Job Provision Born of Riggs Scandal
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Congress's newly passed intelligence  bill contains a provision adopted in response to the Riggs Bank scandal: It requires senior federal bank examiners to wait a year before accepting private-sector jobs with financial institutions they regulated as government employees.
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Chancellor accused of performing a U-turn over introduction of "entrepreneurs' relief"
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Job cuts are expected, as part of the biggest shake-up of the NI civil service for many years is unveiled.
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This week&#39;s controversy over allegations made by anti-John Kerry Vietnam veterans in their TV ad and in their book provides an illustration of the way division of labor works today in American politics.
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Riggs National Corp. RIGS.O  on  Monday said its merger with PNC Financial Services Group Inc.  has collapsed, after PNC slashed its $779 million bid in the  wake of a guilty plea by Riggs' banking unit to violating an  anti-money laundering law.
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New appointee had key role in company's pretexting scandal as an external counsel.
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The sons of two top union officials who were hired as building inspectors are accused of lying on their applications, with one submitting qualifications that showed he started an apprenticeship at age 13.
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1. Allegation: Kimberly Quinn claimed in an e-mail that David Blunkett âfast-trackedâ a permanent work visa for her Filipina nanny, Leoncia Casalme.
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One of NI's major employers tries to come to terms with the loss of its biggest order - and resulting job cuts.
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The Career Couch column last Sunday, about presidential politics in the office, referred incorrectly to comments by Daniel I. Prywes, a partner in the Washington offices of the law firm Bryan Cave. When Mr. Prywes said that soliciting participation in political events might be permissible, he was referring to both employers and employees, not just employees. In addition, he said that employers who coerce employees to make political contributions would be violating federal election laws; he was not referring to employees who solicit contributions.
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Riggs Bank has agreed to plead guilty to a federal criminal charge and pay a $16 million fine to settle an investigation of money laundering at the D.C. bank, according to sources close to the matter.
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IT was an act of alleged bastardry that evolved into a political masterstroke. It combined the guile - some might say rat cunning - of senator George Brandis and Prime Minister John Howard.
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An executive allegedly involved in a bid-rigging scam that has been linked to the suicide of Japan's agriculture minister leaped to his death Tuesday, officials said. The deaths have added to the pressure on a government struggling against a series of scandals.
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Details of the role civilian contractors played in the abuses at Abu Ghraib prison sparked fresh debate yesterday about the effectiveness of laws and rules meant to govern workers hired to support the military.
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D.C. officials learned last year that lax enforcement of security procedures made it possible for a handful of contract employees to steal tens of thousands of dollars in lottery tickets and prize money, according to records released this week in response to a Freedom of Information Act request f...
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What was supposed to be A Public Affair has ended up being   pretty hush-hush.
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A handy Q&amp;A on the scandal currently embroiling Britain's Prime Minister, from lords to loans to Labour