Sentences with phrase «on public budgets»

On the other hand, governments have become increasingly sensitive to the weight of clean tech subsidies on public budgets.

This is the real financial equation that has to enter all decisions on public budgets.»

This has been bolstered by pressure on public budgets for development cooperation and the need to complement these with private resources to finance the future development agenda.

Improving energy efficiency across the economy could strengthen energy security by decreasing the country's reliance on fossil - fuel imports, reduce pressure on public budgets that have historically shouldered billions of euros a year in energy subsidies (although some energy subsidies are now being phased out), reduce costs to consumers and improve the comfort and health of its residents.

The CEAP also recognizes that «inefficient fossil fuel subsidies (IFFS) that encourage wasteful consumption distort energy markets, impede investment in clean energy sources, place a strain on public budgets, and incentivise unsustainable infrastructure investments».»

Meanwhile, federal projections predict that college enrollment will grow over time, putting further strain on public budgets.

They don't operate on a public budget, they have boarding and 24 hour care.

Not exact matches

Budget 2016 also announces the Government's intention to launch public consultations on eliminating tariffs on food manufacturing ingredients other than supply - managed products.

On the eve of his second federal budget, Finance Minister Bill Morneau doesn't loom large in the public imagination.

But prospects will vary by province and even by municipality, since many of these jobs are in the public sector and therefore dependent on government budgets.

Perry Metz, who oversees WFIU and WTIU in Indiana, told Business Insider that he was concerned by the proposed budget and argued that the percent of the federal government's budget that is spent on public media is «tiny.»

As The Washington Post reported in 2012, many public stations in rural areas rely on federal government allocations for up to 50 % of their budgets.

While his standing among troops has likely been burnished by some of his policies — like boosting spending and reducing executive - branch input in battlefield decision - making — he has faced public criticism on some initiatives, like raising the budget and expanding US involvement in Afghanistan.

As California slashes billions from its higher education budget, the state's premier public business schools have quietly focused its efforts on raising private dollars.

But none of the broken things would be fixed by Donald Trump's proposed budget, which does away with federal subsidization of interest on student loans and eliminates the program that forgives loans for people who enter public service (including teachers)-- among other education - related cuts.

Public housing vouchers for the poor are targeted as well, much to the consternation of the pragmatic - minded lawmakers on the House and Senate Appropriations committees, whose programs were significantly curbed by a hard - fought 2011 budget and debt agreement.

All levels of government, hurting from the toll the public health crisis has had on budgets, are taking action, from municipalities (Kermit, WV; Chicago, Il, Everett, WA) to counties (Mingo in WV; Nassau in NY; Orange in California) to states (Mississippi, Ohio, New Mexico).

Chief Public Defender Bennett Baur insists on his agency's obligation to speak out when attorneys and budgets are strained.

They are operating on a fraction of the budget of the big public - sector fusion experiments (see my briefing from last August), yet the consensus among scientists who've reviewed its design for «magnetized target fusion» is that, to borrow a phrase from Captain James T. Kirk, it just might work.

For Canadians the SkyDome became a monument to the inability of the public sector to deliver large scale infrastructure projects on time and on budget.

WESTERN Australia's economy continues to perform strongly, with the release of end of year results for 1999 - 2000 showing a substantial improvement on budget expectations.The budget bottom - line for the last financial year shows the total public sector ac

[154] In addition, Corzine has served as Co-Chair of the National Commission on Capital Budgeting under President Clinton, Chairman of the Treasury's Government Borrowing Committee and Chairman of the Public Securities Association.

As talk about the economy has largely focused on tax cuts, the U.S. budget deficit and the potential for trade tariffs, one of the biggest things investors and the general public seem to be missing is the increased spending soon to be pumped into the U.S. economy by the government.

[105] On January 8, 2008, to address ongoing structural budget issues, Governor Corzine proposed a four - part proposal including an overall reduction in spending, a constitutional amendment to require more voter approval for state borrowing, an executive order prohibiting the use of one - time revenues to balance the budget and a controversial plan to raise some $ 38 billion by leasing the Garden State Parkway, the New Jersey Turnpike, and other toll roads for at least 75 years to a new public benefit corporation that could sell bonds secured by future tolls, which it would be allowed to raise by 50 % plus inflation every four years beginning in 2010.

Interestingly, though, the Department of Finance just came up with a new feature for the 2012 edition of the Fiscal Reference Tables, which were made public on Friday: estimates for the «cyclically - adjusted budget balance.»

Expenditure on public hospitals is the second biggest health budget item for the Australian government.

Even assuming, as the Parliamentary Budget Office does, that Ottawa's debt will steadily shrink and disappear around 2040, provincial, territorial and local governments are on track to swell Canada's total public debt to the equivalent of 100 per cent of GDP by 2070.

