Its action depends on the fundamental competence, dedication, and responsibility of officials at all levels of government, who must make good decisions under pressure.
The cabinet secretary said the civil service had to demonstrate its day-to-day competence, dedication and "can-do attitude" and play a constructive role in discussions over future reforms to the structure and focus of the organisation.
I've dealt with hundreds of intelligence officials over the years, and I have been impressed by their competence, dedication and patriotism.
These have been categorized by others into three areas: competence, dedication and standardized training; communication and collaborative effort between participant and researcher; and expressions of appreciation to participants [ 29- 33].
To a greater degree than under Spanish rule, appointments to public offices depended upon competence and dedication.
In "Contagion," the medical professionals combatting the worldwide spread of a SARS-like pathogen again offered competence and dedication for us to hold on to.
"For all these reasons," the statement said, "we confirmed and renewed our trust in him as head of communications, a role he has fulfilled with utmost competence and dedication, even in this particularly delicate phase".
Though many of these programs were in the works before Sept. 11, TV's heroic depiction of public servants now provides on-screen comfort food to a shaken population that needs, once again, to believe in the competence and dedication of government officials.
We urge the Bangladeshi Government to ensure transparency in the selection of a new managing director who has unquestioned integrity, competence, and dedication to preserving Grameen Bank, its unique governance structure, and its effectiveness in bringing development and hope to 8.3 million of Bangladesh's most vulnerable citizens, mostly women.
If we don't value and support the dedication, competence and expertise of college professors -- tenured and non-tenured, permanent and temporary -- the quality of intellectual life on our campuses will precipitously decline -- a very dear price to pay when our goal is to prepare students, who represent the future, to think in and adapt to a complex and changing world.
He also said he would not link personnel decisions to political loyalties and would demand that all of the department's hiring be done "on the basis of competence and ability and dedication and not based on whether somebody's got an 'R' or a 'D' next to their names".
