0 a group of people who are chosen to direct the way something is dealt with --
1 a group of people chosen to manage a particular activity or project: --
A steering group of senior officials will examine the distribution plan.
A steering committee has been set up to investigate the possibility of a buy-out.
This approach has been tested for two years in six trial areas, and the process was overseen by the national steering committee.
That matter is not before the consultative steering committee.
A steering committee, chaired at a senior level, meets monthly to review progress and to take strategic decisions.
The decision is best made just before the gap; the decision makers will typically be the trial sponsors, who will be advised by others, such as the trial steering committee.
To remedy this undesirable situation, the fund's steering committee considered alternative methods of selecting projects.
The fund's steering committee has always kept an open mind toward improvement and was critical toward itself from the start.
Thus, the working of the steering committee has clearly made itself felt.
With this approach, high-priority subjects would be identified by the steering committee and investigators would be invited to submit proposals for those subjects.
