Today, at least one commissioner suggested that the agency had become too lenient.

But others stressed the miles of difference between a private company and what the agency has become.

Is there anything that can be done to stop the intrusion the agency has become?

Some federal agencies have become more aggressive in having companies comply with product safety laws.

It is not as though traditional agencies have become obsolete, of course.

But the agency has also become more sensitive to the details of particular products and markets.

"The harder clients are on agencies, the better agencies become."

Yellowhammer is a good example of how some British agencies have become vulnerable.

These agencies have gradually become very important in the financial world, for a variety of reasons.

But, he said, more agencies were becoming concerned about the region's water quality and supply.