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	School Construction Bond Citizens' Oversight Committee Official Site
		The shared vision between the Oversight Committee and LAUSD is to build and maintain schools that promote the full development of the child, are educationally and environmentally sound, enhance their neighborhoods through design and programming as centers of community, and reflect the wise and efficient use of limited land and public resources.
		The Oversight Committee has the responsibility and authority to recommend against the expenditure of local bond funds when LAUSD does not provide adequate information for effective oversight, or when a project or family of projects when presented in a strategic execution plan appears to be impermissible or imprudent.
		Oversight Committee members are required to sign a conflict of interest statement and to disclose any potential conflicts that may arise in the course of their service.
	www.laschools.org /bond/charter (2190 words)

	XV. Congressional Oversight (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Both Houses came to the conclusion that the past oversight system had been inadequate in terms of both the vigor with which it was carried out/1/ and the very limited number of Members who were privy to intelligence-related information.
		We believe that oversight, if carried out seriously and with a modicum of support from intelligence agencies, not only helps ensure greater Executive branch effectiveness and propriety, but can also be a substantial force in rebuilding a sorely needed consensus to support intelligence agencies, programs and activities.
		One of the more difficult aspects of intelligence oversight is the fact that budget authorization for and some degree of general oversight of intelligence is divided between committees.
	www.au.af.mil /au/awc/awcgate/congress/ic21/ic21015.html (6653 words)

	Oversight Agencies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Oversight agencies promote the efficient use of assets, and the effectiveness of management systems to ensure they are economic, effective and efficient, and to uncover and prevent waste, fraud and abuse.
		Oversight reporting keeps the electoral policy body and principle election managers, as well as others with a need to know (such as Congressional or Parliamentary oversight committees), fully and currently informed of problems in election programs and operations.
		Oversight by a neutral and professional mechanism in countries in transition, that has gained the trust of both the political parties and the election administrators through its objective work, can help build confidence in the process and increase participation.
	www.aceproject.org /main/english/ei/eid03.htm (1040 words)

	Section 23-150 Oversight division organized, duties--s (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Oversight division organized, duties--subcommittee may be formed --number appointed, qualifications, powers and duties--oversight director and staff employed, qualifications.
		The director of the oversight division, with the consent of the joint committee, may employ personnel necessary to carry out the duties prescribed in this chapter.
		Persons employed to work in the oversight division shall be professional persons possessing a wide knowledge and demonstrated expertise in governmental programming and financial planning, in conducting program review evaluations and analytic studies, and of federal, state, and local government budgetary processes, laws and regulations of the state of Missouri.
	www.moga.state.mo.us /statutes/C000-099/0230000150.HTM (296 words)

	International Relations Committee - Democratic Office - Oversight (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Oversight of arms transfer procedures and legislation, including implementation of previous laws and modifications made to the AECA regarding arms transfers.
		Oversight and evaluation of the State Department's post-East Africa terrorist bombings security program plans and expenditure of the monies provided by the 105th Congress to increase post security around the globe.
		Oversight of AID activities in South Asia and India earthquake relief and recovery assistance oversight.
	www.house.gov /international_relations/democratic/oversight.html (3367 words)

	Tracking State Oversight of Managed Care
		It is also apparent that increased oversight in any particular state is generated by factors like the growth of enrollment in Medicaid or commercial managed care, conversions or mergers, and solvency problems.
		The oversight of conversions goes beyond the issue of solvency to enforce valuation of the converting organization in order to calculate the charitable assets to be preserved and prevent personal inurement by senior executives of the converting organizations.
		However, oversight of health plan coverage is the responsibility of the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, the Department of Human Services, or the Hawaii Public Employees Health Fund, depending upon the population served.
	www.milbank.org /stateoversight/990918soihs.html (15731 words)

	Studies In Intelligence Vol. 01 No. 1, 1997 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Oversight, such as it was, was typically worked out by the Director of Central Intelligence and a few senior members of the Congress, with little involvement of the Congress as a whole.
		Congressional oversight, which had gone from benign neglect in the 1950s, 1960s, and early 1970s to oversight based on suspicion, doubt, and micromanagement in the late 1970s, entered an era of cooperation in the 1980s.
		The Congressional oversight committees will play a central role in transforming any of the Commission's recommendations into law in the event it is necessary to amend or replace existing statutes, such as the National Security Act of 1947 and the CIA Act of 1949.
	www.odci.gov /csi/studies/97unclass/wagenen.html (3136 words)

	Line56.com: Oversight Over Financial Controls (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		But, as Oversight Systems likes to point out, a system installed to meet a compliance requirement can have ongoing strategic value.
		In the case of Oversight Systems, this value comes from the product's ability to catch financial irregularities generally, be they cases of outright fraud or simple mistakes.
		For example, Oversight can identify a single order that an ERP order will read as two or more orders (with, for example, a -01 added to the original).
	www.line56.com /articles/default.asp?ArticleID=6397 (346 words)

