You could argue that Medicare administrators have fallen down on the job in terms of putting downward pressure on the price charged by service providers, but private insurance have not shown any competence in this matter either.
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Mr Murdoch insisted - on being asked by another Labour MP Paul Farrelly - that the debacle at the News of the World does not undermine his competence as an executive at News Corporation, parent company of News International.
And competence is not just about party pledges and the like but about people.
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Often times it is NOT a question of competence or clarity, but delivery.
The crashes were not due to technical competence or a failure of technology.
Mr Obama's campaign theme of change began with the restoration of competence, not to mention cleanliness, to the halls of government.
It is necessary, but it is not adequate to predict executive competence and corporate success.
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More seriously, the agencies have been lured into rating not just the instruments but the competence of the teams that actively manage these portfolios.
Dr Studdert-Kennedy and his allies reckon that although Fast ForWord does appear to improve language competence, it may not be for the reasons that Dr Tallal and Dr Merzenich have claimed.
It was in this one instance that we did not rise to that same level of competence and success.
Most observers agree that the new appointees owe their seats to professional competence and hard work, not political connections.
Credentials are not a prerequisite for assessing expertise or even competence when consumers shop for a mortgage lender.
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Besides, a strong presidency presumes a competence in Mr Karzai, or another candidate, not to mention the Afghan civil service, that is far from proven.
We cannot find that Mr. Sandlin had special competence simply by virtue of a status he may not have had at the time the original amortization deductions were taken and certainly did not have at the time the 2007 income tax return was filed.
Another is Sunderland fans need to hope that Short has not made the fatal but often repeated mistake of confusing passion with competence.
"I am determined to ensure that member states do not stand in the way of mergers falling within the Commission's exclusive competence, " EU Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes said in a statement.
To identify such factors, the researchers analysed how much an applicant's competence score was affected by nine different variables, including sex and whether or not the applicant knew a member of the reviewing committee.
Sinn Fein's Daithi McKay, who also chairs the Finance Committee, said there were "serious questions in relation to the competence of the bill and this is one of the many reasons we will not be supporting the bill".
In these roles she did not find her sex too much of a problem, feeling that she was judged on her competence.
Lord Dykes said he was concerned that the Treasury, "hardly known for its huge competence in guiding the ever-faltering British economy in recent decades", did not know the true extent of the problem.
We are committed to making sure that a disaster like Katrina does not happen again. (Applause.) And that means in Washington, a focus on competence and accountability.
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