His first choice, Frank A. Luzi, resigned two days ago amid questions about state and Federal investigations into companies in which he was involved.

But over the last two years a series of state and Federal investigations have produced evidence of chronic civil rights abuses by the department.

These matters are the subject of continuing state and Federal investigations.

The audit is just one of the state and Federal investigations into Ms. Hurt's office.

The guilty plea was an abrupt conclusion to the case, which has provoked a tangle of lawsuits and state and Federal investigations.

Stocks of companies in the waste-hauling business were hard hit, amid reports of various state and Federal investigations into pricing practices.

The incident led to widespread public criticism as well as state and Federal investigations of the force.

The city has spent about $25 million on the project, but the riverfront is still a bald wasteland, stalled by lawsuits and state and Federal investigations.

Mr. Stinson's campaign has since become the target of state and Federal criminal investigations.

In recent years, it has been the subject of numerous state and Federal investigations into the methods it has used to influence politicians and lottery officials.