Even in the case of sequestration, it will take years before the effects of across-the-board cuts in military budget authority are fully felt at company bottom lines.
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And because the budget authority targeted by the law typically gets spent much faster in operations and maintenance than in other areas, it is there that the pain will be felt fastest.
Clinton's new budget authority took effect on New Year's Day, but his first real opportunity to use it could come later this year, when the new Congress begins to send him spending bills.
Operations and maintenance, the account most closely tied to readiness, is structured in a way that affords somewhat more flexibility than weapons accounts, but on the other hand budget authority gets spent faster there so the money dries up faster.
The "control room" must be in the White House, not the State Department, chaired personally by the Vice President, with the proper National Security Council staffing, budget and authority to ensure that the president's policies are faithfully executed.
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"Boris needs to think again and look at reallocating resources from the wider Greater London Authority budget, " he said.
If cybersecurity can truly be coordinated by someone with no budget, no authority and dozens of competing factions to coral, Howard is the man for the job.
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Urban planners at the University of the West of England estimate that the UK has lost 40% of its public toilets in the past decade, a process that has been exacerbated by local authority budget cuts.
The authority cited budget cuts and feedback from service users as reasons for the changes.
"Rather than just accepting enormous budget cuts the fire authority should be telling the government that they are totally unacceptable, " he said.
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But Jon Collins, former chairman of the Nottinghamshire Police Authority, said budget cuts forced the move.
Before announcing the rise, the local authority held a budget consultation involving almost 3, 000 residents.
About 100 more jobs could be lost at Herefordshire Council in a bid to balance the authority's budget.
Branch secretary Mike Tucker admitted the growing budget deficit would leave the authority with a difficult choice to make.
Tony Black is campaigning to save the seven libraries that are set to shut because of the local authority's budget cuts.
Up to 300 jobs could be lost in the next year at Northamptonshire County Council as the authority's budget for 2013-14 was approved at County Hall.
And it was made worse when President Obama announced last summer that he would exercise his authority under the budget law to exempt military personnel from the cuts.
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Sheffield City Council said the document seen by the BBC showed a number of options drawn up by council officers for consideration as councillors decided the authority's budget for the coming year.
Helen Mountfield QC, for the residents, argued Brent Council had adopted "a fundamentally flawed and unlawful approach to the making of savings in its budget" and the local authority had failed to comply with equality legislation and consult the local community properly.
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The government is currently operating on temporary spending authority because of the budget deadlock.
Council leader John Hart said the money would be included in the authority's capital budget.
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson said he would push for line-item veto authority to balance the budget as president.
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As part of the protest, young people laid out shoes in an invitation to the local authority to consider the budget decision from their perspective.
The council said this could ease the pressure on the authority's revenue budget which is used for frontline services for children and elderly and vulnerable people.
Protesters picketed the council's meeting on Tuesday as the Conservative -Lib Dem coalition authority met to set the budget.
Camborne and Redruth Conservative George Eustice said the authority should consider an emergency budget after local elections on 2 May.
Councillors have approved plans to cut dozens of jobs at Powys council as the authority bids to balance its budget.
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Councillors have deferred a decision on plans to cut around 200 staff at Powys council as the authority bids to balance its budget.
In 2011, a similar agreement with Assad or with the Palestinian Authority, (whose budget is largely financed from international aid), would be the height of strategic insanity.
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