Sentences with phrase «investigative arms of»

Our attorneys include former federal and state prosecutors, former Judge Advocate General officers, and veterans of other investigative arms of government.

There are challenges because of the judicial system that he inherited and because of the investigative arms of the government, but we will get there.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D - Calif., chief sponsor of legislation that Democrats are pushing following Orlando, got numbers in March from the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office, an investigative arm of Congress.

The General Accounting Office, the investigative arm of Congress, said that the number of school - related outbreaks reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention doubled over the last decade, and generally increased an average of 10 percent per year.

The US government has got this balance badly wrong, according to the General Accounting Office (GAO), the investigative arm of Congress.

We're the investigative arm of congress, and I've been doing energy and science issues much as I was doing as a journalist, but with the power of subpoena; makes it a lot of fun.

It is known as «the investigative arm of Congress» and «the congressional watchdog.»

Among other recommendations in its Jan. 13 report, the investigative arm of Congress says the department should require states receiving money through the federal charter school program to provide more details on how the money is being used.

This latest report from the investigative arm of Congress examines implementation and accountability issues for a number of agencies and departments involving the $ 787 billion stimulus law, formally the American...

A spokesman for the gao, the investigative arm of the Congress, said a decision about whether to conduct such...

A report by the Government Accountability Office, the investigative arm of Congress, criticized the federal Education Department for taking too long to process applications, which did not give districts and schools enough time to figure out the program's tricky framework.

U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan has asked an investigative arm of the federal government to examine how the school voucher system works in Milwaukee to determine whether the school voucher systems in Wisconsin operate properly.

Although the Vice President's office denied the General Accounting Office, the investigative arm of Congress, access to taskforce records, or even a list of who participated, one corporate figure known to be behind the administration's energy plan was Cheney himself.

On February 9, 2018, officials from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the investigative arm of the Department of Homeland Security, arrested Morgan...

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Well, that brings up the second surprise: The presence of armed guards tends to dramatically increase the likelihood of violence and injury during a robbery, as the Center for Investigative Reporting found when it analyzed detailed FBI crime incident reports from 2007 to 2011 — which the group got through a Freedom of Information Act request.

Suddeutsche Zeitung subsequently partnered with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, which in turn is an arm of the U.S. - based nonprofit Center for Public Integrity.

From the President who has refused to act on investigative reports submitted to him on grievous allegations of diverting over a billion naira meant for resettlement of Internal Displaced Persons (IDPs) by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal under the Presidential Initiative for the North East (PINE) and the miraculous discovery of 13billion naira in an apartment at Ikoyi, Lagos under the supervision of the Director of the Nigerian Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ayodele Oke, to the Head of Service of the Federation, Oyo - Ita Winifred Ekanem, who connived with others to reinstate into active duty and promote Abdulrasheed Maina, the former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, who allegedly stole over 6billion naira pension fund; the Chief of Staff to President Buhari now renamed the «Thief of Staff», Abba Kyari, who allegedly received a bribe of 500million naira to negotiate a fine reduction for MTN Nigeria, and has continuously been in the heart of every sharp practices in the Presidency; the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu who allegedly received a kickback of 3.8 billion naira in exchange for marginal oilfield using his brother, Dumebi Kachikwu as front; the Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, who was the brain behind the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina; the Chief of Army Staff, General Tukur Buratai who during his time as the Director of Procurement at the Army Headquarters allegedly diverted funds meant to equip the Military into buying choice properties worth millions of dollar in Dubai; the Minister for Solid Minerals, Dr. Kayode Fayemi who allegedly embezled State Universal Education Board (SUBEB) funds as the Governor of Ekiti State; the Minister for Interior, Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau who was indicted by a Presidential investigative committee probing Arm procurement for awarding ghost contracts worth $ 930,500,690 with others while as the Chief of Army Staff between 2008 - 2010 and one of the brains behind the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina; the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi alleged to have stolent 142billion naira as the Governor of Rivers State.

Before his new appointment Magu currently serves as a member of the investigative committee convened by National Security Adviser (NSA), Babagana Monguno on the orders of President Muhammadu Buhari to probe the procurement of arms in the Armed Forces from 2007 till now.

