Other e-mails indicate the media's presence was a factor in agency decision-making.

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The solicitation said "the work is generally sedentary and does not pose undue physical demands, " an important factor in an agency where USAID workers can live in poor conditions in dangerous countries.

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In my experience, there is a key discriminating factor when selecting an agency , and that is the quality of the people working directly on your business.

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It also abolishes a number of education quangos, including the the QCDA (Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency), which Mr Blunkett described as "very worrying factor".

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Concerns about national security have been a factor in the 20-month delay in holding Williams' inquest, and an agency more used to working in the shadows has had an uncomfortably bright light shone into its practices.

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