1 [2]. 2  According to a 2007 study on safe staffing in Medical Care, an increase of one registered nurse (RN) per patient was associated with a 24 percent reduction in time spent in the intensive care unit and a 31 percent reduction in time spent in surgical units.
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E): appropriations fund the efforts performed by contractors and government activities required for the Research and Development (R&D) of equipment, material, computer application software, and its Test and Evaluation (T&E) to include Initial Operational Test and Evaluation (IOT&E) and Live-Fire Test ...
In legal and governmental use, the term âappropriationâ refers to the act of designating a certain amount of money for a specific use. The term is often used in reference to budgeting and the creation of spending bills. Translated literally as âto make oneâs own,â or âto set aside,â appropriation may also refer to an intentional, often unauthorized, acquisition of something belonging to someone else.