In this case, it could be addressed in the certifying process by a hierarchy of trust.
The certifying process must be ongoing since there are rapid changes in consumer electronics with new smartphone models appearing yearly, bringing more privacy and technical challenges.
In my own case, Disabilities Management refused to recognize a PTSD diagnosis from the VA, and another Masters student nearly failed his first semester because the weeks-long certifying process necessary for the Post 9-11 GI Bill cannot be initiated until the first day of classes, pushing stipends for living and books back nearly to the end of the calendar year.
NASA has not yet set out a process for certifying commercial rockets.
The bill would do some good things, including reducing the conflicts of interest that plague the process for certifying voting machines.
Botswana and Namibia have joined South Africa in offering to set up a technical process for certifying diamonds, based on standards already established by various nations.
"We identified obvious problems, and there's no way we could ignore them," Mr. Coffman said in an interview, a day after he announced the results of the review, ordered in September 2006 by a state judge who ruled that Colorado's process for certifying voting machines was inadequate.
The results of the audit, part of the council's process for certifying ratings systems, led to a decision on May 28 by its television committee to decline to accredit the new Nielsen system, which relies on electronic devices known as local people meters, until Nielsen addressed what the council called "noncompliance and performance issues".
Westinghouse has already got its AP-1000 model cleared; the NRC is in the process of certifying GE's latest design, called the ESBWR, and AREVA is about to submit an application for its new offering, the EPR.By the same token, utilities can now ask the NRC to approve a location as suitable for a nuclear-power station before they go to the trouble and expense of applying for a combined licence.
In addition to these two announcements, Red Hat also today said that it is in the process of certifying Microsoft's SQL Server for Linux on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and OpenShift.
The process of certifying farmers for organic and fair trade labeling is critical for getting access to foreign markets at premium prices, but the cost is exceptionally high throughout the developing world.
