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• n  the act of certifying or bestowing a franchise on
• n  confirmation that some fact or statement is true through the use of documentary evidence
• n  a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts
• n  validating the authenticity of something or someone

• While the alternative-certification programs are attracting smart and knowledgeable individuals accustomed to hard work, Stanford education professor Linda Darling-Hammond says .
• The association declared that it had collected 4,200 signatures, or the 30% of its potential membership necessary to petition for certification, and would be filing the pertinent .
• If the certification of the appointment has a similar function, I would think it is wrong to say that the failure to certify has no legal foundation.

• enfranchisement
• documentation
• corroboration
• certificate
• credential
• credentials
• authentication

• disenfranchisement

News & Articles

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• GreenKraft Earns EPA-CARB Certification for 2013 CNG Ford 6.8L V-10
  GreenKraft, Inc. a Santa Ana, Calif.- based company, has received Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and California Air Resources Board (CARB) certification on the Ford 6.8L V-10 three-valve engine.
  June 21, 2013 - Work Truck Magazine
• Cummins Facility Services Announces CIMS Certification Green Building with Honors
  COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 21, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Cummins Facility Services ( Cumminsfs.com ) is pleased to announce the successful certification of the Cleaning Industry Management Standard (CIMS) ...
  June 21, 2013 - PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
• LEED certification
  As you reported (“States fight green-building leader over local wood,” June 9), a growing number of states are joining the long list of elected officials, forestry experts, conservationists and others who urge the U.S. Green Building Council to promote responsible forestry in North America by opening up LEED to other credible forest certification standards, including the Sustainable Forestry ...
  June 20, 2013 - Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Quotes

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• John McCain in International Herald Tribune
  If I am elected president, school choice for all who want it, an expansion of opportunity scholarships and alternative certification for teachers will all be part of a serious agenda of education reform,McCain said in the excerpts.
• Richard Lugar in Voice of America
  The bill subjects our security assistance to a certification that the Pakistani government is using the money for its intended purpose, namely to combat the Taliban and al-Qaida,said Senator Lugar. "The bill also calls for tangible...
• Tim Pawlenty in msnbc.com
  I'm prepared to sign [the certification] as soon as they give the green light,Pawlenty said. "I'm not going to defy an order of the Minnesota Supreme Court. That would be a dereliction of my duty."