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What does FS stand for?

Federal Standard


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Samples in periodicals archive:
University officials say they'll also investigate the allegations but emphasize that researchers there have always met federal standards for animal care.
It took issue with certain provisions that barred power plants from complying with federal standards by trading emissions allowances with other power plants.
95 Hardcover TP372 Clute has been a food management specialist for over 20 years, and he has written this summary of basic quality control program requirements for food science engineers and plant managers who need to address recalls and comply with local, state and federal standards.
And it will call for federal standards for mortgage lenders beyond what the Federal Reserve adopted last year, as well as more aggressive enforcement of the mortgage rules, The Times said.
On January 26, President Barack Obama reversed that policy by issuing an executive order allowing states to impose standards stricter than the current federal standards (something the states could constitutionally do under the principle of federalism, assuming it was legal under their own constitutions).
Researchers at California State University-Fullerton sought to assess the potential economic benefits that could be achieved by reducing air pollution to levels within federal standards.
GAO-08-1158T September 24, 2008 The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 required the Department of Defense (DOD) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to accelerate the exchange of health information between the departments and to develop systems or capabilities that allow for full interoperability (generally, the ability of systems to use data that are exchanged) and that are compliant with federal standards.
There was nothing in writing that applied the federal standard to counties.

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