Duplicative

Sampson expressed concerns about what he called a duplicative federal resolution and assessment authority, as well as potentially duplicative authority within the ONI. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Search the word "unique" (which appears only twice in duplicative expressions) and you'll find this gem: ❋ Unknown (2009)

Because those who perform earlier-stage research will not benefit unless they themselves are the ones to do the later-stage research to bring the project to completion, there will be a large incentive to conceal research results and other information, resulting in duplicative research. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It was left to Mr. Glocer to push through a more drastic proposal that consolidated the division, and wiped away layers of what the company called duplicative executive positions. ❋ Shira Ovide (2011)

The measure signed into law Wednesday will fund federal agencies at current levels through March 18, while slicing $4 billion from eight programs that Obama has identified as duplicative or unnecessary and more than 50 local projects requested by individual lawmakers, otherwise known as earmarks. ❋ Unknown (2011)

About the best he managed was that it was "duplicative," which was about as nonsensical a position as could be imagined. ❋ Ezra Klein (2010)

At a press conference at Moffett Field on Tuesday morning, the White House's first-ever chief information officer, Vivek Kundra, said the Obama administration began working on the initiative in March to address the "duplicative" nature of the federal government's computer networks, "where you have 23 data centers in one agency." ❋ Unknown (2009)

The United States and EU today committed to reducing technical barriers to trade such as duplicative regulation, unnecessary paperwork, and incompatible standards, which may hinder trans-Atlantic trade by $3-5 billion, and impose especially severe burdens on small and medium-sized companies. ❋ ITY National Archives (1999)

To accomplish this, he's proposing to cut programs that are "duplicative," to reduce those that are "wasteful," and to eliminate those that "just don't work" - all truly conservative principles (in the traditional sense of the word). ❋ Unknown (2010)

The move, deemed controversial and could be "duplicative" of the functions of the iPhone, could have teetered on Apple not approving Opera, but fortunately the Cupertino, California company gave Opera the green light and the app is available in the App Store right now. ❋ Chuong Nguyen (2010)

Republican press release: "Dems demand 'duplicative', 'wasteful', 'inefficient' spending." ❋ Unknown (2010)

The cuts would target "duplicative," "ineffective" and "inefficient" spending withing government, the official said on a conference call with reporters. ❋ Unknown (2010)

These improvements will reduce administrative costs and health care inefficiencies such as duplicative testing and medical errors, which in turn will reduce costly medical malpractice lawsuits. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The OMB called the Denali job training program "duplicative," saying there's "little information to determine whether these initiatives are producing positive results." ❋ Unknown (2009)

Food Research and Action Center, Washington, D.C., which will use $150,000 to work with anti-hunger advocates in Kaiser Permanente regions to remove barriers such as duplicative office visits, fingerprinting requirements and cumbersome forms that unnecessarily consume the time of overstretched caseworkers and prevent eligible people from receiving food stamp benefits. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The GAO concluded that Congress should consider whether these separate incentives for domestic production are working efficiently, or whether such "duplicative" incentives should be minimized. ❋ Unknown (2009)