And while some county officials and union representatives insist that the $20 million spent on jail overtime last year was the most efficient use of taxpayer dollars, given the cost of hiring and training new officers, others disagree.
Representatives of both said participation was an efficient use of taxpayer dollars because it allowed their employees to hold crucial meetings with hundreds of customers to discuss ways to address the housing crisis.
Our two-pronged approach would be a far more efficient use of taxpayer dollars than other proposals under discussion, all of which could cost many times more with very little guaranteed improvement in unemployment.
The vast majority of testing legislation also fails to allocate money for treatment, even though it is an extremely efficient use of taxpayer money because it puts people on track to employment, so they no longer need public assistance.
As they and others have correctly noted, the current system in which scores of Congressional committees and subcommittees claim oversight does little or nothing to advance the department's important mission, promote accountability to the American people or ensure effective and efficient use of taxpayer resources.
We will continue to work with Congress and other stakeholders to identify the most effective & efficient use of taxpayer dollars to accomplish this goal," was the answer I got via email.
Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter has denounced Thornberry's maneuver in no uncertain terms, calling it a "terrible distraction" that "undercuts stable planning and efficient use of taxpayer dollars, dispirits troops and their families, baffles friends, and emboldens foes".
Establishing effective care coordination protocols between VA and Medicare providers can help ensure efficient use of taxpayer resources and high quality care for disabled veterans.
VA and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services may benefit from establishing care coordination protocols to ensure efficient use of taxpayer resources and smooth transitions for disabled veterans from the Department of Defense and TRICARE through VA care and also accounting for Medicare access under the disability program.
While that portion of the announcement was little more than a formality, it did come as a surprise when Paulson said purchasing actual troubled assets through a reverse auction, which was the original mandate for the program when it was first negotiated, is not the most efficient use of the $700.0 billion in taxpayer money that has been allotted for the task.
