THE NEWS Earl E. Devaney, the inspector general of the Interior Department, said that "a culture of ethical failure" pervaded the agency that collects royalties on oil and gas, including self-dealing, improper gifts, sexual misconduct and drug abuse.
He was the main figure in the N.C.A.A.'s investigation into the receipt of improper benefits and academic misconduct at North Carolina.
She also said such juror misgivings are unlikely to upset a conviction or lead to a new trial without evidence of improper jury activities or misconduct during deliberations.
North Carolina fired football Coach Butch Davis on Wednesday, saying the past year of turmoil amid an N.C.A.A. investigation into improper benefits and academic misconduct was doing too much damage to the university's reputation.
The university's investigation of the AFAM department began as an offshoot of an N.C.A.A. investigation into improper benefits and academic misconduct in the football program that began in June 2010.
The office was accused of engaging in "a pattern of misconduct and improper communications" with the judge handling Polanski's case in the recent documentary Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired.
The request alleged that the film, which had its premiere in Cannes last May, revealed "a pattern of misconduct and improper communications" between the district attorney's office and the judge handling Polanski's case.
Dame Shirley and her former deputy, David Weeks, had been cleared by the court of appeal in May 1999 of wilful misconduct and "improper gerrymandering" by selling off council homes to potential Conservative voters in marginal wards to boost the party's election prospects.
NBC's Matt Lauer and Minnesota Public Radio's Garrison Keillor were both fired from their positions on Wednesday amid allegations of sexual misconduct and improper behavior.
These "escalated complaints" often include the most serious allegations of misconduct, including improper fees, misapplied mortgage payments and a frustrating cycle of lost paperwork and unreturned calls.
