"There has been no systemic effort ordered by me or others acting on my behalf to promote students in order to inflate graduation rates," Maxwell said, adding that he and his team are open to resolving concerns "that are brought to us" but will not accept a "complete mischaracterization" of county schools, students and staff.
By the end of November, the regulators and the Wall Street firms had agreed on the broad outlines of a settlement, but there were many detailed issues left to resolve concerning the roles that analysts could play.
The companies have argued that arbitration would resolve concerns that AT&T could use Time Warner content like CNN, TNT and TBS as a weapon to increase costs for rivals.
Cingular could follow with a slightly different technology called IMS, but first it must resolve concerns that in-home or office-based Wi-Fi calls could take revenues away from its parent company, AT&T.
Two months ago Donald Trump's lawyer Sheri Dillon stood in Trump Tower and announced that the president would donate all profits from foreign governments at his hotels to the U.S. Treasury part of an effort to resolve concerns that the he would be in violation of a little-known clause in the U.S. Constitution the day he took office.
Similarly, the test doesn't resolve concerns that breaking up the oil into tiny droplets makes it more likely to enter the food chain -- a scenario that appears more likely now that scientists at Tulane University have found signs of an oil-and-dispersant mix under the shells of tiny blue crab larvae all over the Gulf of Mexico.
The latest safety administration move follows a massive Toyota recall of 4.4 million vehicles sold in the United States in late 2009 to resolve concerns that floor mats in cars and trucks could cause gas pedals to become stuck, leading to uncontrollable acceleration.
In addition, more data is needed to resolve concerns that high levels of maternal antibody diminish infant active immune response to vaccination.
"We recognize the need to resolve the concerning questions that have been raised," Ms. Tarantino said.
With the sale of Lamar, a billboard company, the companies resolved concerns that the original deal would have resulted in higher prices and lower quality service to radio and billboard advertisers.
"The current situation is clearly not good for the game and we ask that Fifa take all necessary steps to resolve the concerns that have been raised," it said in a statement.
