About a dozen have limited power to review increases after they take effect, while half the states require some form of state approval.
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York and Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey publicly expressed surprise at the initial plan — a stance that raised some eyebrows as the governors jointly control the agency, whose every public action, particularly one as significant as a toll or fare increase, is rarely announced without some form of prior approval from the two executives.
"It is fundamentally wrong that a treatment that's known not to be effective, that's known not to work in any meaningful way beyond the placebo effect, is being given some form of stamp of approval, even for the modest claims that are made of this product by an organisation that is founded on scientific tests of effectiveness," he said.
Sony still wants some forms of concept approval, which — even though the company promises a speedy turnaround — still sounds every bit as ludicrous as Roku wanting concept approval for movies it streams.
While other states in the negotiations may also initiate some form of internal review and approval process, none of them are expected to take as long as the Congressional review.
You have also requested as a condition to moving forward that we provide you with some form of assurances as to regulatory approval.
The agency granted a "humanitarian device exemption", a restricted form of approval that will allow doctors to implant the new device in people whose hearts are about to fail but who cannot, for reasons such as intolerance of the immunosuppressive drugs needed to stop rejection, receive a transplant.
However, to conduct the procurement, the PTA also needs financial and political resources from the principals: political resources in the form of approval from each principal's political board (e.g., all involved municipal boards) and financial resources in the form of a procurement budget.
Not enough people are teaching young straight women how to empower themselves in ways that don't rely on a very narrow form of approval from straight males.
In order to further open up the electoral process, Gary Swing, Green Party member and U.S. Congressional District 6 candidate, believes a more accurate portrayal of voter preference would result from the use of a Scored form of Approval Voting, e.g., a quantitative rating from -2 to +2, each number associated with a descriptive qualifier, e.g., "poor," "fair," "good," "excellent".
