
According to a recent analysis, community health centers and residents of medically underserved areas will be hard hit by
federal budget cuts through
sequestration.
The Massachusetts economy took a significant hit because of the
federal budget cuts known as
sequestration.
Ryan
Budget Would Cut
Federal Funding for New York and the Other States Far More Than «
Sequestration»
WASHINGTON, DC — The Green Party today said the solution to the current impasse over
sequestration and
federal budget cuts is deep cuts in the military
budget.
Civilian employee furloughs start at Fort Drum this week, as part of the
federal budget cuts known as
sequestration.
The regional airports in Ithaca and Binghamton would both lose their air traffic controllers if
federal budget cuts known as
sequestration take full effect.
Fort Drum may be facing personnel cutbacks as a result of the
federal budget reductions known as
sequestration.
The bipartisan
budget deal reached in late October offers some much - needed relief for
federal science agencies, but it remains a temporary fix for programs hit by the spending caps known as «
sequestration ``, which took effect in 2013.
The agreement, announced on 10 December, provides $ 22 billion more in 2014 for the slice of the
federal budget that supports all civilian research than would have been available if
sequestration had stayed in place.
The mandatory across - the - board
federal cuts known as
sequestration slashed $ 1.55 billion from NIH's
budget this year and will result in belt - tightening at labs with ongoing grants as well as hundreds fewer new grants than in 2012.
Like most other
federal agencies, the National Institutes of Health must cut 5 percent of its
budget to comply with
sequestration.
Sequestration of
federal budgets has begun.
Since the election earlier this month ~ political conversation has moved to a new issue:
Sequestration ~ part of the across - the - board
federal budget...
The decision three years ago by President Barack Obama to not push for a
budget for 2010 - 2011, a move to which Democrats who controlled all of Congress at the time had acquiesced (even as it was clear that the party would lose control of the
federal lower house), has resulted in
sequestration - triggered
budget cuts that denies the administration funding it can leverage through competitive grant programs such as Race to the Top in order to force states to fulfill their promises under the waiver.
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.
Collectively, level funding through the appropriations process and the cuts of
sequestration have exacerbated the need for school districts to raise taxes or use local
budget dollars to cover an ever - growing share of the
federal contribution to special education.
CEF's FY13
Budget Response (PDF) provides a succinct analysis of the effects of both the president's budget proposal and sequestration on each federal education pr
Budget Response (PDF) provides a succinct analysis of the effects of both the president's
budget proposal and sequestration on each federal education pr
budget proposal and
sequestration on each
federal education program.
Total
federal cuts to the state
budget could reach $ 10 billion, and left untouched,
sequestration could set back the state's economic recovery — and unbalance the state
budget, dimming districts» hopes to restore five years of
budget cuts.
The automatic cuts to education and many other
federal programs, known as «
sequestration,» were intended as an incentive for lawmakers to reach an agreement on lowering the
federal budget deficit by $ 1.2 trillion, but were triggered when Congress failed to do so in late 2011.
Head Start Programs Across the State Cut Services, Children As the
federal sequestration budget cuts kick in, Head Start providers across California are struggling to decide how to absorb the shortfall without hurting children.
In its statement on the shutdown, ASCD emphasizes that although the shutdown furloughed U.S. Department of Education employees, disrupted responses to educators» technical assistance requests, and temporarily shut students out of Head Start services, those consequences pale in comparison to the damage caused by
federal education
budget cuts due to
sequestration.
Recent issues of Capitol Connection have reported on the potentially devastating effects of
sequestration, the across - the - board cuts to education and other
federal programs set in motion by the congressional
budget impasse last fall.
(Va.) New research showing the growing role
federal funds play in local school
budgets also puts a spotlight on the pending
sequestration cuts and the ongoing partisan gridlock that still rules Congress.
Meanwhile, the deep «
sequestration»
budget cuts of 2013, which forced automatic reductions on most
federal programs, didn't kick in until spring, and mostly affected students the following school year.
Severe and indiscriminate
federal court
budget reductions through
sequestration combined with chronically anemic state funding for courts threaten access to justice for every American and put court petitioners, staff and judges in physical jeopardy.