Three-quarters of the increases in F-35 support costs reported by the Pentagon have resulted from changes in the scope of work being analyzed or changes in the methodology for how costs should be calculated, rather than rising costs in the program.
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Others, according to the head of one large bank, are quiet only because they do not understand the scope of the changes.
All the rest results from changes in the scope of the program or the rules the government used to estimate costs.
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However, there have been some changes to the scope of the project that will limit the amount of cellulosic biofuel that can be produced in 2010.
And it was Congress that delegated regulatory power to the agencies, meaning that the full scope of regulatory requirements and changes will unfold over the next decade.
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"Ministers must be clear that there has been no decision to target individuals, which would be beyond the terms of resolution 1973, in order to allay the country's inevitable concerns about changes to military tactics and increased scope of UK military action, " he added.
To what extent has my role expanded over the past six months with new responsibilities, broader scope, shifts in focus, or other major changes?
Some reformist groups also object, arguing that the changes do not strengthen civil institutions enough, and raise the scope for corruption by lessening the time required between a public official's leaving office and his standing in some election.
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The bottom line is that half of the entire cost now attributed to the F-35 program for lifetime operations and sustainment is the result of changes made by the government since its inception in how estimates should be calculated and what the scope of the program should be.
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