It would have been better if the paper had been released after the Prime Minister's statement in Davos and before budget 2012 to allow for a public discussion on the elderly benefit system, but that was not possible because the paper did not address the issue of the long - term fiscal sustainability of elderly benefits.

The calculations are based on the status of the Account at the end of 2009 - 10 as per the Public Accounts of Canada and extrapolated using the March 2011 Budget projections for EI premium and benefits.

The Standing Committees of the Public Accounts and on Government Operations and Estimates have also recommended that the «Office of the Comptroller General complete its study of accrual - based budgeting and appropriations and report back by March 31, 2013 its recommendations on whether the Government of Canada should pursue accrual - based budgeting in departments and accrual - based appropriations in its financial reporting system».

At a minimum, such a plan must include a freeze on the salaries of the Prime Minister, all Ministers and Deputy Ministers and a requirement that any public service salary increases be absorbed in Departmental operating budgets.

As we argued on numerous occasions, the budget needs to be much more explicit on the proposed policy initiatives; providing sufficient detail and background information for Parliamentary assessment and for a better understanding by the public at large.

This change means that the Fiscal Monitor, the Budget and Volume I of the Public Accounts will all be on the same basis, thereby providing consistency among these three publications.

However, the Public Accounts includes a detailed reconciliation between the budget forecast and the final results on a consistent accounting basis (5).

The Authorities used are on a different coverage and accounting basis than the spending projections in the Budget or in the final audited results in the Public Accounts.

The Standing Committees of the Public Accounts and on Government Operations and Estimates have also recommended that the «Office of the Comptroller General complete its study of accrual - based budgeting and appropriations and report back by March 31, 2013 its recommendations on whether the Government of Canada should pursue accrual - based budgeting in departments and accrual - based appropriations in in its financial reporting system».

Given the timing of their release, it is difficult to take these alternative budgets as serious contributions to public discussion on the budget.

The current impasse between the Parliamentary Budget Officer and the Government is the result of a clash between the Government's business model, based on a lack of transparency, and accountability; non-evidenced based decision - making; and hostility to public debate and discussion; and, a Parliamentary Budget Officer business model with the exact opposite principles.

The government, however, notes that more detailed spending plans and data are released later in the budget year, through department reports on plans and priorities, supplementary estimates and the annual public accounts.

For example, the Public Accounts / Budget / Updates includes employment insurance program costs, as the government has full control over this program, determining the premium rates and eligibility and the amount of the benefits, whereas the Estimates excludes them, on the basis that they are included as part of a specified purpose account.

In contrast, the Public Accounts / Budget / Updates are presented on an accrual basis of accounting, recognizing an expense when the liability is incurred.

Taxes on real estate in Maryland account for about 35 % of city budgets and 30 % of county budgets, funding local services like public education and fire protection.

It would appear that the Minister wanted to put a damper on public expectations on what be expected in the budget.

Since his last re-election, Clarke has openly supported Republican causes on local and national right - wing media outlets; proudly trumpets on official Milwaukee County letterhead his 2013 award from the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association, whose leader suggested using women and children as human shields during Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy's standoff with federal agents; accused Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele of having «penis envy» and being on heroin when crafting the county budget and needing to be drug tested; blasted Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm and Chief Judge Jeffrey Kremers for being «soft on crime»; provided minimal protection for President Obama during his 2012 visit; employs former Scott Walker spokeswoman Fran McLaughlin, who was given criminal immunity over her role in Walker's mixing of campaign and county business; and created pro-gun public service announcements.

This was based on a table that appeared in Volume I of the Public Accounts of Canada 2012 that compared the final audited outcome for 2011 - 12 to the June 2011 Budget forecast of program expenses.

A February report, released by the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada, noted that key experts on a small Transport Canada team overseeing the transportation of dangerous goods were affected by budget cuts prior to the Lac - Megantic accident, leading to some early retirements.

In a sweeping speech on the future of Europe, Macron also repeated his desire for the euro zone to have its own budget and finance minister but said his idea was not about «mutualising past debts» or about trying to «resolve the public finance problems of one state or another».

The budget highlights the huge imbalances created by five years of economic crisis: Spain will set aside $ 36.6 billion ($ 49.5 billion) to service its fast - rising pile of public debt, $ 2 billion more than it will spend on the 13 government ministries.

New Democrat defence critic Jack Harris accused the government of not only keeping the public in the dark, but watchdogs such as the parliamentary budget office, which had a tough time compiling its own estimate on the war earlier this winter.

«The Russian budget now is including $ 100 per barrel for the next three years and some more optimistic assumptions on economic growth, which are probably over-optimistic,» Guriev, who is currently a professor of Economics at Sciences Po, a French public research and higher education institution, told CNBC at the UBS European Conference in London.