The commission adhered to the common civic notion that the public deserves nothing less than predictable neutrality in its urban landscape.
According to Paul Fischer, a Tampa, Fla., businessman who helped to found the commission, members adhere to a code of service standards for the right to post the commission's seal of approval on their Web sites.
Last month, a federal judge ruled that the commission would be adhering to its transparency obligations as long as it made all of its documents publicly available ahead of its first meeting, which members of the public could only watch via a livestream.
The commission suggests that parents adhere to these tips: avoid toys with small parts, which may pose a choking threat, for infants and toddlers; do not buy toys with sharp edges and points for children under eight; immediately discard plastic wrapping, which may cause suffocation; and do not buy electric toys with heating elements for young children.
But Mr. Bush's plan would make it impossible for the candidates to adhere to the commission's schedule, because the date for the proposed encounter on Mr. King's program -- Oct. 3 -- is the same as the first commission debate, at the University of Massachusetts in Boston.
Across the country, plants now have a choice of adhering to the commission's current fire-safety standards or using the new risk assessment approach.
The SEC's version has been repeatedly delayed and may end up being abandoned, despite a 2011 agency study that recommended the commission force brokers and advisers to adhere to a uniform fiduciary standard when dealing with retail customers.
When I contacted the F.T.C., a spokesman said that the commission doesn't comment on whether companies are adhering to consent orders, nor whether the F.T.C. is investigating possible violations.
Robert B. Tierney, the commission's chairman, said the Buildings Department,was "required to adhere to its own regulatory time frames, and a buildings permit was issued prior to the Landmarks Commission vote today".
The President instructed the 2005 tax reform commission to adhere to revenue neutrality.
