An enhanced cabinet would not have its own independent mandate, but it could share more fully in the president's, and thus advance that mandate more effectively.
The idea is to produce someone who is less secretary and more general, with a broad power base and an independent mandate, rather than to be beholden to some murky backroom deal.
While a £1bn commitment is an important first step, Whitehall must ensure that the business bank gets off the ground with an independent mandate and a mission to support growing companies.
In the past, the role of professional moderators has addressed the largely independent mandate to conduct qualitative inquiry within focus groups sessions.
In fact, the State Department is cooperating fully with the investigations now under way, including six Congressional investigations, a Government Accountability Office investigation and Paul Volcker's independent inquiry, mandated by the United Nations.
It has failed to allow any of the UN's independent experts mandated to monitor human rights around the world to visit the country since 2005.
The law mandates independent medical exams to verify such claims, which are paid for by employers' private insurance companies.
The other, sponsored by Senators Mitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky, and Mr. Schumer and supported by 31 Democrats, 38 Republicans and one independent, has no mandates.
Recent revelations about the scope and severity of past child sexual abuse in German institutions set off a broad public debate on this issue, and led to the establishment of a politically appointed Round Table committee and an Independent Commissioner whose mandates were to reappraise the issue and develop recommendations for future policies.
No independent inquiry is mandated.
Any information brought forward to me as a result will allow me to make a considered decision on whether or not to extend the independent commission's mandate".
