"The staff found serious deficiencies in the Amex's regulatory programs," the report said.

An assessment team, he added, found "significant deficiencies" in border control.

The team found deficiencies in the way basic subjects were taught and deemed the students to be average.

He added: "Anybody who looks at the child welfare system is going to be able to find deficiencies.

Industry executives said yesterday that the team had found deficiencies at several other plants and may have briefly closed two others.

Training is monitored with computers to help test knowledge, abilities and find deficiencies of the participants.

In 1994, the Council's first review of the institution found deficiencies.

The vote was postponed after district lawyers found technical legal deficiencies in part of the plan.

The study found systemic deficiencies and recommended a complete overhaul.

Since 1996, state health officials have found several deficiencies in the clinic and its laboratories.