The phrase "authorized itself" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where an entity or organization has granted itself permission or power to act in a certain way.
Example: "The committee authorized itself to make decisions on behalf of the organization without further approval."
Alternatives: "granted itself authority" or "empowered itself".
It can authorize itself to conduct surveillance for a period of up to a year.
There's another piece to this that infuriates some lawmakers: the fact that Congress still hasn't authorized the war itself.
On Tuesday, the government reversed itself and authorized putting the austerity measures to a confidence vote in the Senate, where Mr. Berlusconi has a significant majority.
Until we get that done, until we make sure that Congress allows Treasury to pay for things that Congress itself already authorized, we are not going to engage in a series of negotiations.
Or not speaking in an authorial voice anyhow: Mr. Beatty let himself be interviewed by Mr. Biskind on and off since 1989, but he stopped short of allowing "Star" to present itself as authorized.
The disclosure of the controversial bulk telephony metadata collection program – a program which itself was authorized by a secret 2006 Fisa court opinion – instigated many of the changes now underway.
It is impossible to establish the origin of the assault upon Coligny, but, as a member of the court the royal family and the council Catherine was among those who appear to have authorized not the massacre itself but the death of the admiral and his principal followers.
"As soon as we get a clean piece of legislation that reopens the government — and there is a majority for that right now in the House of Representatives — until we get that done, until we make sure that Congress allows Treasury to pay for things that Congress itself already authorized, we are not going to engage in a series of negotiations," Mr. Obama told CNBC, a cable business-news channel.
A report last June from a panel authorized by the UNDP itself finally confirmed well after the fact that the UNDP had provided North Korea with scores of dual-use technologies, meaning that equipment shipped in under the U.N. label of "development" could also be turned to military use.
Whether or not this fetching item of clothing has itself been authorized by Apple remains a mystery.
