When he's not answering queries, "a lot of it is budgets, ordering books, selecting journal subscriptions," he adds, so he talks to faculty members and analyzes the usage of the library's resources so he can prioritize them.
The Smithsonian, which provides 40percentt of the Cooper-Hewitt's annual $10 million budget, ordered Mr. Thompson to make cuts of 37percentt.
After reaching a settlement with the unions, he scaled down the budget, ordered the attrition of 10 percent of the city's 200,000-member work force and, with state officials, revised a fiscal recovery plan that sought the aid of banks and the state and federal governments.
Mikulski, who chairs the Senate panel that oversees the space agency budget, ordered an independent review this summer.
Mitchell E. Daniels Jr., the White House budget director, ordered the Pentagon to trim an earlier, much larger budget request, Congressional officials said.
During the 1980's, an ambitious budget minister named Carlos Salinas de Gortari dutifully carried out sweeping budget cuts ordered by the president of the time.
In California, which has 14 confirmed cases, the Department of Public Health recently absorbed a 10percentt budget cut ordered by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to help close a huge budget gap.
All in all, it's just what the doctor, er, budget director ordered.
She says she was on a "tight budget" so ordered hot water and a slice of lemon, which was late arriving.
A1 EDUCATION No Layoffs Foreseen New York City school superintendents and union officials said budget cuts ordered by Chancellor Harold O. Levy would not require layoffs or affect most daily class activities.
