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Page 138 - Obligations represent the amounts for orders placed, contracts awarded, services received, and similar transactions during a given period, regardless of when funds were appropriated and when future payment of money is required.
Page 51 - Mr. Chairman, I do not want to take too much time, but I have a few more questions that I would like to ask.
Page 193 - I am sure to the other members of the committee, is your statement on page 9 about your program in connection with initial spares and all that. That has been one of the problems which has disturbed us ever since I can remember. We have harped on it every time the Air Force has been before us.
Page 287 - General policies. (a) It is the policy of NASA to place a fair proportion of its total purchases and contracts for supplies and services with small business concerns, and to afford small business concerns an equitable opportunity to compete for contract awards.
Page 590 - ... Defense. Based on the advice and information obtained in these discussions and my own personal experience in research and development budgeting, I recommended to the Secretary of Defense a 1956 budget for research and development which is substantially the same as the one which has been presented to you. I should point out that this budget which is before you does not include the $200 million of additional funds which the departments and my Policy Council members felt could have been used wisely...
Page 550 - ... terms of the bank discontinuance issue? Mr. McHENRY. Yes. Ms. JAEDICKE. Which types are losing accounts more frequently? Mr. McHENRY. Yes. Ms. JAEDICKE. I do not know that I would have that information. Maybe Ms. Taylor would know better for the State of New York. Mr. McHENRY. Ms. Taylor? Ms. TAYLOR. I think the best way to answer that is to say that everybody is complaining about the same issue. If a bank says that it is not doing business with money service businesses anymore, that includes...
Page 675 - Congress, The Housing Act of 1954, aids in providing homes for members of the Armed Forces of the United States and their families through a system of FHA mortgage insurance, specially designed to assist such members in financing the construction or purchase of homes.
Page 128 - States unless it is supported by documentary evidence of — ( 1 ) a binding agreement in writing between the parties thereto, including Government agencies, in a manner and form and for a purpose authorized by law, executed before the expiration of the period of availability for obligation of the appropriation or fund concerned...
Page 287 - ... can give you that. Mr. BROWN. I do not know offhand the number of employees, but I know there is about $22,000 involved in money. The cost for next year is going to be higher than the amount we indicated here as the saving. Mr. Bow. I understand. Mr. BROWN. I can put that in the record. Mr. CHANDLER. We will supply that for the record, sir. (The information is as follows:) There are at. present 14 persons in the United States District Court for the district of Puerto Rico and 8 persons in the...
Page 50 - The major air commands were requested in 1954 to conduct a self-analysis of their own and subordinate headquarters to determine where further reductions in manning could be effected. Through this self-analysis and voluntary reductions, reorganizations were accomplished, functions eliminated, and spaces made available for reprograming.