But Administration officials said the new rules were intended to grant the industry new flexibility in exchange for its assuring the safety of its own processes.

The idea, simply stated, is to leave the agency under the indirect control of the Secretary of Commerce but grant it broad flexibility in administration and personnel.

Individual chapters are granted flexibility in determining the level of activity of Graduate Students at their institution.

Districts without identified educational deficiencies will be granted flexibility in the use of their A+ funds.

Plan for Environmental Test For agreeing to exceed environmental standards a major computer-chip factory was granted greater flexibility in its operations.

The savings and loan debacle of the late 1980's was a story of granting greater flexibility without adequate safety controls.

In 2002, the FCC granted additional flexibility for spectrum use, which led to many public interest groups and wireless carriers to send comments about the policy change.

But the teamsters gave ground, too, granting the company more flexibility in managing the work force.

At a time when many companies are fleeing from California, in part because of high regulatory costs, officials are eager to save jobs by granting industry more flexibility.

He was also less inclined than Mr. Powell to grant the networks greater flexibility to buy more television affiliates.