Foreign aid workers affirm that the government tries to spread its resources as widely as possible.

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Corporate Executive Board, for one, signs annual contracts with job sites, but overall, the firm tends to spread its resources among many sites, says Eric Coffey, head of corporate recruiting.

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Settlements allow the SEC to spread its limited resources among the largest number of cases, agency officials say.

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