Until today, there was no on-going global mechanism recognized by both the scientific and policy communities to gather, synthesize and analyse information for decision making.
Information for investment decision-making purposes became more accessible.
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There was no on-going global mechanism recognized by both the scientific and policy communities to gather, synthesize and analyse information on biodiversity for decision making until IPBES was established in April 2012.
This will require improvements in the capacity, knowledge, communication and networking available to enhance the flow and quality of information available for informed decision-making on the status of coastal resources, and their effective management in light of climate change impacts.
The strategy aims to ensure the responsible development of nanotechnology by providing guidance to the Federal agencies that produce the scientific information for risk management, regulatory decision-making, product use, research planning, and public outreach.
But this is not enough information for us to then make the decision that we must stop using fossil fuels in order to reduce climate change.
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This new data deluge, sometimes known as Big Data, promises to provide us the opportunity to turn information overload into an asset for better decision making by applying analytics.
Or a 2012 IDC study, in which 64% of shoppers believe in-store use of their smartphones will turn up information at least as useful for making a decision as going online before coming into the store.
The Department for Education is appealing against a decision by the information commissioner, who ruled that private email accounts are subject to FOI requests when used for official business.
The company delivers collaboration, information-sharing and decision-support solutions for customers in government, healthcare, education and a wide variety of commercial enterprises.
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He wrote to the council asking "for further information" after hearing of the decision to appoint the former business secretary and European commissioner, the Labour peer said.
Fonterra has defended its decision to keep its information under wraps for so long.
The challenge is to know how much information and analysis is needed for each step in a decision-making process.
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The report called for the government to release more information about its decision.
Watson's ability to analyze the meaning and context of human language and quickly process information to piece together evidence for answers can help healthcare decision makers, such as clinicians, nurses and medical students, unlock important knowledge and facts buried within huge volumes of information.
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The connection patterns reveal valuable information quickly, accurately and allow for faster, more relevant decision-making.
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If everyone has their own facts, slightly tweaked to reflect their position, then there is no true north for decision-making and everything, even the most basic information, is subjective.
This was after it became clear to him and colleagues that the decision for the omission was a deliberate one and that information on the board's plans for its district hospitals would be published subsequently.
If individuals know at the outset what their information will be used for, they will be able to make an informed decision about whether to enter into a relationship, or perhaps to try to renegotiate the terms of that relationship.
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For example, last year CIO Magazine completed a study among enterprise CIOs and Senior IT Decision Makers and found the number one most trusted source of information for their jobs is their peer group.
Reliable scientific information and data must inform decision-making processes so as to develop sound policies for the sustainable management of our ocean.
"What we do is make it easy for the banks to make that final decision by putting together all the information and letting them know their checklist is complete, " he says.
Identify the decision-makers for your products and services, and then determine their information needs.
They have a knack for sorting through large amounts of information and opposing points of view to settle on a decision.
As more and more such information comes out, the Clinton decision to normalize relations with Vietnam will inevitably be seen for what it is: the ultimate cover-up.
Ensuring affordable high-speed Internet connections and equally affordable access to electronic scientific information and data for all the world's universities and research institutions has become indispensable for informed decision-making and knowledge production.
It would refrain from appealing that decision to the EU's highest court, cut royalties for rivals and hand information over to open-source developers.
Research recommendations have to go through a departmental approval process, meaning the decision to downgrade was reached days before the public disclosure, leaving time for the information to leak out.
Indeed, research has shown that it is entirely natural for decision-making groups, whatever their motivations and guidelines, to tend to suppress information flow, have extreme attitudes, make extreme judgments, be inflexible in adapting their approach to changing circumstances, and--despite all that--have great confidence in their decisions.
This decision had to be all the more painful for it being accompanied by a truncation of his Information Awareness program, a smoking crater where the PAM project was to be and his reputation once again sullied by people who are unworthy to hold John Poindexter's coat.
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