Sentences with phrase «inspector general report»

The inspector general report recommended new salary benchmarks for senior staffers in order to limit taxpayer liabilities.

Sampson was criticized in a state inspector general report for leaking information to a favored operator during the ugly Aqueduct racino bidding process last year.

A state inspector general report released Tuesday determine the leaked memorandum written by Enforcement Counsel Risa Sugarman was given to The Daily News by Board of Elections spokesman John Conklin, a Republican appointee.

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.

It's the latest escalation in a war of words between Cuomo and de Blasio after an inspector general report determined a memo recommending criminal prosecution over the mayor's fundraising activities in support of Senate Democrats was leaked by a Republican appointee at the board.

The ambassador claimed, in his letter to Clinton, that the inspector general report's authors had «failed to read any of my writing or see its highly positive effect on our bilateral relations.»

WASHINGTON — Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin improperly accepted Wimbledon tickets and airfare for his wife during a European trip last summer that cost taxpayers more than $ 122,000, according to a VA inspector general report released Wednesday.

A recent inspector general report criticizing Shulkin's trip to Europe last summer proved too damaging.

While the (Cuomo - appointed) inspector general reported last week that board spokesman and Senate GOP operative John Conklin was responsible, insiders said Conklin would have leaked the report only with the approval of Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan (R - Suffolk), a close Cuomo ally.

Last week, the NASA inspector general reported that the problem stems from new orders to the agency to replace the Ares I rocket program with one that incorporates many of the elements in the Constellation program begun under President George W. Bush.

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.»

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.

Later, it was reported that the inspector general tried to suppress details of that cooperation, as revealed by the Project on Government Oversight.

According to a Pentagon inspector general's report: «Leon Panetta was fully cooperating with the movie project and that several CIA staff used White House - approved talking points to talk to Mr. Boal [the producer of Zero Dark Thirty] about the intelligence that led to UBL's [Usama bin Laden's] location.»

CNBC's Julia Boorstin reports that according to the New York Times, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai is being investigated by the FCC inspector general over whether he's shown favoritism to Sinclair Broadcasting.

The Treasury Department's inspector general for tax administration is expected to release the final report this week after a yearlong investigation.

The reports triggered a review by the HHS inspector general's office, which is looking into whether Price's travel violated federal travel regulations.

The State Department's inspector general releases a report criticizing Mrs. Clinton's use of the private server, saying that she should have asked for approval and that she had violated department policies by not surrendering her emails before leaving office.

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.

The VA inspector general concluded in the report that Shulkin improperly accepted Wimbledon tickets and airfare for his wife at taxpayer expense, he spent nearly half the 10 - day trip to Denmark and London last year sightseeing and he used an aide on official time to plan the leisure activities.

But the two sources said he made the request in a call initiated by VA Press Secretary Curt Cashour on Feb. 15, the day after the release of an inspector general's report that concluded Shulkin had misused taxpayer dollars during a European trip last year.

WASHINGTON — Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin said he has received assurances from the White House that his job is not in jeopardy following a scathing inspector general's report last week that he misused taxpayers dollars during a trip to Europe.

VA Secretary David Shulkin misused government resources and improperly took Wimbledon tickets, an inspector general's report says.

Simply doing nothing remains an option for Trump as well, in part because of anticipated events like the release of a report from the Justice Department's inspector general.

Since his appointment, the inspector general's report claimed that Kmiec has «devoted considerable time to writing articles for publication in the United States as well as in Malta,» given his belief that he had a «special mandate» to promote Obama's interfaith initiatives.

The Treasury Department's inspector general said in a report that the IRS» use of «inappropriate criteria» ended in May 2012.

North - Grand High School was cited for school lunch abuses in a report by the inspector general of the Chicago Public Schools.

Other question topics included how Cuomo's love of cars and motorcycles affects his actions on mass transit, the ongoing investigations of Mayor de Blasio's fundraising efforts in the 2014 senate elections and whether Cuomo has been questioned in those investigations, current legislative efforts at retroactively extending the statute of limitations in child sex abuse cases, the developing troubles of Suffolk County District Attorney Tom Spota and whether Cuomo will act to remove Spota, the likelihood of «ethics reform» passing in this legislative session, the timing of an inspector general's report on the 2015 Dannemora prison escape and Cuomo's planned trip to Italy.

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.»

Cuomo is calling for a separate, permanent inspector general for both SUNY and CUNY, which will report to the executive branch.

The Times Union reported that it obtained details of the inspector general's investigation that showed Gestring engaged in years of sexual harassment and other inappropriate behavior.

Miller then sought advice on how to report the abuse from Benjamin H. Rondeau, a DOCCS attorney, «only to have (Rondeau) warn him of retaliation if he were to do so,» the state inspector general's interview report said.

In April, the state inspector general released a report that concluded that Patricia Snyder, NYSTI's founder and producing artistic director for 36 years, had engaged in nepotism, self - enrichment and questionable spending of state funds.

Nigeria Politics Online earlier reports that Daniel had written to Ibrahim Idris, inspector general of police, alleging that Kashamu sent thugs to assassinate him in his Abuja residence.

In July, Singas issued a report that called the county contracting system «a recipe for corruption» and suggested an inspector general.

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.

Records show that nearly 300 state executive agency employees were arrested, hit with ethics charges, or investigated by the state inspector general's office since 2005, including 213 since Cuomo took office, the Daily News recently reported.

Singas first recommended an inspector general's office in a report in July.

In an unusual address at the legislature's meeting in Mineola, Singas, a Democrat, said an inspector general appointed by a supermajority of lawmakers — and not reporting solely to the county executive — is needed to catch wrongdoing in the contracting system before crimes can occur.

In his first public comments since the release of a damning report on last year's escape from Clinton Correctional Facility, Acting DOCCS Commissioner Anthony Annucci pledged to work with the state inspector general to implement reforms there and statewide.

Unable to shake what has become a lingering distraction for her campaign, Clinton played down a report from the State Department's inspector general that criticized her use of a private email server while she was secretary of state.

Cuomo said that he expects that a report from the state inspector general on last summer's escape from maximum - security Clinton Correctional Facility in the North Country will be finished «shortly.»

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.

That picture becomes murkier when the university's management has been a frequent target of that governor; is the focus of an expanding investigation conducted by the state's inspector general, who reports to the secretary to the governor; and the governor publicly calls for greater oversight of the university system while seeking its top officials» endorsements of his tuition subsidy proposal.

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.

«It's been referred to the inspector general and we'll await the report.»

Public employees stole cash from the personal accounts of people with mental disabilities to pay for everything from live shows and restaurant outings to Wal - Mart shopping sprees, according to a report released by the state's inspector general.

That report also claimed the Medicaid inspector general James Cox — who Cuomo appointed last year — has «gone adrift» and is not aggressively probing problems within the system.

The proposal, which creates a new executive entity called the Justice Center, will include the appointment of a special prosecutor and inspector general for the protection of people with special needs taksed with investigating reports of abuse and neglect within the system.

In his first public comments since the release of a damning report on last year's escape from Clinton Correctional Facility, Annucci pledged to work with the state inspector general to implement reforms there and statewide.