"Approved as Noted" is one my favorite things. You turn in a submittal, they don't like everything - but enough is ok it is "Approved as Noted" which means you will "should" fix those things in the next update. But can you use that on a baseline? and if they do, do they have to re-submit the baseline, or can they just fix the items on the first update? I can see it being ok if it is "Spelling or terminology issues", but what if it is review time durations? How much say do you really get over procurement durations - isn't that getting into "means and methods" issues. If they 2 weeks and you think it will take 4, isn't that their problem?