A budget official refused and said, these patients are dying anyway.
"We don't want these contractors to go out of business if we can," said Andrew Hunter, a NASA budget official.
(d) The indictment of the former Bush Administration budget official David Safavian on charges of lying and obstruction of justice.
Mr. Ryan, the state budget official, said the city's interim budget was based on revenue that would never materialize.
He is expected to become the White House's senior budget official for reviewing almost every proposed federal regulation.
"It's essentially a flat tax at the higher rates," said one budget official, speaking on the condition of anonymity.
He had an earlier stint in government when he served as a top budget official in the Ford administration.
Mr. O'Keefe, a former White House budget official, was selected by President Bush with a mandate to straighten out budget problems and improve NASA's management.
Some businesses have already begun requesting refunds, a budget official said, with others likely to follow or to expect credits for their overpayments.
ALBANY, Dec. 5 — Gov. Eliot Spitzer announced on Wednesday that his top budget official would move to a key post overseeing New York's myriad agencies and departments.
"This was a case in which we really said to people, 'How fast can you spend money?' " one budget official said, referring to United States economic development officials.
