11.   Civilians should also be put in charge of investigating police abuse.

12.   Even in states with the toughest and most comprehensive new laws, Pollack and others doubt whether states have enough people to monitor consumer complaints and investigate alleged abuses.

13.   FormerFederal Trade Commissioner Christine Varney, who helped investigate privacy abuses, seconded the notion that the last thing the country needs is new laws regulating cyberspace.

14.   He also noted that his proposed budget demonstrated compassion by increasing funding for the agency that investigates child abuse.

15.   Legislators who have sought headlines by investigating IRS abuses should now make sure that the agency has the resources it needs to do an effective job.

16.   Leonard Franco, the head of the United Nations mission that opened last month to investigate human rights abuses, said many in Guatemala remained above the law.

17.   Mondale and Kassebaum Baker are scheduled to testify Tuesday before the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee, which has been investigating abuses in recent campaigns.

18.   Officials complain that investigating abuses in electricity markets strains their resources.

19.   Officials of the group called on the security organization to investigate possible abuses before certifying the count.

20.   Parliament has also authorized establishment of a commission on justice and truth to document and investigate human rights abuses under the dictatorship.