	Oversight
		Oversight Hearing on the Implementation of the USA PATRIOT Act: Sections 505 and 804.
		Oversight Hearing on the "Implementation of the USA PATRIOT Act: Sections 201, 202, 223 of the Act that Address Criminal Wiretaps, and Section 213 of the Act that Addresses Delayed Notice."
		Oversight Hearing on "Implementation of the USA PATRIOT Act: Sections of the Act that Address Crime, Terrorism, and the Age of Technology, Sections 209, 217, and 220."
	judiciary.house.gov /oversightlist.aspx (837 words)

	The Oversight Board Has Achieved Much of Its Original Intent, but There Are Opportunities for Increased Effectiveness
		In summary, many stakeholders indicate the Oversight Board has improved IRS governance in line with the intent of the RRA 98; however, some stakeholders were concerned that the same issues are brought to the Board’s attention each year with no apparent action taken for resolution.
		Congressional oversight of the IRS was distributed among seven committees.
		The IRS Oversight Board’s structure is similar to that of a corporate board of directors, with part-time members who have full-time jobs in the private sector.
	www.ustreas.gov /tigta/auditreports/2004reports/200410193fr.html (9641 words)

	Accountability and Oversight (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Despite a relationship between the oversight committees and the intelligence agencies that appears to work well in practice, many informed witnesses told the Commission that oversight by the Congress has become so burdensome and intrusive that it is having a negative effect on intelligence operations.
		Finally, some argued that the public reports and statements of the oversight committees almost always are negative, thus distorting the public's perception of intelligence, creating an unfavorable impression among potential sources of cooperation, and undermining the morale of intelligence personnel.
		The Commission recommends that the Intelligence Oversight Board, which is already charged with monitoring the performance of IGs, conduct a review of the existing IG framework with the objective of ensuring the effectiveness of this important instrument of oversight.
	www.access.gpo.gov /int/int018.html (3188 words)

	State Oversight of Integrated Health Systems
		Its ongoing oversight authority was substantially increased by the Board of Health's amendments to the state Administrative Code, which became effective in 1995.
		Medicaid oversight is no longer an isolated activity, but rather a part of a broader, more cohesive approach to overall state health purchasing.
		Rather than duplicating performance oversight responsibilities, collaborative efforts in Washington are paving the way for administrative efficiencies, influencing the marketplace, and serving as a national model.
	www.milbank.org /stateoversight/990922soihs.html (16867 words)

	GospelMessage.com - Listings of the word OVERSIGHT in the King James Version (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest [shall be] chief over the chief of the Levites, [and have] the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary.
		And to the office of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest [pertaineth] the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the daily meat offering, and the anointing oil, [and] the oversight of all the tabernacle, and of all that therein [is], in the sanctuary, and in the vessels thereof.
		So they and their children [had] the oversight of the gates of the house of the LORD, [namely], the house of the tabernacle, by wards.
	www.gospelmessage.com /word_oversight.htm (433 words)

	The PATRIOT Oversight Restoration Act of 2003
		To give just one example of what a travesty it is when oversight questions remain unanswered for a year or more, the Department's responses dated July 17, 2003, devoted fully 15 pages to answering questions about Operation TIPS--an ill-conceived program that Congress had already terminated more than 8 months earlier.
		The need for oversight and accountability is the reason that former House Majority Leader Dick Armey and I insisted on a sunset provision for several key provisions in PATRIOT--provisions that blurred the lines between criminal investigation and intelligence gathering.
		We succeeded, but only in part; several PATRIOT provisions that should have been subject to the sunset--including a few that were sunset or even cut in the version of the bill reported by the House Judiciary Committee--were omitted from the sunset.
	www.fas.org /irp/congress/2003_cr/s1695.html (2251 words)

	One World Trust
		The Trust is working in collaboration with Democratic Audit and the Federal Trust to carry out the Parliamentary Oversight project.
		These gaps may be of two main types; general procedural failings within current processes that reduce the ability of Parliament to carry out its scrutiny function, and areas of external policy that are not subject to scrutiny due to the nature of the oversight process.
		Following the initial research the Trust will undertake advocacy on the implementation of proposals recommended by the project assisted by the expert steering committee of the project and a core group of Parliamentarians.
	www.oneworldtrust.org /?display=project&pid=11 (316 words)

	DOE Oversight Bureau, New Mexico Environment Department (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		The mission of the New Mexico Environment Department DOE Oversight Bureau is to assure that activities at DOE facilities are protective of the public health and safety and the environment.
		The Bureau's activities are funded through a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy in accordance with the provisions set forth in the Agreement-in-Principle between the State of New Mexico and the U.S. Department of Energy.
		One of the primary objectives of the agreement is the development and implementation of a program of independent monitoring and oversight.
	www.nmenv.state.nm.us /DOE_Oversight/doetop.html (152 words)

