The Royal College of Pathologists - which sets official standards for the doctors who carry out post-mortems - has already introduced its own guidance on this issue.
But if it is in the interests of any government to help the growth of these businesses, is that best done by the authorities standing well back and allowing them to develop free of regulation, or would it better if they were subject to some official minimum standards of conduct.
As a result, perhaps as soon as later this month, but more probably in September, Commissioner Bolkestein will propose that the full Commission formally recognize the U.S. safe harbor principles as representing adequate data privacy standards, the official said.
Before the change, law enforcement, intelligence and homeland security agencies and departments involved with the list "applied moderately different standards, " the official said.
The official response came from the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
It is difficult to determine an exact number because of a lag time in official counts and differences in the states' standards.
But recently a franker assessment by the banks themselves, using international standards of measurement, has brought official figures closer and closer to those earlier unofficial estimates.
If a legal Russian business uses a criminally owned company to bribe an official in order to land its revenues legally (by Russian standards) in a western bank, how guilty is the banker under, say, English law, for taking the deposit?
Earlier in the day the Chinese delegation moved out of the official hotel after it was said to be not up to their standards.
"The goal is to make all roles available so long as we can meet the standards of the war fighter, " said a defense official.
In terms of expected hours, those who work in an office are exposed to two different standards: the 40-hours-a-week official standard and the standard that is set by the people around them.
Official reports say: A three-year investigation by the National Institute of Standards and Technology concluded that the building collapsed because of uncontrolled fires, started by the collapse of the nearby North Tower, and which burnt for seven hours.
"The professional assurance for sterility is orders of magnitude less than the federal standards for sterility, " said Sarah Sellers, a former FDA compliance official who now consults for drug makers on safe manufacturing.
As the official regulator it has the final say, but royal colleges are still involved in setting professional standards.
In the US President Barack Obama welcomed the "historic step" and a senior defence official said about 237, 000 jobs would be newly open to women "who can meet the standards".
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"The World Bank applies standards which are applicable to all countries, " says Akbar Ali Khan a former World Bank official.
The committee found that government departments were avoiding their obligations to produce information to strict standards by listing them as "management information" or "administrative data" instead of as official statistics.
An official review concluded Leeds General Infirmary should stop surgery so care could be concentrated at fewer, larger sites to improve standards.
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