31.   The department has been investigating whether the school governance law violates the federal Voting Rights Act, but the mayor contended that the act was not applicable.

32.   The department is now investigating them.

33.   The department also has investigated five other companies.

34.   The department has investigated several cases and found that none were the beef-related version known as new variant CJD.

35.   The department investigated allegations of abuse and closed the case because the allegations could not be substantiated.

36.   The department is investigating whether Brutto squeezed the trigger out of a natural reflex to his other hand grabbing vigorously for Franco.

37.   The department is investigating whether the practice of assigning unsolicited ratings on some debt is anticompetitive.

38.   The department is now investigating allegations of sexual abuse in a number of prisons in Michigan, according to a Justice Department official who spoke on condition of anonymity.

39.   The department must investigate all complaints made by citizens, said Frank Longoria, HUD management liaison officer in Fort Worth, Texas.

40.   The report recommended that the department fully investigate the background of recruits.