But I would think there would be some recognition that a small agency can't function with these kinds of cuts in staffing.

The agency has historically functioned as an arm of Beijing by monitoring political affairs in the former colony.

They carry out regulatory tasks in different areas and make sure that the agency is functioning accordingly:

Ultimately the President is responsible for ensuring that these agencies are functioning properly.

"I think the agencies function unbelievably well under the most adverse circumstances," he said.

Rather, he appeared to recommend a more limited role, so the agency would function primarily as a forum for regulators to coordinate equitable existing regulations.

Life for Hunter was a principle independent of matter or form, an agency functioning under the control of law in various modes and degrees.

During this interval the agency functioned in a de facto fashion.

The agency doesn't function as a barter club but it does issue gift certificates to a client for the dollar amount of media purchased.

Some agencies could not function without contractors.