The process normally is for administration, in the person of the superintendent, to recommend candidates for tenure.

In the coming weeks, he is expected to ask business leaders to recommend candidates for top posts.

He has allowed a majority of Democrats to serve on a committee that is to recommend candidates for the commission's professional staff.

He "recommended" suitable candidates to represent the institution in Parliament.

The group will recommend candidates for appointment to City Hall.

The firm is expected to vet and recommend candidates to the committee, which will also conduct interviews.

It had recommended candidates for Cabinet positions and other top national security appointments.

Asking mayors to recommend candidates for local boards is one way this is done.

Nearly a decade ago, a panel made up largely of parents helped recommend several candidates for the school board to the mayor.

An American official denied that Washington was dragging its feet in recommending candidates.