There have also been many occasions of lax internal controls and of the frequent need to use temporary employees to process applications.

There have been questions over lax controls and oversight at the Small Business Administration, and the latest investigations are likely to spur further scrutiny.

New York State has relatively lax controls on campaign spending.

The bill would keep guns out of dangerous hands and inhibit the flow of guns from states with lax controls.

The report criticized the company for lax controls, but cleared top management of wrongdoing.

In the last year, it also has paid a total of $41 million in criminal and Treasury Department fines for its lax controls.

It also did not address what appear to have been lax controls at the company.

A 1988 study by the General Accounting Office, the investigative arm of Congress, found lax controls over foreign visitors.

Investigators have blamed lax controls and a culture that favored cost-cutting over safety.

First, there was the State Racing and Wagering Board's scathing report about lax controls over cash at the tracks.