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Neil Sharkey
New Tip Raises Questions About Penn State V.P. Neil Sharkey
2017-05-25
A Cover-Up of Play-to-Play Academic Research? We received an anonymous tip from a concerned member of Penn State community that raises a new question about how the relationship between Vice President Neil Sharkey, College of Health and Human Services Dean Ann C. “Nan” Crouter and School of Hospitality Management (SHM) Professor John W. O’Neill may… Read more »
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Property Assessed Clean Energy
Property Assessed Clean Energy Programs Are Under Attack
2017-05-9
Morningstar Dismissed Misconceptions, Yet U.S. Senator Tom Cotton and Others Take Up the Cause of the Mortgage Bankers and Real Estate Lobbies Over the years, Checks and Balances Project has investigated special interest lobbies, often aligned with government officials, working to preserve and grow powerful, incumbent industries and block the growth of energy efficiency and… Read more »
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Penn State Confirms Professor John O’Neill Under Ethics Investigation
2017-01-17
University Official’s Assurance Undercut by O’Neill, Raising New Questions It’s been three months since we began contacting officials at Penn State about potential ethics problems with School of Hospitality Management (SHM) Professor John W. O’Neill. On Jan. 9, 2017, a University official confirmed Conflict of Interest (COI) investigators are looking into questions we’ve raised about… Read more »
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Nevada Open Records Act Request: Commissioner David Noble
2015-08-25
  Evlondo Cooper Checks and Balances Project 1820 N. Fort Myer Drive, Suite 510 Arlington, VA 22209   VIA EMAIL AND HAND-DELIVERY   August 25, 2015   Peter Kostes Public Information Officer State of Nevada Public Utilities Commission 1150 E. William Street Carson City, NV 89701   Dear Mr. Kostes: I am a Senior Fellow… Read more »
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Letter to TURN
2015-06-3
  June 2, 2015   Mark W. Toney, Ph.D. Executive Director TURN—The Utility Reform Network 785 Market St., Suite 1400 San Francisco, CA 94103   Dear Mark: It was good to sit down with you while I was in San Francisco and learn more about TURN’s relationship with the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) and… Read more »
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Checks & Balances Project Calls On Arizona Attorney General to Investigate Anti-Solar Push Poll
2015-03-23
Today, the Checks and Balances Project sent a letter to Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich asking that he investigate whether or not Arizona Public Service (APS) is connected with efforts by the Virginia-based Taxpayers Protection Alliance to conduct a door-to-door push poll designed solely to discredit the residential solar industry in Arizona. If APS is connected,… Read more »
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Virginia FOIA re Michael Karmis PhD.
2014-09-30
September 29, 2014   Tarah Kesterson Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy (DMME) P.O. Drawer 900 Big Stone Gap, VA 24219   RE:  Request for records under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act   Dear Ms. Kesterson: My name is Scott Peterson. I am the Executive Director of the Checks and Balances Project, a government… Read more »
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