41.   The Fed commissioned the study after learning that the research by Gertler and Bernanke reflected the thinking of Fed policy makers.

42.   The IRS commissioned the study after Senate hearings in late September in which taxpayers and whistle-blowers described various abuses, moving the agency to issue an extraordinary public apology.

43.   The National Wildlife Federation recently commissioned a study by the Oregon-based consulting firm of ECONorthwest on the economics of the proposed road and logging.

44.   The new finance director has already commissioned a study which shows that about a quarter of Boeing product lines fail to create value.

45.   The National Institute for Military Justice, a private non-partisan group, commissioned the study.

46.   The Pentagon toyed with abandoning winner-take-all a year ago, when it commissioned a study of how the contract could be split.

47.   The state Department of Education commissioned a study about the costs of educating English learners.

48.   The study was commissioned by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Governors Association.

49.   The study was commissioned by the Long Island Power Authority, the state agency that drafted the rate-cutting plan in December.

50.   The study was commissioned through a grant from the Markle Foundation last year.