Sentences with phrase «federal scrutiny»

The reform groups also want to forbid state authorities, from doing business with their board members, as occurred in some of the contracts that are under federal scrutiny.
The timing of the sales could attract federal scrutiny, legal experts say, though proving insider trading would be difficult.
Onondaga County Executive Joanie Mahoney, a longtime Cuomo ally, defended the state's economic development competitions such as the Upstate Revitalization Initiative in light of federal scrutiny of the governor's Buffalo Billion and other projects.
The Trump administration is increasing federal scrutiny on the employment - visa application process, a move that will make it even more difficult for companies to hire foreign workers.
Mayor de Blasio, who came under federal scrutiny for his role in supporting Democratic campaigns in state Senate races two years ago, is also expected to stay out of the fray.
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway on Monday said it has increased its ownership stake in Wells Fargo to 10 %, a level that could mean increased federal scrutiny over the investment.
One is Todd Howe, a Washington - based lobbyist, who until very recently was employed by the lobbying wing of the Whiteman Osterman & Hanna law firm, and whose work touched a number of construction projects under federal scrutiny from the Buffalo Billion, to Syracuse to downstate.
The administration is also calling for greater federal scrutiny of state mining regulators and closing loopholes that allow valley waterways to be damaged by rock and soil that mining companies blast from mountaintops to expose coal deposits.
To the Food and Drug Administration, the treatment pioneered by a Broomfield doctor appears to be a misuse of a drug that requires licensing and federal scrutiny before it's used on patients.
The CORE districts» waiver is no longer designated «high risk,» which had brought more federal scrutiny.
In fact, I would be surprised if Apple or Amazon didn't drop their royalty rate to 25 % or even 20 % in the next year or two — if only to combine a market - share grab with a well - timed and plausible defense against further federal scrutiny.)
More than anything, this survey suggests to me that Citi is thinking about halting their current practice if other banks are managing to get away with it and not attract unwanted federal scrutiny.
At the point of her FBI interviews, she had moved on to other jobs, including consulting for a medical billing company, while Singh was coming under federal scrutiny.
And though the Justice Department's push to overhaul troubled police agencies was a staple effort of the last administration, Sessions announced his desire to «pull back» on federal scrutiny of local law enforcement, winning praise from some quarters.
Amid bad press and federal scrutiny, the nation's largest bank needed a publicity win.
Five months after the disclosure of the massive Equifax data breach, federal scrutiny of how the credit - reporting bureau allowed the...
But given the federal scrutiny, activists said work should be halted immediately.
Suffolk District Attorney Thomas Spota, who came into office as a corruption buster but whose own office reportedly is under federal scrutiny, will not seek re-election this November, ending a record 16 years as the county's top prosecutor.
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This comes at a time when the office, along with the corruption bureau's chief, Christopher McPartland, are under federal scrutiny.
A Gov. Andrew Cuomo - connected power broker under federal scrutiny was fired by his Albany law firm Friday, sources said.
Front - runner Alexi Giannoulias faced criticism after his family's bank came under federal scrutiny.
It has sent directives to Erie County before, most notably in 2009, during a period of intense state and federal scrutiny of the county jail system, particularly the Holding Center.
Barrella represented AEWS in late 2014 and early 2015, according to lobbying records, before the relationship was terminated by Barrella as the federal scrutiny of the Skeloses intensified.
The federal scrutiny of the district attorney's office has its roots in a 2013 inquiry into a violent outburst by the former chief in the Suffolk County Police Department, James Burke, after a duffel bag was stolen from his vehicle.
SUNY has been used a vehicle for many of the economic development projects that have come under federal scrutiny.
Glenwood appeared in the case against former Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver, who allegedly directed the company to a law firm that paid his fees and is now under federal scrutiny.
Those that have been built along interstate highways have come under federal scrutiny.
But many projects come under public and federal scrutiny — the recent fracas over gene therapy trials is a case in point (Science, 24 March, p. 2163), often because the manner in which they were conducted led to concerns over the safety of the recruited participants or the protection of their confidentiality.
Federal scrutiny of local decisions about school discipline is something that gives many Republicans pause, so this is something that could carry over into the general election season.
The need to address a bizarre, uncharacteristic, unethical and legally questionable approach to Kindle content promotion and publishing platform support, in which Kindle staff have shown a bias toward mainstream publishers while failing to provide even rudimentary support for independent authors and publishers, and may, if other reports are to be believed, be employing the kind of two - tier royalty approach that could eventually lead to federal scrutiny
But this favor has come under federal scrutiny.
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