21.  No meetings have been scheduled, although the International Association of Chiefs of Police has requested one to discuss its proposal for a panel to investigate the practice.

22.  The Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities investigated hiring practices in the public schools after the Waterbury Republican-American reported widespread patronage within the school department.

23.  The department was investigating anticompetitive practices in the bond-rating services industry.

24.  The Justice Department said it was investigating anti-competitive practices in the software industry but did not specify Microsoft.

25.  The Justice Department was investigating anticompetitive practices in the bond-rating services industry.

26.  Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott vowed Sunday that the Republicans will investigate fund-raising practices if they keep control of the Senate as expected.