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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"federal budget"”.
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American grail: Contemporary federal budget reform
Federal budget reforms initiated by the executive branch of government have been unsustainable. A commonality of these failed reforms is that they lack the support of Congress. The objective of this research is to determine whether the Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART), the most recent …
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Republic Politics and Federal Budget Policy in the Ussr
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A review of Social Security and Supplemental Security Income from a federal budget perspective
… the mandatory spending category of the federal budget, 551 plays an important role in the lives of many individuals. Of specific interest are the changes brought about by the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) of 1996 and the Balanced Budget Act …
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The quantity theory v. the income expenditures theory using Robert Eisner's adjusted federal budget deficit
… concerning the appropriate measure of the federal government budget deficit. Eisner proposes specific adjustments to be incorporated into the calculation of the federal budget deficit in order to account for the effects of inflation. These adjustments effect the federal budget deficit via …
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Straight from the source's mouth? : The 1997 alternative federal budget and the neo-liberal discourse of economy in mainstream news media reportage
… For Policy Alternatives and the 1997 Alternative Federal Budget. The question of how the 'economy' is socially constructed remains inadequately addressed. This thesis attempts to expand on the theory of news as discourse, which looks at how the representational codes of news work are situated …
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Determining Source-Based and Party-Based Perspectives in the Federal Budget Process: A Content Analysis of United States Executive, Congressional and Agential Budget Communication from 1998 - 2000
This dissertation explored the differences in federal budget communication associated with the development and passage of the Federal Budget Resolution for Fiscal Years 1999, 2000, and 2001. A computer-aided (i.e., DICTION) content analysis was completed to explore Executive, Legislature, and …
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Alternative Modes of Federal Deficit Financing, Money Growth, Inflation, Interest Rates and the Crowding-Out Effect
It has been asserted that increases in federal budget deficits can have one or more of the following effects: (i) stimulate the economy when it is operating short of capacity utilization; (ii) generate inflationary pressures; (iii) crowd out private investment thus decreasing economic growth; and …
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Defense Spending and the System of Regional Economies
The federal government is frequently identified as one of the principal agents inducing change within and between the system of regional economies. This influence, and associated impacts, stem from the enormity of the federal budget, the relative instability of expenditure patterns over time, and …
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Budgetary Redistributive Instruments and Electoral Support
… whether political parties once in power skew the federal budget in favor of their base. The theory includes the formation of a comprehensive theoretical model, which divided the budgetary instruments into two categories: monetary and political transfers. Using statistical tools, the dissertation …
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An evaluation of a multi-unit school foodservice program
The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 decreased federal support for the NSLP by 15 percent. School foodservice administrators had to adapt effectively to shrinking resources in order to maintain program objectives and avert a decrease in program participation. The purpose of this research …
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COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS OF THE USE OF COLORLESS APPROPRIATIONS IN NAVY AND DOD SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PILOT PROGRAMS
… of the Defense Acquisition Management and federal budget appropriation systems is necessary to ensure technological warfighting advantage, particularly in support of the Department of Defense’s software and cyber transition to a Development Operations (DEVOPS)/Development Security …
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Building on lessons learned : too high hopes without HOPE VI?
… has sought to cut HOPE VI from the federal budget for the last four fiscal years. Congress has reinstated it each year, albeit at lower and lower funding levels, but the future of HOPE VI is uncertain at best. As the only funding program specifically designed to meet the needs of …
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Biennial budgeting in the Department of Defense: a midterm assessment with a comparison to biennial budgeting at the state level
A major budget reform proposal that is being studied, and has been implemented within the Department of Defense (DoD) is biennial budgeting. The Fiscal Year (FY) 1986 Defense Authorization Act directed DoD to submit two-year defense budgets beginning in FY 1988. Although relatively a new …
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Information technology portfolio management and the real options method (ROM): managing the risks of IT investments in the department of the Navy (DoN)
The FY 2003 Federal Budget contains provisions for over $52 billion in IT investments. The Navy portion of those funds is over $5 billion. Rapid change and increasing uncertainty in the technology field has resulted in a high degree of financial risk associated with IT capital investment decisions. …
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Won, but Not One: The Construction of Union Veteranhood, 1861-1917
… soldiers of the Civil War became drains on the federal budget. At the same time, the membership of the Grand Army of the Republic, a Union veterans' organization, was increasing exponentially, making visible veterans commonplace. No longer was the Union veteran rare and honorable; by the 1880s …
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The Effects of Program Attributes on Behavior Change for Healthy Weight for Healthy Kids Program in Virginia
Since the federal budget for EFNEP is over $66 million, it is crucial to know the effectiveness of program attributes that may bolster its effectiveness. The aim of this study was to determine how effectiveness of Youth EFNEP programs in Virginia is affected by participant, instructional and …
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A computable general equilibrium analysis of regional impacts of macro-shocks in the 1980S
… the domestic regional impacts of changes in federal fiscal policies and the nation's trade deficit. An attempt is made to fill a gap in the literature of regional economics by providing an explanation of how economic changes at national and international levels are transmitted to regions, and …
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Party identification: The covert influence on media's construction and portrayal of women's political identities
… of Taxes/Economy and the specific issue of Federal Budget/National Debt and are significantly more often covered using the Women's Theme. In the coverage of the Republican women officeholders, on the other hand, more substantive criticisms and mentions of the officeholders' children appear. …
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The National Dividend Plan: a public choice analysis
… The proposal has a significant impact on federal government revenues and expenditures. Projected federal budget data for the two decades of the 1970s and 1980s permits examination of these effects. The Plan acts to entrench a less than highly desirable form of taxation, the corporate …
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The Muse in the Classroom: Some Effects on American Nonprofit Arts Organization of Partnering with Schools
… upon fees for service as part of their operating budgets. Arts organizations have taken an increasingly prominent role in arts education starting with federal budget cuts in the 1960s and 1970s. There is a lack of data on the effects of partnering with schools on nonprofit arts organizations as …
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