The vice chairman's job does not carry much formal operational authority inside the company.

He has received from me an unlimited operational authority and is only subordinate to Deringhouse.

In reality, the chancellor has operational authority, exercised through the minister for national defense.

Mr. Cambone does not have any operational authority over intelligence agencies.

In this capacity, the minister exercises day-to-day administrative and operational authority over the armed forces.

Aviation experts said the positions carry extraordinarily flexible operational authority.

While they have direct access to the president, they lack operational authority over governmental agencies and often have little or no budget line.

But he possesses final operational and financial authority over just one organization - the Central Intelligence Agency.

National Reserves are similar to national preserves, but the operational authority can be placed with a local government.

He said he planned to stay in entertainment, in a job with "operational authority."