1.   Critics say the system risks public safety because it does not allow the various agencies to talk to one another during crises.

2.   The two agencies will need to intercommunicate better if the nation is ever to become truly secure from international terrorism.

3.   EPA director Carol Browner said the three agencies were now working together in an unprecedented way to co-ordinate policy on food safety and pesticide use.

4.   And like the other agencies, it is struggling with how to limit the use of that land for recreation in off-road vehicles.

5.   As state enterprises go, the two agencies are mongrels rather than thoroughbreds.

6.   At a press briefing, Cellucci brushed aside suggestions that Buckingham is too young and inexperienced to run the multi-billion agency.

7.   Because of these adjustments, rates of change calculated by the two agencies differ.

8.   Bolger said his company was also waiting to see whether all the responsibilities of the various agencies fell under the proposed Cabinet, or only security duties.

9.   A more professional study, she said, would likely find the two agencies are similar in cost.

10.   A new, independent agency would handle administrative review of decisions made by the other agencies.