Earlier this year the Obama Administration nearly doubled fuel efficiency standards in the United States, requiring that by 2025 all cars and SUVs sold nationwide get at least 54 miles per gallon on average for city and highway driving.
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Consumers have already responded to the Administration's fuel efficiency standards for Model Years 2011 through 2016, and it shows in the popularity of cars like GM's Chevy Cruze and trucks like the Ford F-150 equipped with an EcoBoost engine instead of the conventional V-8.
The initiatives include reducing administration costs and improving marketing efficiency but the company has not ruled out some job losses.
Spread over nine equally-weighted categories, the scorecard rates colleges on factors like sustainable policies by administration, commitment to energy efficiency and conservation, food and recycling policies, campus-wide green building initiatives, student involvement, alternative transportation.
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But this research also shows that other factors, such as government economic policies, local enterprise, the efficiency of public administration and the amount of foreign direct investment are just as important in raising economic performance.
The winding down of the Iraq war also will save money, Orszag says, adding that the administration is poring over the budget in search of efficiency gains.
You spend a lot of time thinking about market strategy, budgets, profits and losses, negotiating with the central administration and raising revenues while also maintaining quality and efficiency.
The Portuguese administration says it has now done much to improve the efficiency of its law enforcement: streamlining the police force, rooting out corrupt officials and arresting the five main triad heads in Macau.
Unlike a speech earlier this month in which he dismissed the importance of conservation, Cheney said efforts to promote energy efficiency were "an important part" of the administration's proposal.
The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) is adopting changes to its standard lease language to enhance energy and water efficiency in the more than 190 million square feet of office space the federal agency leases across the United States.
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Paying for those will require more efficiency with the nation's tax dollars--including those slated for the Small Business Administration.
But there are some actions the President and his administration could take in a second term that would make us less dependent on imported oil from hostile nations, increase efficiency, increase the economic activity generated by the oil and natural gas industry, and do it all without harming the environment.
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