The North Seas Offshore Grid Initiative establishes a framework for addressing the technical and administrative challenges associated with planning and implementing the proposed mega-project.

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From 1977 to 1995, Mr. Itta worked for the North Slope Borough, ultimately serving in a number of leadership positions including Chief Administrative Officer, Public Works Director, Planning Director, and Director of Capital Improvement Program Management.

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And as software increasingly simplifies administrative tasks and eliminates a significant need for lesson planning and delivering one-size-fits-none lessons, there will be significantly more time for teachers to work in the ways that motivated many of them to enter teaching originally to work one-on-one and in small groups with students on the problems where they are in fact struggling.

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In general, these simple administrative-type powers and exceptions can open up a world of planning possibilities.

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But the Planning Inspectorate later said the decision was issued due to an administrative error.

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And while it probably goes without saying that at least a few still fetch coffee for the higher-ups, a fair number of administrative and executive assistants would probably look askance at a boss who asked them to stop answering phones, planning for meetings and dealing with the time-consuming minutiae of keeping an office functioning to do a personal task like that.

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"We are planning to increase the establishment speed, but we see that the process to go through all the administrative procedures is taking longer and longer, " he said.

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