Opinion ID: 574318
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: The Republic's Investigation

Text: 14 In 1987, the Republic initiated its own investigation into the contract-procurement activities of Westinghouse and a second company, Burns & Roe Enterprises, Inc., a New Jersey corporation that had obtained the architecture and engineering contract on the power plant project and that also had secured the services of Disini as a special sales representative. The Republic's Presidential Commission on Good Government (the PCGG), the government entity charged with investigating Westinghouse's and Burns & Roe's conduct, subsequently entered into an agreement with the DOJ, denominated the Agreement on Procedures for Mutual Legal Assistance (the Agreement). 15 The Agreement, which is still in force, provides that the PCGG and the DOJ will exercise their best efforts to provide one another with information and materials relevant to their concurrent investigations that can be used in any subsequent criminal, civil, and administrative proceedings. Under the Agreement, the PCGG and the DOJ also have undertaken to maintain confidentiality as to all correspondence concerning shared information.