By most accounts, she is tackling her new job with just that kind of fierce energy, aiming to clean up a troubled agency.

He was the first African American to lead the formerly troubled agency, which had become the target of discrimination lawsuits.

As a result of the review, the Housing Authority was designated a "troubled agency."

At the least, they show the need for a major overhaul of a troubled agency.

She wants a court takeover of the child welfare agency, however, saying individual initiatives cannot cure the troubled agency.

The troubled agency, the target of criticism from politicians, business and the German press, owns 8,000 state companies employing nearly four million workers.

As proof, they point to the experiences of other troubled agencies around the country.

Dr. Siegel's resignation marks the 11th departure of the troubled agency's chief executive in its 25-year history.

City officials argued yesterday that it was impossible to transform the deeply troubled agency in a year.

Mr. Bush had promised four years earlier to fix the troubled agency.