Factors. The external Reimbursable Expenses and Engineer’s Consultant’s Factors include Engineer’s overhead and profit associated with Engineer’s responsibility for the administration of such services and costs.
Factors. The factors to be considered in determining whether or not an Operational Failure under a plan is insignificant include, but are not limited to: (1) whether other failures occurred during the period being examined (for this purpose, a failure is not considered to have occurred more than once merely because more than one participant is affected by the failure); (2) the percentage of plan assets and contributions involved in the failure; (3) the number of years the failure occurred; (4) the number of participants affected relative to the total number of participants in the plan; (5) the number of participants affected as a result of the failure relative to the number of participants who could have been affected by the failure; (6) whether correction was made within a reasonable time after discovery of the failure; and (7) the reason for the failure (for example, data errors such as errors in the transcription of data, the transposition of numbers, or minor arithmetic errors). No single factor is determinative. Additionally, factors (2), (4), and (5) should not be interpreted to exclude small businesses.
Factors. The USPS considers the following factors in evaluating any candidate’s NSA proposal:
a. Candidate’s presentation of information as requested by the USPS to document the following:
1. Current mailing systems, postage payment systems, and quality control procedures and programs.
2. Historical data showing mail volumes and use of specific mail services or mailpiece characteristics, as applicable. The candidate, as necessary, must also provide the effect on mail volumes of any corporate mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and similar events.
b. Candidate’s ability to make and present in an acceptable format accurate forecasts of future mail volumes for USPS products and services proposed for an NSA.
c. Candidate’s ability to collect necessary data in an acceptable format to support an NSA.
d. Candidate’s willingness to establish and maintain electronic systems and quality control programs as specified by the USPS for paying postage and generating records to facilitate monitoring and reconciling mail volumes, prices, and fees, including volumes and postage paid by a mail preparation agent on behalf of the candidate.
e. Candidate’s production of mail using a formal system to ensure proper mail preparation and accurate postage calculations.
f. Candidate’s use or planned implementation of a Certified Mail preparation total quality program to ensure proper mail preparation and to provide accurate documentation of mailings and postage payment.
Factors. For all leaves of absence, the factors to be considered in determining whether to grant or deny the leave of absence will include, but will not be limited to, the following:
1. whether the work unit can function effectively without the faculty member for the time of leave requested;
2. whether the faculty member’s work can effectively be accomplished in his or her absence by someone else within the work unit;
3. whether the faculty member’s work can effectively be accomplished by the short-term hire of another employee;
4. the availability of other employees or potential employees with similar skills and experience necessary to accomplish the faculty member’s work;
5. whether granting or denial of the leave serves the best interests of the work unit or the College; or
6. the ability of the College to reinstate faculty at the conclusion of the requested leave to their original job or another job at a similar level of responsibility.
Factors. Each element is comprised of multiple factors that are outlined in the MOC upload matrix in the Demonstration Plan application. The factors for each element will be scored using a system from zero to four, where four is the highest score for a factor. Demonstration Plans are required to provide a response that addresses every factor within each of the eleven elements. The scores for each factor within a specific element are totaled to provide the overall score for that element out of a total of 160 possible points. Demonstration Plans must achieve a minimum score of 70% to meet the CMS approval standard. It is CMS’ intent for MOC reviews and approvals to be a multi-year process that will allow Demonstration Plans to be granted up to a three-year approval of their MOC based on higher MOC scores above the passing standard. The specific time periods for approvals are as follows: • Plans that receive a score of 85% or higher will be granted an approval of the CMS MOC requirement for three years. • Plans that receive a score in the 75% to 84% range will be granted an approval of the CMS MOC requirement for two years. • Plans that receive a score in the 70% to 74% range will be granted an approval of the CMS MOC requirement for one year. Demonstration Plans will be permitted to cure problems with their MOC submissions after their initial submission. Demonstration Plans with MOCs scoring below 85% will have the opportunity to improve their scores based on CMS and State feedback on the elements and factors that need additional work. At the end of the review process, MOCs that do not meet CMS’ standards for approval will not be eligible for selection as Demonstration Plans.
Factors. Each element is comprised of multiple factors that are outlined in the MOC upload matrix in the Demonstration plan application. The factors for each element will be scored using a system from 0 to 4, where 4 is the highest score for a factor. Interested organizations are required to provide a response that addresses every factor within each of the 11 elements. The scores for each factor within a specific element are totaled to provide the overall score for that element out of a total of 160 possible points. Interested organizations must achieve a minimum score of 70 percent to meet the CMS approval standard. It is CMS’ intent for MOC reviews and approvals to be a multi-year process that will allow Demonstration plans to be granted up to a three-year approval of their MOC based on higher MOC scores above the passing standard. The specific time periods for approvals are as follows: Plans that receive a score of eighty-five (85) percent or higher will be granted an approval of the CMS MOC requirement for three (3) years. Plans that receive a score in the seventy-five (75) percent to eighty-four (84) percent range will be granted an approval of the CMS MOC requirement for two
Factors. The factors to be considered in determining whether or not an Operational Failure under a plan is insignificant include, but are not limited to: (1) whether other failures occurred during the period being examined (for this purpose, a failure is not considered to have occurred more than once merely because more than one participant is affected by the failure); (2) the percentage of plan assets and contributions involved in the failure; (3) the number of years the failure occurred; (4) the number of participants affected relative to the total number of participants in the plan;
Factors. The Commission may consider all of the following factors in determining whether to approve the swap agreement:
(1) The nature and amount of the outstanding debt of the governmental unit proposing to enter the swap agreement.
(2) The governmental unit's debt management procedures and policies.
(3) To the extent applicable, the governmental unit's compliance with the Local Government Budget and Fiscal Control Act.
(4) Whether the governmental unit is in default in any of its debt service obligations.
(5) The credit rating of the governmental unit.
Factors. It is recognized that individual faculty workloads will vary in hourly requirements from day-to-day, week-to-week, and quarter-to-quarter dependent upon a variety of factors inherent in specific assignments and faculty preparation needs.
