The recommendation won widespread support among public-interest groups and bar associations.

Other industry and public-interest groups think there is room for a large Government role in building the network.

There is a mostly quiet struggle underway already between public-interest groups and commercial interests.

But it is large enough to have worried some scientific and public-interest groups.

Since the system was instituted, many public-interest groups concerned with children have called it unacceptable, saying parents need more specific information about shows.

Others leave to work for the government or for public-interest groups, but statistics are hard to come by.

The public-interest group was a proponent of the new law.

During her first year, she received high ratings from liberal public-interest groups.

A federal appeals court ruled in a case brought by two public-interest groups that at least some of the names should be made public.

And public-interest groups heard about it and put out a press release.