Word: implementation
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...executive Philippe Dauman, the right person to fulfill the vision he had when he announced the split of CBS and Viacom nine months ago. "We are on the right track but we need to move to the fast track," said Redstone. "Philippe will enable us to refine and aggressively implement a digital strategy with energy, focus and speed. He will let no opportunity pass and let no competitor ever beat us to the trophy...
...stood by him, but two weeks after the storm, Brown resigned. For six weeks, he continued to work for FEMA as a consultant. Then he set up his own shop--in disaster preparedness. His firm, Michael D. Brown LLC, draws on the lessons of Katrina to help corporate clients implement contingency plans ahead of natural disasters. He has taken his unapologetic message to Congress. Testifying in February, he blamed his bosses at the Department of Homeland Security for FEMA's response to Katrina and urged "corrective action" so that "disasters don't occur in the future...
...House intelligence committee report recommends several steps that ring familiar from numerous other reports on the intelligence community's state of knowledge of terrorist and other national security threats - steps that top intelligence officials have said many times already they are trying to implement. They include beefing up the ranks of spies who know relevant languages (in this case, Farsi) and improving analysis, intelligence sharing and human spy placement. "We are already taking steps along the lines the Committee has recommended...," said Negroponte spokesman John Callahan...
...waterproof and shockproof device has already been used by hazmat teams in New York and Washington and in military operations, and Ahura has plans to develop an even smaller, cell-phone-size implement. How does the technology work? Explosive liquids tend to have strong chemical signatures, which the device can read, even through bottles or other containers. The technique employed, called Raman spectroscopy, uses a laser for optical analysis. After shining a light on a substance, liquid or solid, the device analyzes the optical characteristics of the scattered light that reflects back. "You can read the substance...
...Burtons cautiously employ the ideas of nutritionists and agro-nomists. "You can't go in with a theory and spend a squillion. First run a trial." It's the tough times when fortunes are made; the family has taken risks, been lucky and studied how smart people make and implement decisions. "In good seasons you learn very little," says Burton. "In bad seasons you learn your country...