We think there is a difference between a fully trained service dog who is accompanying a student who needs assistance and a puppy in training. We know that some dogs are successful in completing the training, and others are not.

The No Child Left Behind Act requires that school districts test a minimum of 95 percent of all students and they break it out by sub-group, including Hispanics, and we anticipate that it will be the Hispanic students who may be absent in the highest numbers on Monday.

We are considering making the service provider that is not meeting the agency's needs bear the cost. We need clear language in the service-level agreements, so providers and agency customers know what is expected of them.

(The plan) doesn't count toward (wolf) reintroduction in any way, shape or form. The Park Service needs to be able to make decisions based on the ecological health of the land, not the political whims of the day.

The things we need to train for to be successful on the field are different than what the service needs the cadets to do,

It's not just about the end-user's needs, but also about the needs of the IT professionals who service those end-users, whether internal IT staff or an outside solution provider.