… takes punitive action against lenders, but the Obama folks…need more of an explanation,” Linda Sherry, director of national priorities at Consumer Action, a watchdog group that tracks credit-card practices, told Bloomberg News. …
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Lobbyists March on the White House
New York Times, United States But in the meeting Friday, representatives of the American Civil Liberties Union, the American League of Lobbyists and the liberal watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington told the ethics chief Norman Eisen that the rules … |
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Congressman Leonard Lance named ‘porker of the month’ by fiscal watchdog group. by Express-Times staff. Thursday April 23, 2009, 12:34 AM. AP Photo | MEL EVANSLeonard Lance. For Congressman Leonard Lance, the good news is that April is …
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… Britain against Google’s Street View service, which provides street-level images taken by a car driving down the street and recording what is seen there, the British privacy watchdog group has deemed the service to be just fine. …
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The U.K.’s privacy watchdog group rejected a complaint against StreetView, ruling that the service is no more privacy-invasive than Twitter or Facebook. According to The Press Association, The U.K. Information Commissioner’s Office …
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Congressional watchdog group meets April 29 at UWM
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, WI By John Schmid of the Journal Sentinel The congressional watchdog group created last year to oversee the $700 billion program to stabilize the nation's banks has confirmed details of its hearing next Wednesday in Milwaukee. … |
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Lockheed lands atop ranking in defense dollars, misconduct cases
Orlando Sentinel, FL Lockheed Martin Corp. has again landed atop a recent ranking of top US military contract winners, but the defense giant also leads a less-stellar list of the industry's bad actors, a government watchdog group said Thursday. Lockheed reeled in $34.2 … Lockheed again tops list of dubious contractors |
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Watchdog group cites corruption in Palestinian areas | World | Reuters. “Despite these reforms, many forms of favouritism, nepotism, misappropriation of public money and abuse of public position continue to impact many sectors of the …
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The FDIC contract “highlights the problem of a senator with a spouse who has extensive business interests that intersect frequently with the federal government,” said Melanie Sloan, executive director of the watchdog group Citizens for …
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Over protests from Orange County Mayor Rich Crotty, a majority of the Orlando Orange County Expressway Authority staged a minor revolt Wednesday and voted to add a public watchdog group.
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