Sentences with phrase «public investigation of»

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«The agency should include and explain the... investigations conducted in Dimock, Pennsylvania; Pavillion, Wyoming; and Parker County, Texas where hydraulic fracturing activities are perceived by many members of the public to have caused significant local impacts to drinking water resources,» states the advisory body's review.

The investigation was prompted by about a dozen complaints concerning the Trump school that the attorney general, Eric T. Schneiderman, has found to be «credible» and «serious,» these people said, speaking on the condition of anonymity because the investigation was not yet public.

«It's a balancing act» between tending to the clients of his public relations firm and dealing with the requirements of the investigations, he said.

Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

Tesla has also been engaged in a public fight this month with the National Transportation Safety Board over its investigation of a fatal Model X crash near San Francisco.

The findings of the investigation headed by former Attorney General Eric Holder will be made public, board member Arianna Huffington said in a call with reporters on Thursday afternoon.

Apple on Monday urged the creation of a government panel on encryption, the latest salvo in a standoff over a locked iPhone linked to the San Bernardino shooting that has escalated into a public relations battle between the technology company and the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Yet the gamblers were allowed to play on for weeks, according to reports by the casino's parent company, Bloomberry Resorts Corp., and the Philippine Senate Committee on Accountability of Public Officers and Investigations.

Even if a company doesn't know all the facts, and even if its investigation is ongoing, it needs to reassure the public that it understands the severity of the problem and their concerns, and that it has the crisis under control.

While the American public is overwhelmingly supportive of Mueller keeping his job and could be upset if action is taken against the special counsel's investigation, the editorial board fears that the public could see this as just another food fight in Washington, DC and let it go.

The identities of the nominees are not made public, but depending on the results of the investigation, Trump's name may be removed from that list.

«There's been a lot of accusation lately in the public arena about how Pete's supposed biases may have affected outcome of the email investigation and predication for Russia investigation,» Montoya said.

The Senate investigation still looms, and the public relations mess will nag the company, but outside of the settlement cost it is unclear what impact the past week will have on Wells Fargo.

Since its formation, the task force has made great strides in facilitating increased investigation and prosecution of financial crimes; enhancing coordination and cooperation among federal, state and local authorities; addressing discrimination in the lending and financial markets; and conducting outreach to the public, victims, financial institutions and other organizations.

On Thursday, the National Transportation Safety Board said that after a series of public disclosures by Tesla it had taken the unusual step of revoking Tesla's status as a formal party to its investigation of a March 23 crash in California that killed a driver who was using Autopilot.

The Commission, which received a tip from a member of the public, has confirmed the investigation to The Daily News.

The so - called Section 301 investigation tariffs could be imposed sometime in June after the end of a public comment process.

A recent investigation by The Seattle Times and the Center for Public Integrity questioned the lending habits of a Berkshire unit that manufactures mobile homes.

Verizon (VZ), which agreed in late July to acquire Yahoo (YHOO) for $ 4.8 billion, said that Yahoo only had informed it of the situation two days before the public disclosure, and that it «will evaluate as the investigation continues.»

Fortune's Aaron Pressman has argued that undermining the public comment system would give a tactical edge to industry opponents of net neutrality, and that seems to be the thinking of the Trump FCC itself, which has refused to cooperate with an investigation into the fake comments by the New York Attorney General.

Thursday's sanctions target Russians indicted last month as part of the special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russia's election meddling on charges of conspiracy to interfere in the election by waging a social - media influence operation to sow discord and sway public opinion in the US in favor of Trump.

The investigation accused an Adidas executive and several other defendants of giving $ 100,000 to a potential recruit's family to entice him to commit to an unnamed public research university in Kentucky.

The RCMP now has more than 30 ongoing investigations into violations of Canada's Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act.

However, no details about the investigation or the nature of the raids have been made public.

«The White House is simply not permitted to pressure the FBI to make public statements about a pending investigation of the president and his advisers,» said Michigan Rep. John Conyers, the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee.

The talk at that hearing in 2009 suggests that the SEC may not want its investigations open to public scrutiny out of fear that the regulator may end up looking sloppy at best and negligent at worst.

