But NARA's inspector general, Brachfeld, countered that the agency had violated National Institute of Science and Technology and Office of Management and Budget standards.
Estyn said it was "unclear" if proposed budget cuts would help improve standards at overspending and under-performing schools.
Despite some delays, the builders have maintained high construction standards while staying close to budget.
Sure enough, George Osborne, the chancellor of the exchequer, made growth and living standards the twin themes of his budget this week.
My balanced budget contains new resources to help them reach higher standards.
After a couple of lean decades, the defence budget has stabilised, but is still low by historical standards, and there is more than the usual rancour between the Ministry of Defence and the Treasury.
The Office of Budget Responsibility's gloomy forecasts of lacklustre economic growth, living standards squeezed more than at any time since the 1930s and rising government debt could - it admits - turn out to be optimistic.
Michael Finger of the World Bank and Philip Schuler of the University of Maryland estimate that implementing commitments to improve trade procedures and establish technical and intellectual-property standards can cost more than a year's development budget for the poorest countries.
It was clearly put together on a budget, with a cheaply made set, amateur actors and poor production standards.
He proposes tax cuts that are modest by Republican standards, more than half of them targeted on the poorest taxpayers, and wants most of the budget surplus to go on financing the transition costs of reforming the Social Security (public pensions) system.
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