Sentences with phrase «upgrading federal infrastructure»

Bruce Mehlman, executive director of the council, told Fortune on a call that he rejects conventional wisdom about a tax tradeoff when it comes to upgrading federal infrastructure.

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President Donald Trump told lawmakers he would support a 25 - cent increase in the federal gasoline tax to pay for his plan to upgrade U.S. public infrastructure, a congressional aide said.

The president's $ 4.4 trillion budget, unveiled Monday, includes federal spending of $ 200 billion for infrastructure upgrades; $ 18 billion for Trump's border wall; and $ 716 billion for national defense.

The winner, Columbus OH, received federal grants to continue developing IoT solutions to upgrade infrastructure.

Before the election in October, the federal government turned away BC Ferries» applications for infrastructure money to support terminal upgrades and a new vessel.

Recommendation 2: Federal, state, and local governments should prioritize making funds available to help schools upgrade their kitchen equipment and infrastructure to efficiently serve healthy and appealing meals.

She was a relentless advocate for Western New York whose visionary leadership brought infrastructure upgrades, technology and research investments, and two federal manufacturing institutes to Rochester that will transform the local economy for generations to come.

Cuomo said he told Trump, New York is «ready to build» and needs the federal government to back massive infrastructure projects including upgrades to LaGuardia and Kennedy airports.

Superstorm Sandy may have been the worst disaster to hit the LIPA electric grid, but the storm's aftermath brought a wave of changes that included a new system operator, badly needed technology and infrastructure upgrades, and more than $ 1.4 billion in federal funding to repair and prepare for the next big storm.

The vice president was at the Capitol to roll out federal disaster assistance that will be used for infrastructure projects and other upgrades.

«The folks here at the center do outstanding work and these federal funds will help them upgrade their biomedical infrastructure and continue cutting - edge research that is unlocking cures and improving treatment options,» said Reed, who as a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, has helped direct more than $ 47 million in fiscal year 2015 NIH funding to Rhode Island.

The federal government has an ambitious goal of connecting 99 percent of America's students to high - speed broadband and wireless in their schools by 2018; at the state level, more than $ 2 billion has been allocated to support technology infrastructure improvement in schools (US Department of Education 2013; California Department of Education 2013, 2014, 2015).2 In spite of these investments, a large number of schools need significant infrastructure upgrades (Gao 2015).

Yet in a 2016 federal budget that forecasts a $ 30 billion deficit, a mere $ 1 million has been allocated to investment «in information technology infrastructure upgrades to safeguard the efficiency of the federal court system»... [more]

Yet in a 2016 federal budget that forecasts a $ 30 billion deficit, a mere $ 1 million has been allocated to investment «in information technology infrastructure upgrades to safeguard the efficiency of the federal court system».

Budget 2016 proposes to provide $ 7.9 million over five years to the Courts Administration Service to invest in information technology infrastructure upgrades to safeguard the efficiency of the federal court system.