Committees not only give lawmakers a base from which to pursue policy issues but also drive campaign fund-raising and are a favored way to steer projects back home.
Their pleas followed another from Wendell B. Walters, a onetime assistant commissioner at the housing department who pleaded guilty in March to racketeering conspiracy and bribery in connection with a scheme to steer projects to developers in exchange for millions of dollars in cash.
There needs to be a constant exchange of information for us to be able to steer projects in the direction that creates real success.
Over the years, William had developed his own set of project management tools, which enabled him to steer projects in terms of the '5 Ps': pace (tempo, timing, meeting); points (issues); persons (internal and external stakeholders); presentation (framing and communication); and place (where things happen).
Because the pointier aspects tend to get sanded down, it's not unusual for the TV-making process -- especially in the early stages of a show's life -- to steer projects into more recognizable, predictable and safe directions.
We therefore designed the Investigator-Steered Project on Intravascular Renal Denervation for Management of Drug- Resistant Hypertension (INSPiRED).
The nonprofit group Inclusive Communities Project said in the suit against the state that the department deliberately steered projects into minority neighborhoods.
Despite all his success (he also steered projects with Generation X, XTC, the Go-Gos and Altered Images), Rushent ended up selling his home and studio to pay off bills, and was diagnosed with clinical depression.
Adam Broadway, a housing and planning expert who is helping to steer the project, acknowledges that some potential members may be priced out of the project, as one-bedroom flats are expected to sell at a minimum of £180,000 up to £450,000 for a four-bedroom house.
Austria's finance minister, Hans Jörg Schelling, was asked to steer the project.
