11.   Second, improve coordination and eliminate layers in foreign aid programs.

12.   The idea is to eliminate management layers and encourage initiative.

13.   The layoffs were still part of the initial plans to eliminate a layer of management.

14.   The project includes eliminating layers of management, shutting some sales and processing operations and putting in place a new sales management system.

15.   They said the savings would be made by eliminating layers of managers and tightening controls on medical services.

16.   As part of the reorganization announced Tuesday, the company plans on eliminating a layer of management just below the board of directors.

17.   Most decisions could be appealed to the state Supreme Court, eliminating a layer of the current bureaucracy.

18.   Most decisions could be appealed to the state Supreme Court, eliminating one layer of the current bureaucracy.

19.   The reforms also are aimed at streamlining decision-making processes by eliminating some layers of heirarchy through which paperwork currently must pass.