Editor's Note: This interview occurred before the recent dispute between Apple and the Federal Bureau of Investigation became public.

The papers, made public last week by a federal court in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, provide a window into the Federal Bureau of Investigation's probe of what would amount to the largest collection of stolen user names and passwords.

She has expressed regret that an unscheduled meeting in Phoenix with Bill Clinton caused the public to doubt the independence of the investigation.

A ProPublica investigation of the case, based on interviews with more than three dozen US and foreign officials and an examination of confidential government documents, represents the first detailed public account of how the Cuba incidents unfolded.

The Cuban government's own investigation into the incidents has been another central piece of its public relations counteroffensive.

The charges are the first major public developments in Mueller's six - month - long investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 election.

Our PSI investigation showed that senior bank executives made a series of inaccurate statements that misinformed investors and the public as the London Whale disaster unfolded.

Former Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom and a former finance minister who is now chairman of Oxfam International were arrested on Tuesday as part of a local corruption investigation, the public prosecutor's office said.

«Mr. Speaker, Canadians» confidence in our public office - holders has been shaken by the opening of a criminal investigation into the Prime Minister's own office,» Mr. Trudeau had declared with his first question this afternoon.

In the case of the investigation into Rettenmaier's computers, the documents released to EFF do not appear to have been made public in that prosecution.

On Wednesday, when Motherboard learned of the operation and contacted the Bureau before the court documents became public, an FBI spokesperson declined to comment, citing the Bureau's policy of neither confirming or denying investigations.

«The American public deserves to know whether this president tried to interfere or tried to affect their views about this Russia investigation, and one way or another, we're going to get to the bottom of this.»

Tuesday's reshuffle also saw cabinet posts given to four senior members of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC)- the group overseeing the 1MDB parliamentary investigation.

«Early in the investigation process [that led to the firings], it was decided, as is the norm in such serious human resource matters, to have the Public Service Agency (PSA) lead the investigation,» Whitmarsh wrote on Oct. 6 to McNeil, adding that the Public Service Agency had support from the province's Chief Information Officer to investigate the handling of government data.

In the emails, Adams writes that Whitmarsh supports an independent and full review of how the Public Service Agency handled the 2012 investigation, as well as the actions the public service took because of the investigPublic Service Agency handled the 2012 investigation, as well as the actions the public service took because of the investigpublic service took because of the investigation.

«Your letter states that the Public Service Agency's review is directed solely at «the human resources and investigation processes and procedures» that led to the termination of the employment of a number of Ministry of Health employees in 2012, rather than being a review of the decisions themselves,» Adams wrote on Whitmarsh's behalf.

«The collaboration we saw was some billing and administrative contacts between the two of them, so you'd see similar people show up in each of the accounts,» said Schroepfer, when asked for more detail about what it had found, before declining to say anything else in a public setting on account of ongoing investigations — despite the committee pointing out other witnesses it has heard from have not held back on that front.

«The deadline for and the scope of the review are so restrictive that it appears that the review has been deliberately designed so that it can not result in a full review of the 2012 investigation and of the actions taken by the public service as a result of the investigation.»

But it's what the correspondence reveals about the goals of the investigation that may be most in the public interest.

Regardless of rising pressure around what is now a major public scandal — including the FTC opening an investigation — Zuckerberg has declined the committee's summons.

«Apple wasn't satisfied with shifting its profits to a low - tax offshore tax haven,» said Senator Carl Levin, a Michigan Democrat who is chairman of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations that is holding the public hearing Tuesday into Apple's use of tax havens.

The investigation is expected to set up a potentially explosive confrontation between a bipartisan group of lawmakers and Timothy D. Cook, Apple's chief executive, at a public hearing on Tuesday.

«You do not hear the director talking about any other investigation he is involved in,» Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Democrat of New York, said after Mr. Comey's letter to Congress was made public.

There is already evidence that the #ReleaseTheMemo campaign to make public the now - infamous Nunes memo — which alleges abuses of power by the FBI during its investigation into the Trump campaign's ties with Russia — was amplified by Russian bots and trolls online.