The space shuttle program cost more and was less safe than the Apollo missions that preceded it.
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If the program cost less, the state could keep the savings.
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In addition, satellite TV providers like DirecTV and Dish Network continue to lag the cable TV companies in their ability to offset program cost increases by selling their customers increasingly faster broadband services, per The Wall Street Journal.
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Drugstore.com's Neupert said it's impossible to predict what this program will cost his company until more details are released.
Whatever the merits of those adjustments may have been, they had the effect of increasing expenses in a program where cost is a crucial metric of success.
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It is not clear how much the apartment-rental program will cost, a FEMA spokeswoman said, because the length of stays and rents will vary from family to family.
Moreover, complete cancellation of the program would cost the taxpayer huge sums in termination costs provided for as part of the fixed price contracts that would have to be breached.
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Because of the work that is already done to certify accurate payments as well as the additional cost of setting up the program and the cost of the audit, recovery audits may not be cost-effective at a low threshold.
As customers respond, the program tracks the cost per lead for each campaign and graphs the results.
He wants a public "option" health insurance program that will cost billions in money we don't have.
In addition, this program will undoubtedly cost far more than initial estimates, as has occurred with Medicare and Medicaid.
Why does the right not consider our multibillion-dollar prison system to be the type of bloated government program ripe for cost-cutting?
Ironically, Medicare Part D happens to be the rare example of a government program that has cost far less than anticipated.
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In early 1990, then- Secretary of Defense Richard Cheney was poorly advised and decided to cancel the V-22 program as a cost-saving measure.
The AIG announcement spurred a good many comments in the media proclaiming that TARP was a necessary program that will cost far less than anticipated.
The kicker: the program will ultimately cost Metro Capital next to nothing once it quietly eliminates most of the applicants by burying them in paperwork.
According to a recent report by the Foundation for Government Accountability, the Vacationland experienced no drop in the uninsured rate following the 2002 expansion, and the program suffered from cost overruns and higher than expected enrollment.
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Delta's ability to get pilots onboard its cost program, while managing to bring in non-union workers in every capacity except the dispatcher group, is a big part of why costs are mostly under control, says industry consultant Michael Boyd of the Boyd Consulting.
Turner -- who backs the elimination of nuclear weapons and weapons of mass destruction -- wanted to know whether the administration has considered ridding the world of weapons of mass destruction and supporting nuclear nonproliferation, rather than pursuing a missile defense program that would cost billions.
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Cost growth often is the first cause cited when a program is canceled, although cost increases may be symptomatic of more fundamental problems.
American sugar producers argue, with complete aplomb, that the price-support program operates at no cost to taxpayers.
My suggestion is that the commission work closely with Defense Secretary Gates, who already has an ambitious cost reduction program underway.
Along with 4 or 5 other companies, it has been participating in the DOE SECA program to reduce the cost of its fuel cells.
The chipmaker Exar this morning said it has expanded its cost reduction program, cutting about 120 jobs, or about 30% of worldwide headcount.
The company also said it plans a cost restructuring program in the fourth quarter that will reduce operating expenses by up to 10% for 2012.
Instead, Magic leadership spent millions on players that added little or nothing t0 the team but whose contracts will cost the program a fortune for years to come.
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Within the Medicare program, 10 million of the current 44 million beneficiaries have five or more chronic conditions, such as diabetes or congestive heart failure, and these 10 million cost the program 68% of the budgeted dollars.
The Nutmeg State was paying for 50 percent of the cost of this program.
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