It did not help, some officials said, that no single office had responsibility for overseeing the medical and legal responses to the health threat.
In New Jersey, with 566 municipalities, 21 counties and many state offices with responsibility for first response, several programs to ensure a smooth flow of information have been successfully implemented.
1971-72: Minister Delegate (Prime Minister's Office) with responsibility for relations with Parliament.
His decree explicitly shifts to his office the responsibility for housing and supporting the new envoys.
The pardon attorney's office has responsibility for developing a formal recommendation to the president.
Banri Kaieda, the economy minister whose office has responsibility for nuclear oversight, declares that most of the reactors are safe to reopen, but he has not revealed the grounds for making that judgment.
Mr. Ford, the first person to hold the position in Northern Ireland in 40 years, takes over a wide array of functions previously controlled by Britain's Northern Ireland Office, including responsibility for the police, the prison service and the prosecution service.
Jackson Bambalira, the chairman of the Bundibugyo district, the local government office with responsibility for the area, says though there had not been any violence so far, Congolese officials had reneged on a deal struck with his administration.
A further pause and then: "Hello, my name is Fiona Mactaggart and I am the parliamentary undersecretary of state at the Home Office with responsibility for criminal justice, race equality and communities".
