Sentences with phrase «sound budget estimates»

To ensure effective preparation and presentation of sound budget estimates for the Department; to foster effective utilization of available resources; to ensure that financial plans are consistentwith approved plans and programs; to establish procedures for the budget phase of the Department's planning and budgeting process; to coordinate program performance planningand reporting throughout the Department, and to ensure preparation of a sound performanceplan for the Department in accordance with the Government Performance and Results Act of1993 (GRPA) and GPRA Modernization Act (GPRAMA) of 2010; to analyze resource and otherimpacts of legislative, regulatory, and budget proposals on departmental programs; to reviewthe budgetary implications of major systems acquisition programs and information technologyinvestments; to periodically conduct formal program reviews; and to assure appropriate stepsare taken on a timely basis to implement newly enacted legislation.

To provide an independent CFO office for OST, comparable to a modal CFO office, to ensureeffective preparation and presentation of sound budget estimates for OST, to foster effectiveutilization of OST resources, to establish and maintain proper financial controls throughoutOST, and to perform the full range of financial management functions for OST.

Establish systems and provide guidance to ensure the effective preparation and presentation of sound budget estimates and financial management information for the Department.

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In a report published in February, Parliamentary Budget Officer Kevin Page projects the cost of elderly benefits will increase from $ 36 billion today to a peak of $ 142 billion in 2036 - 37 — but as dire as that fourfold increase may sound, that will amount to a relatively small portion of the nation's economy (3.2 % of GDP), and Page estimates that «the federal fiscal structure is sustainable.»

After skewering the proposed system («one of the most expensive per mile and one of the slowest in the world»), Musk issued an open - source design challenge: a 28 - passenger solar - powered pod capable of levitating through a system of tubes almost at the speed of sound, with a one - way ticket price of $ 20 and a total building cost estimated at $ 6 billion, less than a tenth of the budget for California's high - speed rail project.

It is my opinion that a sound revenue estimate is probably the most important step in budgeting, and for a variety of reasons.

A sound revenue estimate is probably the most important step in budgeting - a law firm is highly labor intensive (personnel and related expenses being by far the largest cost) and lawyer hiring decisions tend to be made at least once a year in advance.