1.   An informal inquiry, as opposed to an investigation, can be started by the SEC staff without approval from the commission and does not come with subpoena power.

2.   An independent agency, with subpoena powers and adequate investigative staff, is needed for those times when the department loses focus.

3.   An independent commission, as recommended by the Mollen report, would also have investigators armed with subpoena power but would not prosecute wrongdoers.

4.   And second,she has a special prosecutor armed with subpoena power laying siege to the East Wing.

5.   And its investigators, lacking subpoena power to compel release of financial records, could only corroborate that Feldman had purchased one ticket for Willie Stoudamire.

6.   Another goal is to give the board the same level of subpoena power that the Department of Public Health has, Sullivan said.

7.   Another official, who requested anonymity, said the FTC staff had been authorized to use its subpoena power to obtain information from various parties, specifically broadcasters.

8.   Armed with the stick of subpoena power and the carrot of amnesty, it is easily the broadest, most powerful such commission ever created.

9.   -- The lawsuit and Justice Department agreements would create the independent Citizen Complaint Authority, an investigatory body with subpoena powers, to monitor the police department.

10.   A federal commission to study gambling is put on hold after a controversy erupts over whether to give the panel subpoena power.