When was fiscal year 2017

Funding decisions are based on the number of high-quality applications, the overall number of applications, and the availability of funds. Fogarty funds a large number of initiatives with collaborating funding partners that include other NIH Institutes and Centers , other government agencies, and non-government organizations NGOs. In certain programs, the program relevance of Fogarty's funding partners can also be a factor that affects the selection of grants to be funded.

Fogarty's cost-management plan strives to award grants at funding levels that are close to or slightly less than the amount recommended by the review groups and the Fogarty Advisory Board. Funding decisions take into account program relevance and overall portfolio consideration, including responsiveness to the Fogarty Strategic Plan. Final funding decisions are made by the Fogarty Director, Dr. Roger I. In general, Fogarty will issue non-competing research grant awards at the recommended levels for FY To provide adequate funds for new and recompeting grants, funds awarded may be slightly less than the amounts requested in the application or recommended by the Initial Review Group IRG.

Fogarty considers reductions in funding greater than 25 percent of the total costs of the IRG recommended level for the competitive year to be a change in scope. Fogarty staff will request revised budgets and specific aims if this occurs.

Unlike the reports covering fiscal years to , no "manual adjustments" were made to reallocate Defense contract spending across states based on information outside of USASpending. Rather, the analysis is based exclusively on the prime and subaward information available in USASpending. Differences in contract spending in these states between the FY and FY or reports may be due to this change in methodology, rather than fluctuations in actual DoD spending.

For example, in USASpending. The FY report used information from the company to reflect its operations in Rhode Island. For the fiscal year through reports, DMDC shared this information at the 3-digit zipcode level, and county-level data were extrapolated from it. Personnel counts were shown as of the last month of the fiscal year, and gross payroll was cumulative over the course of the fiscal year. This sustained growth allows for enhanced services in every community.

While the Adopted Budget projects moderate increases in revenues, growth has modestly declined compared to recent fiscal years. Economic uncertainty exists both in the stock market and major sales tax generating categories such as oil and gas prices and general consumer goods. To further protect communities from service reductions in the future, I recommended and the City Council has approved the creation and funding of a new Pension Payment Stabilization Reserve to minimize cuts to neighborhood funding when the City incurs unexpected increases in pension payments from market volatility, changes in actuarial assumptions or other factors.

The City repaired miles of streets in Fiscal Year and there is funding to repair up to miles of streets included in this Fiscal Year Adopted Budget.

Other important infrastructure investments funded in the Adopted Budget include park improvements, streetlights, sidewalk repair and replacement, infrastructure to support energy and conservation elements of the Climate Action Plan, and repair of storm water infrastructure and City-owned buildings. The Adopted Budget includes the addition of 21 full-time positions to improve the condition of City facilities, such as recreation centers and libraries.

Every San Diegan should feel safe in his or her neighborhood. Retaining and recruiting police officers to grow and strengthen the San Diego Police Department continues to be a large focus in this budget. There are also funding increases to support additional sworn and civilian police positions, additional overtime for police officers, body-worn cameras, and improvements and repairs to police facilities — primarily the Police Headquarters.

The Adopted Budget funds resources to improve citywide response times by fire crews and emergency first responders. Funding is provided for an additional fire academy, for a total of two academies in Fiscal Year Additionally, the Adopted Budget adds 32 full-time positions and operational funding for the temporary fire station in Skyline, the permanent station in Eastside Mission Valley and two Fast Response Squads as recommended in the Citygate report on fire services deployment.