Decision-making occurred through repeated cycles of finding information, persuading others, justifying decisions, finding more/different information, persuading others etc., as proposals moved through the commissioning decision-making process.
With this information, he persuaded the Timber Association of California (timber reminded people of the logger's cry, Timber!, which made them think of "killing") to change its name to the California Forestry Association.
Armed with that information, she persuaded hospital administrators to allocate resources to the issue; gathered a group of doctors, nurses, therapists, technicians, janitors and parents to consider what steps to take; and produced a training manual for staffers.
"The FDA has carefully reviewed your citizen petition and has determined that it failed to provide sufficient data and information to persuade the FDA to initiate rulemaking," the agency's letter of response said.
The council hopes the value of the information will persuade them to use the new software.
"We've done such good work that we've put ourselves out of work," joked Ms. Liss, 37, who spent a decade as a mitigation specialist assembling information to persuade juries to spare the lives of defendants.
Farmers rely on the reports to decide how much to plant and how many animals to raise; they use the information to persuade bankers to lend them money and to advocate for other types of government support.
In three months he had enough information to persuade an ant specialist at the university to advise him, and to publish his first scientific paper; he had found his life's work.
In some cases, the company's workers had access to health information while persuading patients to pay overdue bills, possibly in violation of federal privacy laws, the documents indicate.
