Early in 2008, the Scottish government created a new Directorate for the Built Environment bringing together internal interests on planning, building standards and architecture with a view to greater co-ordination of policies.

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Cardiff Civic Society is a registered charity set up to promote civic pride and high standards of planning, architecture and environment in the capital.

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The agency is not adequately addressing deficiencies in its emergency evacuation planning and spent fuel storage standards.

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The plaintiff sued over violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act, planning to lead a class of fellow employees who say they were denied adequate break time.

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Britain's Food Standards Agency has been planning the nationwide scheme for months and says it's the easiest way to check if food was healthy or harmful.

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However, in order to meet European Union greenhouse gas emission standards, Poland is planning to switch a substantial part of its electricity production from coal to natural gas.

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To encrypt its data, the pen uses an algorithm called Rijndael, which the National Institute for Standards and Technology is planning to use as the Advanced Encryption Standard, which will replace the existing Data Encryption Standard (DES), which is currently being phased out of use.

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Unlike Microsoft, Apple is not active in the WebRTC standards committees, and nobody knows what Apple is planning to do.

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Planning has commenced for the first capacity development workshop for principal professional standards in Tuvalu.

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"If you increase standards you're going to increase costs, " said head of planning Andrew Whitaker.

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Eighteen families are planning legal action against two NHS hospital trusts, saying their relatives suffered neglect and poor standards of care.

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The Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, for instance, certifies candidates who successfully pass extensive exams on topics including asset protection planning, taxes, insurance, estate planning and retirement.

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