Representative John B. Larson of Connecticut, a member of the House Democratic leadership, sent a letter to Ms. Sebelius that read: "Having worked to pass the Affordable Care Act and being firmly supportive of its implementation, I believe that further flexibility needs to be granted to religiously affiliated organizations in this instance".
The government is granting more flexibility for large infrastructure projects during the environmental licensing process.
Iran would also need to understand, Mr. Fabius said, that it would not be rewarded for any cooperation on Syria by being granted flexibility to pursue its nuclear program, another major issue between Iran and the West.
Pew's results, released earlier this month, found that 79percentt of U.S. voters want judges to be granted flexibility to determine sentences for drug offenses.
It is good that public service workers are being granted greater flexibility.
They will also be granted more flexibility in how they spend federal dollars for needy students.
Mr. Polanco said he and the other commissioners hoped the board would be granted more flexibility in choosing a font.
S corporations, named for a section of the Internal Revenue Code, operate like regular corporations and are governed by fairly rigid rules, while partnerships are granted more flexibility.
They have been given four more years to build up their cash buffers against another Northern Rock-style collapse, as well as being granted more flexibility over the range of assets they can include, the Basel committee of banking supervisors announced last weekend.
In the Green Dot Public Schools network in Los Angeles, teachers and administrators "deconstructed the big old union contract" and created one that aligned with their vision, said Marco Petruzzi, president and chief executive of Green Dot. Green Dot teachers are paid more than public school teachers and are granted more flexibility in how they teach and organize their schedules.
