Sentences with phrase «federal watchdog agency»

News reports about Facebook's role in the aggressive form of data collection also have raised serious questions about whether the company violated a landmark consent decree with a federal watchdog agency designed to prevent privacy violations.

Recently, though, former FTC officials have said that Facebook's entanglement with Cambridge Analytica may have violated the company's legal agreement with the federal watchdog agency.

CFPB urges colleges to compare deals for student accounts — Colleges that endorse a bank in return for a fee should take a hard look at the cost for students, federal watchdog agency says... (See CFPB)

Poll: Few aware of embattled consumer watchdog — Consumers would probably miss the federal watchdog agency if Republicans close or disarm it, but only 17 percent are aware of it... (See CFPB poll)

Turner, a social scientist at City University of New York / Queens College, offered his cautionary story last month at a conference * called by a key federal watchdog agency to announce a $ 1 million grants program to investigate the prevalence of fraud, data fabrication, plagiarism, and other questionable practices in science.

There seems to be no consensus on the answer, although a range of estimates were presented at a conference called last month * by a key federal watchdog agency to announce a $ 1 million grants program to investigate the prevalence of fraud, data fabrication, plagiarism, and other questionable practices in science.

Recently, though, former FTC officials have said that Facebook's entanglement with Cambridge Analytica may have violated the company's legal agreement with the federal watchdog agency.

and Sherrod Brown (D - Ohio) sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) asking the federal watchdog agency to research and report on the economic subsidy that too - big - to - fail banks receive as a result of actual or perceived taxpayer support.

Not exact matches

Cordray, 58, director of the CFPB, a federal watchdog of financial services firms, announced he would leave the agency by the end of November.

One of the federal government's low income phone subsidy programs is bedeviled by fraud, a watchdog agency investigation concluded.

A government watchdog agency alleges that insurer Health Net of California has refused to cooperate in a security audit called for under a federal contract.

WASHINGTON — American schools are experiencing increasing numbers of food - borne illness outbreaks, but complex federal laws and bureaucratic turf battles hamper the government system designed to protect children from harm, a congressional watchdog agency reported Tuesday.

American schools are experiencing increasing numbers of food - borne illness outbreaks, but complex federal laws and bureaucratic turf battles hamper the government system designed to protect children from harm, a congressional watchdog agency reported Tuesday.

In that vein, Joe Rospars has likened the Obama analytics team to the Government Accountability Agency, which acts as an auditor and watchdog for the federal government.

President Trump scored a victory when a federal judge refused to block the president's choice to temporarily run the nation's top consumer financial watchdog and, for the moment, ended a two - way battle for leadership of the agency.

Federal agencies need to patch some scientific holes in their ongoing efforts to protect struggling bee populations, according to the nonpartisan watchdog agency of Congress.

Before the federal consumer watchdog agency, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, gained regulatory authority on Sept. 30, 2012, the credit reporting industry was regulated solely by the Federal Trade Commfederal consumer watchdog agency, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, gained regulatory authority on Sept. 30, 2012, the credit reporting industry was regulated solely by the Federal Trade CommFederal Trade Commission.

The government watchdog urged the search giant to, «work closely with federal and state agencies to ensure your search products are not being used by individuals and companies seeking to prey on the most vulnerable student loan borrowers by implying an affiliation with the federal government.»

Watchdog agencies announce debt collection crackdown — Federal and state regulators announced a coordinated effort to fight a growing tide of debt collection abuses... (more)

This past summer, the federal government introduced legislation to create a new watchdog agency to oversee the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, the Communications Security Establishment and the security functions of the RCMP.

Federal intelligence agencies try to curb watchdogs» ties to each other, worry about information leaking, The Globe and Mail

What distinguishes these agencies from other federal agencies is their independence from the government of the day and that they report directly to Parliament and perform a watchdog function.

And several days later, the federal consumer watchdog agency announced a «toolkit» designed to help public service employees — teachers, firefighters, police officers and others — understand their options and get started paying off their student loans.

A HUD watchdog group says the agency failed to flag nearly 10,000 customers who were barred under federal guidelines from receiving FHA loans.