That could mean the S.E.C. would not seek to bar audits by other Deloitte affiliates in which the Chinese affiliate participated but was not the lead auditor.
The next day, nearly 15,000 graduates from Columbia's 18 schools and affiliates participated in Commencement, with an address by University President Lee C. Bollinger.
The S.E.C. is likely to look into whether anyone at Deloitte's Chinese affiliate participated with management in the accounting problems that were eventually uncovered, and whether the firm was as thorough as it should have been in verifying the financial statements in prior years.
Altogether about 20 TD affiliates participated in the quilt projects, among them associate head of college Vincent Balbarin (and his and Lui's son, Octavio); TD fellows Vera Wells (who was a student of Boone's) and TD resident fellow Lisa Bajwa; and TD staff members KC Mills, Melissa Debies-Carl and Sharon Goldbloom, as well as Lui.
"Subsequent to last week's announcement about the delay in Los Angeles PPM Radio data, Nielsen has learned that a media affiliated household participated in the Los Angeles sample," Nielsen said in a statement, calling the breach "a serious violation of data integrity standards".
The current study was a population-based study and hospitals at every level from local, county-run to national, university-affiliated, participated.
Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, which has several affiliates participating in the research, also expressed reservations.
He also has a social networking affiliate, participate.net, which offers users ways to participate in various social movements by helping them send letters to Congress, obtain coupons for low-energy lighting and compare the fuel efficiency of cars, among other things.
According to Robert Aitken, product manager for AP's online video, there are currently over 1,800 affiliates participating in the network.
The HandsOn Network, Points of Light's on-the-ground volunteer arm, is a grassroots startup that has grown to 250 local affiliates participating in this year's event.
The plan, named after the Stoneman Douglas football coach killed in Feb. 14 shooting, allocates $67 million for sheriff's offices affiliated with participating school districts.
