Sentence examples for budget directive from inspiring English sources

The Army, however, said it was simply following a budget directive from Congress.

In a memorandum on Thursday to his staff outlining the latest budget directive, which was released by Mr. Levy's office yesterday, the chancellor said the focus of the newly prescribed cuts "needs to shift to tougher decisions about what the business of the central offices should be".

It would be an even better opportunity if one of these Sunday shows chose to break out of the Beltway media-politico feedback loop, and brought in some out-of-the-ordinary guests: the normal human Americans who would be affected by this budget's directives.

And China's subsidy programs are anything but transparent: They are shielded by unpublished government budgets and directives and a law that allows commercial information to be treated as state secrets.

They need a clearly stated mission (that they back with budgeting and policy directives), a set of priorities and an entity, a "czar" or something else that can break through not just bureaucratic boxes but the board itself in order to meet society's collective duty to keep children — indeed, all of us — safe.

Asked about the directive to recast budget cuts as service adjustments, Mr. Laitner said curtly, "I didn't get the memo".

The ambitious plan will likely require hiring the same contractors as consultants and auditors, and could earn them a significant chunk of the directive's $30 billion budget, according to former government officials.

He says it would also enhance a directive from White House budget officials for agencies "to use all the flexibility at your disposal" in coping with the impact of the sequester.

A number of Iraqi ministers appointed this month to take over major sectors of the government and economy already have complained to the Governing Council that they have no budget resources and that their directives are either ignored or reversed by Mr. Bremer's staff.

The Pentagon's civilian leadership parcels out overall budget targets and ceilings, issues broad directives and then waits to react to the services' proposals.

The budget office wisely decided not to change Directive No. 3. The issue of who gets what when is of critical importance for economic statistics, as well as central intelligence.