FDA Budget Could Face 5% Cut In Fiscal 2015
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
An Office of Management and Budget memo says federal agencies should reduce net discretionary spending from the initial fiscal 2015 estimate and provide options for additional cuts. Across-the-board cuts and “new user fees to offset existing spending” are not allowed in fiscal 2015 requests.
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