61.   So private companies have not developed universal standards, and all face a lack of information about what others are doing.

62.   States are also developing performance standards, streamlining their bureaucracies, and upgrading their technology.

63.   The anti-crime bill now before Congress contains provisions to develop national standards for performance and proficiency testing.

64.   The bill would create a four-member bipartisan Election Assistance Commission to evaluate election equipment and develop voluntary standards.

65.   The bill, if passed, would establish a National Commission on Capital Representation to develop specific standards for adequate legal representation for indigent defendants.

66.   The company plans to develop standards for the use of its cards on the computer network, using technology developed by Netscape Communications.

67.   The commission also called on the federal government to develop national standards for voting machines and the states to adopt uniform systems of statewide voter registration.

68.   The federal government, Riley said, can play a role in helping states research and develop individual standards, and coordinate them with other states and regions.

69.   The decision by the two biggest issuers of bank credit cards in the country ends jockeying by the two companies to develop separate standards.

70.   The Federal Reserve and other banking regulators have developed new standards in the last decade to measure the exposure of banks to risks in the marketplace.