Discussions between the MTA and the departments that represent train operators and track workers are the farthest along, while those for station personnel and bus operators are lagging, according to two transit officials close to the negotiations.

WSJ: Transit Workers Seek Wage Hikes

These are the machines that utility companies buy for their field service personnel, that police departments buy for cops and that the military buys for soldiers in dangerous places around the world.

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Cuts are also proposed in the council's finance, personnel, legal, procurement and corporate property departments, with staff being moved into the Town Hall extension, which is undergoing refurbishment.

BBC: Manchester City Council proposes cutting 830 jobs

At the event, officials from the Departments of Transportation, Labor, Energy, Education, and Agriculture, as well as from the Office of Personnel Management, National Science Foundation, Environmental Protection Agency and Corporation for National and Community Service, met with leaders of STEM mentoring organizations and members of the public.

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Their startup, called BrassRing, would go after the job-recruiting market by hosting career fairs, running Internet job boards and developing software for corporate personnel departments and university career-placement offices.

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At different times throughout the year, government departments examine their own spending in what are called monitoring rounds when unspent money is returned to the Department of Finance and Personnel (DFP).

BBC: Invest Northern Ireland set to return millions of pounds