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2013 federal sequestration : analyses of planning, implementation and effects /
On March 1, 2013, pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, the President ordered an across-the-board cancellation of budgetary resources, known as sequestration, to achieve 85.3 billion in reductions across federal government accounts. Under current law, a sequestra...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Nova Publishers,
[2014]
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| Colección: | Economic issues, problems and perspectives series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 2013 FEDERAL SEQUESTRATION: ANALYSES OF PLANNING, IMPLEMENTATION AND EFFECTS; 2013 FEDERAL SEQUESTRATION: ANALYSES OF PLANNING, IMPLEMENTATION AND EFFECTS; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: 2013 SEQUESTRATION: AGENCIES REDUCED SOME SERVICES AND INVESTMENTS, WHILE TAKING CERTAIN ACTIONS TO MITIGATE EFFECTS; WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY; WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS; WHAT GAO FOUND; ABBREVIATIONS; BACKGROUND; AGENCIES' ACTIONS IN RESPONSE TO SEQUESTRATION RESULTED IN A RANGE OF IMMEDIATE AND LONGER-TERM EFFECTS.
- Most agencies began formal planning for sequestration in 2012 while continued uncertainty delayed decisions regarding resource allocationagencies used funding flexibilities and congress took actions to mitigate some effects on core mission while still achieving sequestration reductions; conclusion; recommendations for executive action; agency comments and our evaluation; overview of sequestration at 23 federal agencies; u.s. department of agriculture; department of commerce; agency comments; department of defense; department of education; department of energy.
- Department of health and human servicesdepartment of homeland security; department of housing and urban development; u.s. department of the interior; department of justice; department of labor; department of state and u.s. agency for international development operations and foreign assistance; department of transportation; department of the treasury; u.s. environmental protection agency; general services administration; national aeronautics and space administration; national science foundation; nuclear regulatory commission; office of personnel management; small business administration.
- SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATIONAPPENDIX I. OBJECTIVES, SCOPE, AND METHODOLOGY; APPENDIX II. GLOSSARY OF BUDGET TERMS; Chapter 2: 2013 SEQUESTRATION: SELECTED FEDERAL AGENCIES REDUCED SOME SERVICES AND INVESTMENTS, WHILE TAKING SHORT-TERM ACTIONS TO MITIGATE EFFECTS; WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY; WHAT GAO FOUND; ABBREVIATIONS; BACKGROUND; SEQUESTRATION REDUCED SELECTED FEDERAL COMPONENTS' SERVICES TO THE PUBLIC AND INCREASED SOME PARTNERS' AND RECIPIENTS' RELIANCE ON OTHER FUNDING SOURCES.
- Federal components' sequestration planning and implementation efforts varied and were hindered by uncertainty and other challengesconcluding observations; agency comments and our evaluation; appendix i. fiscal year 2013 sequestration at u.s. customs and border protection; appendix ii. fiscal year 2013 sequestration at the centers for medicare & medicaid services; appendix iii. fiscal year 2013 sequestration at the office of elementary and secondary education; appendix iv. fiscal year 2013 sequestration at the office of public and indian housing; appendix v. objectives, scope, and methodology.