His design drew fierce public criticism, major changes were called for, costs spiralled, and then finally the scheme was shelved in 2004.
The plan called for costs to be cut by €70m by the end of 2014, the potential closure of 65 free titles in the Western part of the Netherlands, a possible sale of the Polish business and implementation of a digital paywall across key titles.
Union leaders said the airline, based in Arlington, Va., had presented them with the outline of a business plan at a December board meeting that called for cost cuts of $200 million to $300 million, in part through wage and benefit concessions.
Health policy experts have been calling for cost analyses to determine the costs of new technologies and the amount of money they save from factors like reduced need for hospital admissions and years of life gained.
"Eight years ago, when Howard Dean saw Medicare spinning out of control and facing bankruptcy, he joined with the Clinton Administration and key members of Congress in calling for cost controls," Mr. Metzenbaum said.
The only problem was that the plan they announced, calling for cost cuts and the production of a new generation of networked products, was uncannily similar to one outlined (with little fanfare) three years ago to 36 journalists in Osaka by Kunio Nakamura, president of archrival Matsushita Electric Industrial.
Undercutting the grand pronouncement was the fact that the plan, calling for cost cuts, more power to younger workers and the production of a new generation of networked products, was close to a carbon copy of one outlined (with little fanfare) three years ago by Kunio Nakamura, president of archrival Matsushita Electric Industrial.
But the agency's red ink, coupled with the declining mail volumes of the Internet era, have lawmakers on both sides of the aisle calling for cost-cutting and reform.
Initial projections called for operating costs of $350,000 or less.
Some lawmakers have also called for pension costs for teachers outside of Chicago — traditionally financed by the state — to gradually become the responsibility of local school districts.
He called for lifetime costs of different energy sources to be made transparent to the public, and demanded a "level playing field" for all energy technologies.
