But what of the projects themselves?
And like Renaissance noblemen commissioning a portrait, the traffickers occasionally finance these projects themselves.
The hunt for dollars also brings up deeper questions about the projects themselves.
Just as important as the projects themselves, Ms. Smith said, is the formal process for reviewing DotOrg proposals.
Even if the projects themselves are deemed worthy, debates arise over whether they should be financed through Congressional earmarks.
The projects themselves have been co-developed and are tailored to the needs of both the business and community partner.
Offsetting projects themselves must be monitored to prevent them being tarmacked over for, say, a carpark a few years later.
These activities usually happen behind the scenes of a larger project, and are not the focus of projects themselves.
She also has a blog where the goal, she said, is to motivate people to tackle projects themselves.
In addition to trying to make sure that Patterson is more involved in the development process, Patterson and Bowen plan to produce some projects themselves.
Where once the state-owned giants hired oil majors to do the work, now they can manage projects themselves and hire technical help directly from the services firms.
