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They availed themselves of multiples sources of information both inside and outside their administrations and selected good advisers and competent department heads … Nor did they resort to short-term gimmicks … While often reacting to short-term challenges, these presidents developed coherent policies designed to boost long-term economic performance.
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Why, then, don't highly competent IT departments create a business transaction-to-IT demand model?
The GAPNCD also calls on the FAO to 'Support ministries of agriculture in aligning agricultural, trade and health policies' and on the WTO to '…support ministries of trade in coordination with other competent government departments (especially those concerned with public health), to address the interface between trade policies and…noncommunicable diseases' [ 145], p74.
When an agricultural GMO needs to move on to the stage of restricted field-testing after the completion of research in laboratory, the organization conducting the test shall report to the competent agricultural administrative department of the State Council.
The White House views the attacks on Mr. Holder as a "political agenda" and "would not hasten the departure of someone who's competent and runs the department and is a friend because there's a drumbeat," said William M. Daley, a former White House chief of staff under Mr. Obama.
I don't need to talk about sex all the time, in fact I'd rather not, but when we do, I need them to be pretty competent in the 'chatting' department , including consent, pleasure, boundaries and so on.
For her, the confidence in the skills of the staff was a contributing factor for finally accepting the management proposal: "The reason why I dared was that there were so many competent people in that department , so I thought it could not possibly be hard to be the leader of the flock here, because there is so much competence".
Meanwhile, President Obama forestalled a second Great Depression, turned the attention of the executive branch toward real problems, restored lawfulness and decency to foreign and domestic policy, damped down the flames of global anti-Americanism, and staffed the agencies and departments with competent , public-spirited officials who believe in the duty of government to advance the general welfare.
Mr. Monti said the changes, which will be phased in over the coming year, would make his department "more clearly competent".
And Mr Mitchell, despite a fondness for New Labourisms (in the speech he praised DfID as a "key, joined-up, integrated department ") makes a competent , if familiar, case for keeping the levels up: it is right to help the weak, and often surprisingly cheap.
He clearly defined his government's priorities (health care, education, and infrastructure development); devoted significant financial resources to these priority areas; and appointed capable, competent ministers to head these departments.
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The phrase "competent department " functions as an adjective-noun combination, where 'competent' modifies 'department'. It acts as a descriptor, attributing a quality of capability or proficiency to a specific organizational unit. Ludwig AI confirms its usability in written English.
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