Sentence examples for eliminate deadlines from inspiring English sources

Now, one piece of the agency has found a potentially powerful new tool to flatten the spikes and cut the number of proposals: It can simply eliminate deadlines.

"In recent years, [NSF] has struggled with the logistics of evaluating a rising number of grant proposals that has propelled funding rates to historic lows," but "one piece of the agency has found a potentially powerful new tool to flatten [submission] spikes and cut the number of proposals: It can simply eliminate deadlines," Eric Hand reported last Friday.

No pressure: NSF test finds eliminating deadlines halves number of grant proposals.

The highway administration, an agency of the federal Department of Transportation, was greeted with waves of criticism and has since eased or eliminated many deadlines for compliance, granting much more leeway in permitting nonconforming signs to remain until they are physically worn out.

The administration plans to issue a proposal Tuesday to eliminate dozens of deadlines for replacing traffic signs to comply with safety standards initiated under the Bush administration, saying that communities should not be forced to install the new signs until the old ones wear out, officials said.

A 2004 law eliminated that deadline, allowing Mr. Turner to pursue his claim in court.

But Mr. Duncan told reporters on Monday that he and his aides had not reached a final decision on eliminating the deadline.

In the final days of the 2000 legislative session, the House of Representatives dropped consideration of a measure to force the six power plants to cut pollution after opponents in the State Senate attached a rider that eliminated any deadline for the reductions.

The bill would also eliminate a one-year deadline for filing asylum claims, which gay advocates have long challenged, saying it effectively excludes many foreigners fleeing persecution because of sexual orientation.

Simon A. Flynn, chief executive of the Connecticut Restaurant Association, said that while many restaurants were already moving to eliminate trans fats, a deadline would drive up the cost of alternative oils and foods.

In response, Ms. Pelosi won party-line approval on Thursday of her request to eliminate the 60-day deadline for consideration of the pact, infuriating the White House and leaving the proposal's fate uncertain.