Sgt. Lori Pierce, who handles concealed handgun permits in Union County, said no one ever notified her about Mr. Wills, who was released from prison in November.
HCA also declined to show that it had ever notified patients, who might have been entitled to compensation from the hospital for any harm.
And that was the last we ever heard of stopping the FBI from going through your credit-card bill without anyone ever notifying you.
Damon Lapa, Kennedy's agent, said: "Neither Joe nor his family was ever notified of any condition and nothing was brought to their attention that there was a problem.
Hundreds of public figures, including celebrities, sports stars and politicians, may have had their phone messages intercepted, but only a small number of them were ever notified by the police.
The report singled out one program, known as Operation Mass Mail, in which I.R.S. computers refused to process more than 900,000 returns it had identified as fraudulent without ever notifying the filers.
"To be clear: no one from Yale or the Rhodes Trust ever notified Patrick that he was 'suspended,' no documentation to this effect exists, and the Rhodes Trust has no formal process by which to 'suspend' a candidate," Magazu said in a statement.
A company can create a new additive, publish safety data about it on its Web site and pay a law firm or consulting firm to vet it to establish it as "generally recognized as safe" — without ever notifying the F.D.A., Mr. Neltner said.
Food manufacturers are routinely exploiting a "legal loophole" that allows them to use new chemicals in their products, based on their own safety studies, without ever notifying the Food and Drug Administration, according to a new report by an environmental and consumer advocacy group.
