Given the dearth of attention to conditioning the security-relevant activities of companies that receive federal contracts (by way of the General Services Administration's application process), such business operations will likely increase as economic activity recovers in emerging markets.

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In April, the group finally got an air permit--the document needed to demonstrate it's complying with federal and state pollution laws--five years after it began the application process.

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But using it in the life-insurance application process would "raise questions" about whether the data would be subject to the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act, says Rebecca Kuehn of the Federal Trade Commission's division of privacy and identity protection.

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Recipients first must go through an application process that includes a pledge not to profit from trade in human tissue, which is against federal law.

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