The administration often boasts that it has approved record numbers of Medicaid waivers, which exempt states from some federal regulations and give them broad discretion to decide who gets what services.
Jairam Ramesh, until recently India's environment minister, was seen as pro-green; but while he angered the business lobby by blocking some high-profile schemes, he also approved record numbers of clearances.
In the first four years of the Bush administration, Tommy G. Thompson, the secretary of health and human services, often boasted that he had approved record numbers of waivers, allowing states to decide who got what benefits under Medicaid and the child health program.
Although challenging to Ethical Review Committees, there may need to be a greater reliance on the spoken word in the case of some ethnic minorities (for example, the use of approved, recorded presentations and consent processes), and the role of the family in decision making may need to more fully acknowledged.
After years of approving record bonuses while dividends and earnings climbed, shareholders are now pressing companies across all industries to review their bonus systems.
Data include basic demographic information on clients, assessment records, approved care, direct care records, and billing information.
Part of the problem, Leschly points out, is that not only are drugs losing patent protection at record rates but also new medicines are being approved at record lows.
The A.F.L.-C.I.O.'s executive council approved a record $53 million political budget to educate and mobilize voters during this political cycle.
The United States Small Business Administration approved a record 873 loans for a total of $200 million to small-business owners in New Jersey during the first half of fiscal year 2000.
