The preliminary list of the basic parameters of future welfare models – strategic focus, level of administration, benefit distribution, logic of financing, innovativeness, personification and delivery of services – is formed by combining the 'traditional' WS characteristics and the main challenges and criticisms of current welfare models.
A key focus of our administration has been to change the culture of Cook County government by putting into place performance-based metrics that increase transparency and the level of service provided to our residents.
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, who has made the environment a focus of his administration, has yet to weigh in publicly on the issue.
"The nation must understand," Mr. Bush said somberly, speaking to reporters on a sparkling morning in the Oval Office, "this is now the focus of my administration".
After the mess in Beirut, President Bush declared that General Zinni, at least, was making "good progress," and "that is where the focus of this administration is".
The easing will not allow the sales of weaponry or other military matériel, which remained the focus of the administration's internal debates this week.
The new Internal Revenue Service commissioner, with an emphasis different from his predecessor's, says effective enforcement of the tax laws rather than further improving customer service would be the main focus of his administration.
Asked what the state could do to improve child health in Hartford, Mr. Pagani noted that the governor, a resident of the city's far west end, has made urban renewal a focus of his administration's second term.
