The survey suggested that many utilities lack sufficient architectural and implementation guidance to ensure that future smart-grid advances will integrate existing grid systems and processes.
However, the implementation guidance for pulling contracted services back into the government that Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn issued in late May of 2009 made the changes sound like something more than a workforce adjustment.
Oftentimes, this information is used to build business cases for future IT investments and provide guidance on implementation upgrades.
Well thought out, carefully drafted vehicles, and professional guidance on implementation and management, allow for greater flexibility for contingencies than generally assumed.
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Smarter data and expanded choices enable the development of ground-breaking consumer experiences such as Urban Guidance - the first worldwide implementation of Nokia's Transit and Pedestrian Content.
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The trouble with visions is that they tend to provide little guidance on the boring business of implementation, such as getting systems to work together, putting infrastructure in place, keeping costs down, producing things that people actually want, and getting the sums to add up.
You and other Republican governors could take note of existing flexibility already built into the law, continue pressing for more guidance and details about other aspects of implementation, and then try to strike a deal with the White House to achieve additional waivers in exchange for your agreement to set up and administer state insurance exchanges.
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Until such guidance is issued, DoD will continue with ongoing implementation programs and projects.
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"A lack of central guidance on social eligibility criteria and perceptions of high cost of implementation are standing in the way of equitable access, " said Sheena Young, its head of business development.
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