Sentences with phrase «including stimulus money»

Between fiscal year 2009 and fiscal year 2013, the agency would get some $ 1.2 billion more for science, including stimulus money.

Not exact matches

Money for the original program — which helped to lend $ 22 billion to some 55,000 small businesses — was included in last year's economic stimulus bill.

Trevor Tombe has illustrated the downside to infrastructure as stimulus, including (but not limited to) the lag in getting money out the door.

Rob Trotta (R - Fort Salonga), whose district includes the hamlet, says the grant — part of a $ 7.5 million countywide economic stimulus package proposed by County Executive Steve Bellone and approved by the county legislature — is a waste of money at a time when the county has precious little to spend.

«The Stimulus included a relatively small piece of money that became the «Race to the Top» fund, $ 4.35 billion, and the Obama administration said the way we're going to use this money is we're going to say, «If you want to compete for part of this money, you must adopt standards that are common to a number of states and you get the most points if a majority of states have adopted those standards,»» said McClusky.

-- With Florida facing a shrinking population for the first time since World War II, Republican Gov. Charlie Crist and the GOP - controlled Legislature balanced a $ 5.9 billion shortfall with cuts, federal stimulus money and tax hikes, including a $ 1 - a-pack tax increase on cigarettes.

Some of the proposals being floated by the caucus include: redirecting existing stimulus and TARP money to jobs programs and pressing for a new jobs bill, which they're careful not to call a «stimulus.»

Image courtesy of iStockphoto / LeventKonuk Four years ago the Obama administration offered up $ 19 billion in stimulus funds to help get health care IT (including electronic health records, or EHRs) in the pink — or at least in the black.Better information technology throughout the health care system would save money, improve care and bring the health care industry into the 21st century, proponents argued.But, as is obvious by the continuance of paper records, isolated institutional networks and clunky interfaces, health care IT is still in critical condition.A new report, assembled by the RAND Corporation, a non-profit, non-partisan research group, suggests that health care IT is not a hopeless case, however.

Under Chu, DOE's biggest effort has been the review and selection of solar projects to be funded with the 2009 stimulus money, including the ARPA - E grants.

Suggested learning activities include: taking students on a field trip to the local shop or bank to see real money and consumer practice in action; using the $ 50 as a stimulus, exploring the life of Indigenous entrepreneur and inventor David Unaipon; setting up a classroom economy such as a shop, showcasing learning through planning and creating a market or small enterprise; and planning, budgeting and managing an event, such as the school fete or an Elders lunch.

Race to the Top began in 2009, requiring states interested in competing for a slice of $ 4.35 billion in stimulus money to prepare plans that satisfied the Obama administration's education - reform criteria, which include the growth of charter schools and linking student standardized test scores to teacher evaluations.

States interested in competing for a slice of $ 4.35 billion in stimulus money had to prepare plans that satisfied the administration's education - reform criteria, which included encouraging the growth of charter schools and linking student test scores to teacher evaluations.

The funding is from two federal sources, including $ 1.75 million under the No Child Left Behind act and the remaining $ 3.45 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, also known as stimulus money.

Obama's $ 787 billion economic stimulus bill included the education grants - the most money a president has ever had for overhauling schools - for which states can compete.

It is NO secret, though, that climate science is getting millions of dollars in government money (including stimulus funds — remember the stimulus???)...

The money was included in the federal stimulus bill or the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.