Food policy meant improving links between farmers and suppliers.
The emphasis was improving links between northern cities and the surrounding areas.
It also calls for improved links between local NHS services and the support that universities provide.
The International Business Machines Corporation agreed on Friday to buy Accessible Software Inc. for more than $75 million so that I.B.M., the No. 1 computer maker, can improve links between mainframes and other computers.
His new job at the Organization for Cooperation of Railways, an obscure group dedicated to improving links between Asia and former members of the Soviet bloc, may grant his wish.
The Department of Health says it has a "priority" focus on children's mental health and, among other things, has put additional cash in to "talking therapies", adding that it is liaising with the DfE to improve links between schools and Camhs.
Mr. McVey said he thought that Mr. McCann would try to improve links between Merrill's brokerage and asset-management units and add to the menu of investment products Merrill offers to its customers.
Around £1.5bn will also be spent adding an extra lane to certain motorways, turning them into "smart motorways", where the extra lane can be used to manage traffic, improving links between London, Birmingham, Manchester and Yorkshire.
The police watchdog has launched an investigation after officers shot a race relations adviser who has worked to improve links between the force and the black community in Bristol with a Taser electronic weapon.
There were presentations by Quyen Ngo-Metzger, data branch chief in the Bureau of Primary Health Care at Health Resources and Services Administration; by oral surgeon Elsbeth Kalenderian on improving links between medical and dental practices; and by John Moore, a Ph.D. candidate in the New Media Medicine group at the MIT Media Lab, on possible new devices.
