Sentences with phrase «independent of any central authority»

Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency where the creation and transfer of Bitcoins is based on an open - source cryptographic protocol that is independent of any central authority.

Law enforcement is profoundly more centralized in the U.K. than it is in the United States where the vast majority of law enforcement resources managed by locally elected municipal, township, town and county governments independent of central authorities with only minimal coordination and little uniformity.

Not exact matches

The most important change since the beginning of 2004 is the establishment as independent authorities of one central ethical vetting board and six local ones.

These include: commissioning an independent evaluation of how CfE is being implemented «on the ground»; improving the quality of information available on the aspects of CfE that matter, not those that are most «readily measurable»; simplifying and clarifying core guidance on the CfE; giving local authorities a more central role in implementing the curriculum; and creating «stimulating and challenging learning environments» in secondary schools in areas of deprivation.

The academy conversion model (initially common in schools in special measures, known as «sponsor» academies) is now chosen by many good / outstanding schools (known as «convertor» academies) as it turns a school into an independent business (not for profit) that receives funding directly from central government instead of a local authority.

Annie has a variety of other roles and responsibilities outside of SMU, including being a board member and an audit committee member for the Central Provident Fund Singapore, chairing the Asian Bond Fund 2 Supervisory Committee of the Monetary Authority of Singapore, chairing the World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council for Southeast Asia, and being an independent director in a few funds and family businesses.

I suggest that you look at how the 77 independent legal clinics created a superb provincial strategic plan for themselves despite the fact that they have no central authority, no nifty organization chart, no policy manuals - none of the trappings of your «typical» organization.