• Coventry firm under investigation by UK competition watchdog

    There have been allegations made it has stopped schools from switching to rivals

  • In September, securities watchdogs bark more, bite less

    The Securities and Exchange Commission acts as Wall Street's traffic cop, fining companies for such infractions as securities fraud and insider trading. New research from Texas McCombs finds another parallel between the SEC and traffic enforcement: pressure to meet self-imposed quotas.

  • Corruption watchdog investigates Lehrmann inquiry head

    The conduct of a former judge who presided over an inquiry into the criminal prosecution of Bruce Lehrmann will be investigated by the ACT’s corruption watchdog. The ACT Integrity Commission confirmed on Monday it would launch a probe into the conduct of Walter Sofronoff KC, saying it “may constitute corrupt conduct”. The allegations relate to […]

  • Northern Lights in SoCal? A rare sight indeed

    Some lucky Southern California stargazers were treated to a virtually unprecedented sight this weekend when the sky turned green, pink and red as the Northern Lights made a rare appearance here — and there could be an encore Saturday night.

  • Police watchdog ends Woodstock crash probe

    Ontario’s police watchdog has ended its investigation into a crash in January that injured a man in Woodstock.

  • UK watchdog drops Microsoft, Mistral partnership probe

    The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) will not move forward with investigating Microsoft’s multi-year partnership with French start-up Mistral AI, after seeking views from interested parties regarding the deal in April.

  • Watchdog to warn tech leaders over data protection in AI

    The UK's data watchdog chief is set to warn tech businesses that they must "bake in" data protection at every stage of developing artificial intelligence technologies in order to properly protect people's personal information.

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    Gov't Watchdog Sees Title IX Enforcement Lagging

    More than five decades after the passage of Title IX, the U.S. Department of Education is falling down on the job of ensuring gender equity in college athletics, a government watchdog agency found this week, demanding more vigilance and transparency from the department.

  • Ireland privacy watchdog confirms Dell data breach investigation

    A top European privacy watchdog is investigating following the recent breaches of Dell customers’ personal information, TechCrunch has learned.  Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) deputy commissioner Graham Doyle confirmed to TechCrunch that the DPC has received “a breach notification on this matter” — referring to Dell — which is “currently under assessment.” Asked to elaborate, […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

  • Watchdog: VA 'erroneously' paid out big bonuses to feds, under scrutiny

    (The Center Square) – The Department of Veterans Affairs has paid out hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars in bonuses to executives, according to a federal watchdog report. The VA Inspector General released a report detailing that the VA "erroneously" paid out about $11 million in bonuses to executives that were later found to be ineligible for those bonuses. The bonuses totaled as much as $100,000 for just one federal employee. Lawmakers...

  • MPs call on spending watchdog to investigate DWP overpayments to carers

    Select committee says scale of problem, carers’ testimony and cost to taxpayer warrants second inquiry into benefits systemA cross-party group of MPs has called on the government’s public spending watchdog to investigate the growing scandal that has plunged tens of thousands of unpaid carers into debt and left some with criminal convictions after unwittingly breaching benefit rules.The Commons work and pensions select committee said it was concerned with how the government was clawing back huge...

  • X's free-speech stance illusory, internet watchdog says

    The eSafety Commissioner has criticised an “illusory” claim by Elon Musk’s X that the social media platform’s refusal to take down clips of a Sydney bishop being violently stabbed was in the name of free speech. The internet watchdog has sued X Corporation in the Federal Court after clips of Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel being […]