DRGs were first implemented in New Jersey, beginning in 1980 with a small number of hospitals partitioned into three groups according to their budget positions-surplus, breakeven, and deficit-prior to the imposition of DRG payment.

He was later promoted to the shadow Finance portfolio, making a particular effective speech in the Dáil in response to the budget of 1980.

Named for former Atlanta mayor William Berry Hartsfield, who did much to promote air travel, William B. Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport opened on September 21, 1980, on-time and under budget.

He became Secretary of State for the budget and Flemish affairs ( 1977 – 1979, Tindemans II & Vanden Boeynants II ), Minister of Development Aid ( 1979 – 1980, Martens I, Martens II & Martens III ) and Minister of Finance ( 1980 – 1981, Martens IV ).

The project was completed on time and on budget, however additional construction would continue through the 1970s with final completion in 1980 when the last generator was installed.

Raymond Frank, the sheriff of Travis County from 1973 – 1980, determined that the county's law enforcement budget was better spent on more serious offenses, and skinny-dipping activities were generally ignored as long as no other laws were being broken.

* The town of Vail, Colorado, had been using Saabs since 1980, but in 2005, the black 9-5 patrol cars were replaced by Ford Explorers, due to budget reasons.

The 1980 federal government budget introduced by Minister of Finance Allan MacEachen projected a reduction of federal deficits from $ 14. 2 billion in 1980 to $ 11. 8 billion in fiscal 1984 due primarily to substantial increases in revenues from the oil and gas sector while maintaining expenditures .< ref name =" economics_b "> Canadian Public Policy “ The Federal Budget and Energy Program, October 28th, 1980: A Review ” Brian L. Scarfe, Department of Economics, the University of Alberta.

Perhaps the greatest impact was the NEP's failure to deliver the revenues forecast originally in the 1980 federal budget.

She threatened to resign in September 1980 when her department of Highways and Works faced a £ 1 million budget cut ; " I will resign in the event that they cut our basic services and that means keeping our frontline services and a clean and litter-free city.

King Khalid also launched the Kingdom's third Development Plan with the planned budget of $ 250 billion in May 1980.

In the 1980 federal election, Davis's criticism of Clark's budget was used by the Liberal Party in official campaign documents and it played a role in the federal Tories ' losses in Ontario ; the swing in support enabled the Liberals to regain government.

The 1980 " A Song For Europe " contest was held on 26 March 1980 ( the same day as that year's budget ), at the BBC Television Theatre in Shepherd's Bush and hosted by a dinner-suited Terry Wogan.

This oil money fueled a massive increase in state spending ( an 163 % increase between 1972 and 1980 ), and Edwards was able to consistently balance the state budget due to the boom in oil revenue.

These fears were confirmed in part in September 1980 when Metro announced that inflation had created a $ 16 million shortfall in its $ 271 million budget.

In 1980, he obtained a draft copy of the Australian federal budget, before it was tabled in Parliament.

By 1980, the average university spent over 16 % of its athletics budget on women's sports.

An advocacy group claims that Congress halved the budget for public housing and Section 8 ( the government's housing voucher subsidization program ) and that between the years of 1980 and 1989 HUD's budget authority was reduced from $ 74 billion to $ 19 billion.

A 1980 episode of the public television program Alaska Review ( currently held in the collections of the Alaska Film Archives ) prominently featured an edited " debate " between Hammond and Randolph on the subject, centered on the fact that Alaska faced a one-billion-dollar budget surplus that year.

Amidst a mix of economic, internal and external politics, the Abingdon factory was shut down on 24 October 1980 as part of the drastic programme of cutbacks necessary to turn BL around after the turbulent times of the 1970s.

In January 1980 his remains were transferred to El Escorial in Spain.

AIX / 370 was IBM's third attempt to offer Unix-like functionality for their mainframe line, specifically the System / 370 ( the prior versions were a TSS / 370 based Unix system developed jointly with AT & T c. 1980, and VM / IX a VM / 370 based system developed jointly with Interactive Systems Corporation c. 1984 ).

Being behind the technological curve was not entirely surprising ; the chipset used in the 400 and 800 was designed because they were aware the 2600 would be obsolete by the 1980 time frame.

Martha and friends related that Bill did not want to go on the road any more and that ticket sales for that planned tour of Germany in the fall of 1980 were slow.

Most of the original societies were fully terminating, where they would be dissolved when all members had a house: the last of them, First Salisbury, was wound up in March 1980.

The first jet aircraft to enter service in October 1980 were six Alpha Jet CI light attack and advanced training aircraft ; six more were ordered, but were subsequently cancelled.

In 2003, the NZBS further extended restrictions to preclude permanently donors who had received a blood transfusion in the United Kingdom since January 1980, and in April 2006, restrictions were further extended to include the Republic of Ireland and France.

No Chancellor has ever come from the CSU, although Franz Josef Strauss and Edmund Stoiber were CDU / CSU candidates for Chancellor in the 1980 election and the 2002 election, respectively, which were both won by the SPD.

Mexican Americans were not identified as a racial / ethnic category prior to the 1980 US Census, when the term " Hispanic " was first used in census reports.

Into the late 1960s, nationally televised, multi-cultural concerts held in Ottawa were added, and the fête became known as Festival Canada ; after 1980 the Canadian government began to promote the celebrating of Dominion Day beyond the national capital, giving grants and aid to cities across the country to help fund local activities.

General elections were held in 1974, 1977, 1980, 1983, 1987, 1990, 1994, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2008 and 2012.

Through the Fondation Claude Monet, the house and gardens were opened for visits in 1980, following restoration.

The Cincinnati Bengals were unique in the NFL as they did not have uniform numbers on the players sleeves until the 1980 season.

In 1979 – 80 Charlton were relegated again to the Third Division, but won immediate promotion back to the Second Division in 1980 – 81.

Earlier censuses were taken in 1872 ( the first ), 1900, 1920, 1941, 1950, 1960, 1970, 1980, 1991, 2000 and 2010.

Earlier censuses were taken in 1869, 1880, 1890, 1900, 1910, 1921, 1930, 1950, 1961, 1970, 1980, 1991 and 2001.

The censuses during independence 1969, 1980, 1991 were taken jointly for all races.

However, the questionnaires for the 1980 were lost and only provisional figures are available from this census.

Jones also produced the 1979 film The Bugs Bunny / Road Runner Movie which was a compilation of Jones ' best theatrical shorts ; Jones produced new Road Runner shorts for The Electric Company series and Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales ( 1979 ), and even newer shorts were made for Bugs Bunny's Bustin ' Out All Over ( 1980 ).

On March 25, 1980, Dead Kennedys were invited to perform at the Bay Area Music Awards in San Francisco to major record label artists to give the event some " New Wave credibility ", in the words of the organizers.

Chronic economic problems were compounded by the severe impact of hurricanes in 1979 and in 1980.

The most recent hurricanes of note were David and Frederic in August 1979 and Allen in August 1980.