It remains to be seen whether PwC will charge the Academy for the additional technical and project management support the firm probably provided this year to help design and implement the new electronic voting process and insure it was safe from hackers and inaccurate counts.

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The reality though is that most district CIOs spend much of their time today on technical issues, project management and a whole host of things that have little to do with enabling a 21st century education.

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The return should reflect such risk factors as the project's technical complexity, the agency's management capacity, the likelihood of cost overruns, and the consequences of under- or non-performance.

WHITEHOUSE: CIRCULAR NO. A-130 Revised

The event would define the important role of UNESCO in providing technical and institutional support, overall strategic management of the project, following up the deliberations reached by Ministers at this conference and facilitating receipt of extra-budgetary funds to finance MAB projects at regional level, in close cooperation with the national authorities.

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In each phase, from planning and assessment to implementation, several factors must be carefully considered, including technical infrastructure, process, application, change management, data management and project management.

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