1.   The agency has been criticized for being too secretive and hiding information from the public.

2.   Auto makers criticized the agency, saying they had already made progress in recent years to reduce pollution from light trucks.

3.   Both rating agencies have been criticized for not being quick enough to identify problems at Enron, the troubled energy trading company.

4.   A few days earlier, Giuliani publicly criticized the agency for failing the Brooklyn girls by sending them home from foster care.

5.   Advocacy groups for immigrants criticized the agency for proposing higher fees at a time when many immigrants were struggling with long lines, surly service and bureaucratic delays.

6.   After the audit sharply criticized the agency, it agreed to correct the problems, saying it might take a year to do so.

7.   But she strongly criticized the agencies for telling the media about the probes.

8.   But Republicans, some Democrats and many health care providers have criticized the agency as a heavy-handed regulator.

9.   But some criticized the agency for taking so many years to compile its findings.

10.   But their adult daughters, Tracey West and Dawn Whitney, criticized the agency.