Recently Dasuki denied ever receiving any formal or informal initiation to appear before an Investigative Panel on the Procurement of hardware and munitions in the armed forces.

«The drama at the Press Conference convened by the IGP Investigative Panel and the IGP reveals the script being acted by the Police High Command, which is now obviously an arm of the Ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

He stated, «It is executive lawlessness and usurpation of investigative functions of the judicial arm of government.

This one was conducted by a special agent for the Federal Investigative Services (FIS), an arm of OPM that collects information for purposes of both job suitability and security clearances.

Tom McCarthy's celebrated investigative journalism piece Spotlight was met with open arms while excellent SXSW soft sci - fi crowd - pleaser Creative Control never saw any kind of spotlight.

The report by Congress» investigative arm, «School Vouchers: Characteristics of Privately Funded Programs,» focuses on 78 such programs operating around the country that together serve 46,000 students and provide $ 60 million in tuition assistance.

A new report (PDF) from the Congressional Research Service, Congress's nonpartisan investigative arm, explores these changes in six areas: accountability for student achievement; distribution of Title I grants; fiscal accountability; educator quality, equity, and effectiveness; grants to support teachers and school leaders; and targeted support versus block grants.

Race to the Top states are having differing degrees of success with what has turned out to be one of the toughest tasks required by the Obama administration's marquee competitive - grant program: crafting new teacher evaluations that take student performance into account, according to a report released today by the Government Accountability Office, Congress» investigative arm.

House education chairman John Kline (R - MN) and Senator Lamar Alexander (R - TN), the top - ranking Republican on the education committee, have requested that the Government Accountability Office (GAO)-- Congress's investigative arm — conduct a study on the department's Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) waiver policies, specifically examining the cost of applying for such waivers and the implications of the waivers on teacher and principal evaluation systems.

Sporting her pair of red slingbacks and armed with the investigative skills she's honed as a true crime reporter, she sets out on a search that takes her from Manhattan's exclusive Carnegie Hill area — the nanny heartland of America - to the ritzy weekend estates of Pennsylvania and Connecticut.

In 1996 he became a founding partner of 3BM Television, of which he is now chariman, and has presided over a stream of high quality historical and investigative documentaries ranging from «Cannibal», «A World in Arms» and «The Age of Terror» (winner of the Broadcast multi-channel award) to «World War One in Colour» and «Ten Days to D - Day».

With these arms... When investigative journalist Amber Smith is tasked with discovering the truth behind the Blood and Thunder polo team, she doesn't expect to fall in love with an undercover billionaire... Landing a job as crew on the superyacht Russian Thunder brings Amber to the attention of the superyacht's owner and founder of the Blood and Thunder polo team, Alexei Riga.

Armed with vast financial resources and sweeping investigative powers, state and federal prosecutors have an unfair advantage over those who have been accused of a crime.

In Early February of this year, the CBC's investigative journalism team uncovered documents that showed the Swiss arm of English based HSBC Bank actively aided hundreds of Canadian taxpayers hide secret accounts from the Canada Revenue Agency («CRA»).

In doing so, it effectively treated Ms. O'Neill as «one of its investigative arms,» and undermined the integrity of the judicial process.

After staunchly defending his book, «Arming America: The Origins of a National Gun Culture,» against criticism of his research and findings, Bellesiles offered his resignation when an academic investigative committee «researched the allegations of scholarly fraud and concluded that Bellesiles was guilty of both substandard research methodology and of willfully misrepresenting specific evidence in» the book.

Among the several former members of China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) who were detained, only three were in charge of IPO - related issues for Leshi Internet Information & Technology Corp, a listed arm of LeEco, and were not under investigation because of Leshi's IPO, Jia told Lengjing, an investigative financial news program owned by Tencent Holdings.

Department of Justice Investigative Assistant / Supply Technician 6/1996 — 6/1997 Electronic Data Systems Corporation Support Operator / Armed Security Officer 7/1995 — 6/1996 Defense Mapping Agency (DMA) Freight Rate Specialist / Material Handler 5/1994 — 6/1995