Sentences with phrase «inspector general found»

And in a blistering September 2005 report, the inspector general found an ineffective monitoring and inspection system and concluded the USDA failed to take action against «violators who compromised... animal health.»

But as The Washington Post reported, an audit by the Department of Education's own inspector general found «that the agency has done a poor job of overseeing federal dollars sent to charter schools.»

Nation CIA Director John Brennan apologized this week after his inspector general found that CIA employees searched Senate computers without permission.

But this week, the state inspector general found it was a Republican appointee at the Board of Elections who was responsible.

A report released by the state inspector general found the Republican - appointed spokesman on the Board of Elections leaked a confidential memo critical of Mayor de Blasio's political activities on behalf of Senate Democrats.

A day after New York's inspector general found «financial waste and abuse» at the City University of New York, Gov. Andrew Cuomo ordered the university's board to review the institution's «entire senior management.»

The inspector general found that Cappuccilli's wife and three daughters were among scores of friends and relatives of fair personnel to score part - time work at a cost of at least $ 829,000.

His chief of staff, Viveca Wright Simpson, made false representations to a VA ethics lawyer and altered an official email to secure approval for taxpayer funding of Shulkin's wife's flights, which cost more than $ 4,000, the VA inspector general found.

The inspector general found the excursion led to a «misuse of VA resources.»

The inspector general found Shulkin improperly accepted Wimbledon tickets and taxpayer - funded airfare for his wife for the 10 - day trip in July, and he and his chief of staff misled VA ethics officials while seeking official approval for the tickets and flights.

Shulkin asked an aide beforehand to plan the leisure activities with his wife, arrangements that required an «extensive use of official time,» the inspector general found.

The Justice Department has serious and pervasive problems with how it addresses sexual misconduct complaints made by its own employees, the department's inspector general found in a recent report obtained by The Washington Post through Freedom of Information Act requests.

Not exact matches

A Sept. 22 DoD inspector general's report on CSTC - A's arms and ammunition oversight found that US military personnel literally «could not perform physical inspections beyond the corps or zone level to validate ministry ‑ provided ammunition reports due to understaffing and security limitations.»

When Kuepfer initially reckoned he could find new uses for all the waste vinyl at Canadian General Tower, where he was working as an inspector, the company's waste - management manager was only too happy to give him the material for free.

The OIG's assertion that it would review the FBI's and DOJ's «relationship and communications» with Steele as they relate to the Page FISA application indicates the inspector general will examine the circumstances surrounding Steele's termination as a source and the FBI's reliance on his findings even after he was let go.

The Justice Department's inspector general reportedly referred its findings on former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe to the U.S. attorney's office for possible criminal charges.

The Justice Department has «systemic» problems in how it handles sexual harassment complaints, with those found to have acted improperly often not receiving appropriate punishment, and the issue requires «high level action,» according to the department's inspector general.

Investigators from the VA inspector general's office found Shulkin wrongly accepted Wimbledon tickets and airfare for his wife at taxpayers» expense during a trip to London and Denmark last July.

Yet another Trump administration official is facing ethics questions after an inspector general's report found that Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin improperly accepted Wimbledon tickets, and that his chief of staff misled officials about Shulkin's wife's travel to Europe last summer.

WASHINGTON — Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin said he regrets mistakes he and others made during travel planning and ethics clearance processes that led to findings by the VA inspector general that he had misused taxpayer resources during a European trip last year.

CPS inspector general James Sullivan found more than a dozen cases of lunch fraud at one West Side school to improperly enroll students in free or reduced lunch programs.

A joint investigation conducted by the State University of New York and the SUNY Research Foundation «found fraud and misconduct» by staff in a Buffalo State College graduate program, according to newly revealed correspondence between the campus president and the state inspector general obtained by The Alt through a Freedom of Information Law request.

A 2001 review by the HUD inspector general's office found that as many as one in four of the 3,824 program participants nationwide had broken the rules.

Cuomo was perhaps emboldened by a state inspector general's report released Wednesday, which found that ineffective management made CUNY «ripe for abuse,» and that millions had been given to top administrators «with no meaningful accountability.»

State officials are looking into whether the attorney was unfairly demoted, while the DCJS and inspector general's findings have been referred to the state Joint Commission on Public Ethics for an independent review, according to the Cuomo administration.

