National Parks still offer bang for the buck.Although the National Park System has had significant budget cuts and is dealing with a number of lingering lin·ger v. lin·gered, lin·ger·ing, lin·gers v.intr. 1. To be slow in leaving, especially out of reluctance; tarry. See Synonyms at stay1. 2. management issues, including maintenance problems, only a nominal increase in visitors' fees will be seen this summer. Of the 390 areas managed by the National Park Service, 147 have entrance fees. Only 21 National Park areas raised fees at an average of $1 per person. We recently reported that the National Park Service would be cutting its budget to 80 percent of its usual operating costs operating costs npl → gastos mpl operacionales . This came in response to a proposed cut of $101 million from the $2.1 billion budget by the Bush administration. In addition, the Government Accountability Office The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is the audit, evaluation, and investigative arm of the United States Congress, and thus an agency in the Legislative Branch of the United States Government. announced in April that the agency has a $5 billion maintenance backlog Backlog The total value of sales orders waiting to be fulfilled. Notes: This figure is used mainly in the manufacturing industry. Increases or decreases in a company's backlog indicate the future direction of sales and earnings. . |
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