He said he believed that the access issue had long ago been resolved.
Analysts say the access issue is less problematic when companies gather information, usually offline, that includes a person's identity.
A senior State Department official traveling with Mrs. Clinton said that countries were ready to provide considerable assistance "within days" through United Nations relief agencies, but that "the real challenge is the access issue".
The access issue has broader implications for Iran's negotiations with six major powers — the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council plus Germany — over its entire uranium enrichment program, which are scheduled to take place next Wednesday in Baghdad.
Members of the association have proposed their own solutions to the access issue, such as casting at canoes with "a three-ounce zip lead, trebles and 50lb-whiplash braid".
And Ti Green's set, which contains the farce within the lobby of a pompous, pre-Soviet hotel, solves the access issue with a working lift, complete with muzak and soothing floor announcements.
Robert Jackson, chairman of the City Council Education Committee, who called attention to the access issue last week during a hearing on the small schools, called the grants a "great first step".
The technology, dubbed AbiliTec, solves one aspect of the access issue for companies that collect data on consumers from several sources -- for instance, through mail order operations, retail stores or the Web.
But the access issue has been an important obstacle not only for the nuclear agency but also for the six big powers, the so-called P5-plus-1 group, that are pressing Iran in broader negotiations to curb its uranium enrichment program.
The access issue remains the main challenge for now, with safe havens in Kafia Kingi, south Darfur; north and east of the Haut-Mbomou province in CAR; and in the Bas Uele district in Congo.