In October, Leahy Scott and her deputy inspector general, Spencer Freedman, met with DCJS's top legal counsel, John Czajka, and Executive Deputy Commissioner Michael C. Green to outline the findings of the inspector general's investigation and to turn the case over to DCJS.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo calling the report from the state Racing and Wagering Board that found NYRA withheld $ 8.7 million in gambling winnings to bettors «shocking» but called for a further inquiry from the state inspector general's office.

The inspector general, who can not bring criminal charges, referred to the Onondaga County District Attorney's office for possible prosecution findings that a former unnamed fair worker stole copper wire from the fairgrounds.

That appears to be the message from New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, who had suggested the enforcement counsel at the state Board of Elections leaked a memorandum critical of is fundraising efforts for Senate Democrats, after a state inspector general report found it was a Republican spokesman at the board.

The acting state inspector general's office released a report earlier this morning that found workers for the state Public Service Commission received $ 7,000 worth of meals and golf from entities under its regulatory authority.

A joint investigation conducted by SUNY and the SUNY Research Foundation «found fraud and misconduct» by staff in a Buffalo State College graduate program, according to newly revealed correspondence between the campus president and the state inspector general obtained by The Alt.

Cuomo made his demand on Wednesday, the day after a state inspector general's probe found that the leak of the report to the press came from a spokesman for the state Board of Elections.

MIDTOWN — Police officers were quick to use banned chokeholds during arrests and discipline was lax and inconsistent for those found to have used the technique, according to the first report by the NYPD's inspector general.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's inspector general has found that numerous security and oversight problems at the state prison in Dannemora contributed to the prison break of two inmates last year.

Donovan's camp believed they had a big momentum shift last week, when a news report revealed Schneiderman took advantage of a tax loophole available only to lawmakers that allowed him to deduct nearly 36 percent of his income, and an inspector general's report found that his Democratic Senate colleagues had rigged the $ 300 million Aqueduct racino bid.

But his appointment of his own inspector general to find them is the wrong move.

An investigation by the inspector general's office found that between late 2012 and summer 2014, Teller repeatedly used his state - issued credit card for personal use, including gas and auto repairs.

But in a senate report accompanying a bill covering NSF's 2010 budget that was approved last Thursday, legislators have harsh words both for the administrative skills of those senior scientists and, more broadly, how the agency has responded to a 2008 report by its independent inspector general that found that senior officials were downloading and viewing pornography.

Several legislators noted similar incidents at CDC over the past decade and a long list of reports finding broad problems with biosafety at CDC from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) and the Department of Health and Human Services inspector general.

The report [pdf] by the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) inspector general reveals that the lab had failed to address problems pointed out three years ago in an evaluation that found at least 800 fire prevention «deficiencies».

Now the department's inspector general, John P. Higgins Jr., has also given a thumbs - up to the department's ethics - screening procedures for contractors and peer reviewers, some of which were instituted last year after a scathing 2006 review of Reading First found potential conflicts of interest in that program.

Released by the department's office of the inspector general on Jan. 31, the audit found that the organization «drew down and expended federal funds it was not entitled to.»

But the inspector general defends his findings; calls CPS» «investigation of our investigation» unprecedented... wbez.org/shows/wbez-new...

The Chicago Public Schools (CPS) inspector general released a report last week showing that more than 160 CPS employees who had been barred from the district because of alleged misconduct were found working in the city's charter and contract schools.

Michael Bromwich, an attorney with the Washington, DC - based Goodwin Proctor law firm, is a former inspector general of the US Justice Department and specializes in compliance and internal oversight; he also founded and runs the Bromwich Group, a consulting firm for these types of issues.

Due to pressure from The HSUS and DDAL, the USDA's inspector general looked into enforcement of the rules governing dog breeding, finding appalling abuses of the dogs, deficient exercise of authority by USDA where it had authority, and identification of this glaring gap in the law that allowed Internet sellers to evade any federal oversight whatever.

Finally, under pressure from the groups, the USDA's inspector general looked into enforcement of the rules governing dog breeding, finding appalling abuses of dogs and deficient exercise of authority by USDA where it had authority.

As John Broder explained on the Green blog and Greenwire laid out in detail, Mary L. Kendall, the inspector general, found that officials under Carol M Browner, the White House coordinator for energy and environment, had changed wording and moved text in a way that made it look as though independent experts assembled by the National Academy of Engineering had not only reviewed and approved of conclusions about safety issues, but also the moratorium recommendation.

Given the history of inspectors general with this administration, one ought not be too surprised to find the IG staff that (somewhat too diligently) produced this report frog - marched to the parking lot.

However, the inspector general's findings suggest Medicare has failed to enforce this requirement.