The May report from the Homeland Security and Commerce departments included more than 65 recommendations, sub-recommendations and action items to increase the federal cybersecurity workforce, but most were vaguely worded or lacked concrete mandates or timelines.
This idea is that conflict between merely prima facie duties is unproblematic so long as it does not infect what one is categorically obligated to do, which is what overall, concrete duties mandate.
Concrete structures (mandated after the catastrophic Hurricane Hugo) have remained largely intact albeit with many shutters blown out.
Specifications for mass concrete constructions typically mandate the use of pozzolanic materials with a low heat of hydration.
My advice to Congress would be to switch the non-binding "goal" of withdrawing troops to concrete binding legislation mandating Bush to comply with the wishes of the American people - that being an end to the war.
"President-elect Putin has an opportunity to translate his electoral mandate into concrete steps to advance economic reform, to strengthen the rule of law, to intensify the fight against crime and corruption, and to join with us on a broad common agenda of international security including arms control, nonproliferation and regional peace and stability," the president said in a statement.
The U.S., in collaboration with a diverse group of international partners, can address our chief barriers -- inadequate political will and resources -- by forming a global taskforce with a mandate to take concrete actions that will see commitments through.
The president, as the head of the government, doesn't only enjoy the cachet of tens of millions of votes as a concrete expression of his political mandate, under a partly republican system, but also has a significant amount of institutional capacity to introduce consequential policies in the realm of economics, culture, and politics.
In 2015, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti pushed through a landmark law mandating retrofits of concrete buildings, hoping to avoid a catastrophe when the next earthquake comes.