	Las Vegas SUN: New Yucca oversight limits decried
		Specifically, the lawmakers are concerned that the department aims to limit their ability to spend money to analyze proposed waste transportation routes.
		Congress each year gives Nevada and nine counties money to use for oversight of Yucca, a plan to bury the nation's high-level nuclear waste at the site 90 miles northwest of Las Vegas.
		Energy Department officials have said they are not trying to block Nevada oversight in new ways; the department is just following the federal law that limits the spending, a department spokesman said.
	www.lasvegassun.com /sunbin/stories/text/2004/sep/17/517526665.html (236 words)

	Office of Cemetary Oversight
		Oversight was created during the 1997 Maryland Legislative session, and was placed under the regulatory authority of the Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation in August of 1997.
		The primary objective for the establishment of this Office was to license and monitor individuals, partnerships, corporations and limited liability companies operating cemeteries or providing burial goods and services to consumers in the State of Maryland.
		Oversight is also responsible for investigating and mediating consumer complaints involving registrants or permittees.
	www.dllr.state.md.us /license/occprof/cemetery.htm (179 words)

	NRC: Fuel Cycle Facilities Oversight
		Fuel cycle facility inspections focus on the areas that are most important to safety and safeguards, using objective measures of performance called "performance indicators." Inspections at fuel cycle facilities occur several times a year and typically cover activities such as nuclear criticality control, chemical process, emergency preparedness, fire safety, and radiation safety.
		The inspection program for fuel cycle facilities is being revised to accommodate the use of risk insights to focus the NRC and its licensees on matters that are most important to safety and safeguards.
		Thereafter, as part of normal maintenance of the oversight program, staff will make risk-informed revisions to the fuel cycle inspection procedures and other program components consistent with the implementation of the Part 70 revisions, as resources permit.
	www.nrc.gov /materials/fuel-cycle-fac/oversight.html (519 words)

	Las Vegas SUN: State protests limits on Yucca oversight (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Congress in recent years has given the state and nine counties money to oversee the federal project, a proposal to construct a national high-level nuclear waste dump 90 miles northwest of Las Vegas.
		But Nevada officials are concerned that department staffers have said they will now be using a strict new interpretation of the rules to enforce new limits on basic project oversight.
		Specifically, Nevada officials are concerned that the department will no longer allow them to spend their oversight money for certain kinds of research of a new Yucca document database called the License Support Network.
	www.lasvegassun.com /sunbin/stories/text/2004/sep/15/517514490.html (444 words)

	By Round - Round 3-16: PRP Oversight Administration, Reforms, Superfund, US EPA
		In July 1996, EPA issued a national directive on reducing oversight, and later initiated a national workgroup to implement the directive.
		By limiting field oversight, EPA Region 4 has incurred less than half of the oversight costs originally anticipated in 1993 at the Schuylkill Metals site, for a savings of over $80,000.
		The directive provides examples of oversight reduction, but recognizes some situations where additional reductions may be unwarranted (e.g., highly complex sites or cleanups with substantial community involvement).
	www.epa.gov /superfund/programs/reforms/reforms/3-16.htm (860 words)

	NARA - ISOO - Main Page
		The Information Security Oversight Office (ISOO) is responsible to the President for policy and oversight of the Government-wide security classification system and the National Industrial Security Program.
		On September 21, 2005, the Information Security Oversight Office released its second report to the President assessing declassification in the Executive branch.
		On October 18, 2005, the Information Security Oversight Office will be hosting a symposium to mark the 10 year anniversary of Executive Order 12958, Classified National Security Information.
	www.archives.gov /isoo (244 words)

	News Update 8/9/01
		The Oversight Bureau has had several successes, including the discovery of tritium and strontium-90 in the water in a well serving the Los Alamos area.
		The Oversight Bureau may also be forced to lay off some of its 20-person staff.
		Of particular concern are the effects that the budget cuts will have on the Oversight Bureau's monitoring of the contaminant movement in the aftermath of the Cerro Grande fire.
	www.nuclearactive.org /news/080901.html (509 words)

	Texas Department of Insurance Liquidation Oversight's Homepage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		WELCOME TO The mission of Liquidation Oversight is to assure the efficient liquidation of insurance company receiverships for the benefit of policyholders, receivership creditors and the taxpayers of Texas through management of the Special Deputy Receiver program and oversight of the guaranty associations.
		Oversight monitors the SDRs' receivership case administration by analyzing and evaluating reports filed by the SDR with the Court, as required by the Insurance Code.
		Oversight either authorizes the payment of the SDR's expenses or disallows the payment of the SDR's expenses in whole or in part.
	www.tdi.state.tx.us /company/lorc (676 words)

	Oversight plan 'silly,' Episcopal priest says - The Washington Times: Nation/Politics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		PLANO, Texas — One of the leaders of the conservative group that has challenged the Episcopal Church over the consecration of a homosexual bishop labeled a plan for oversight of conservative parishes as inadequate and unacceptable.
		Their eventual hope — expressed by several at the two-day organizational conclave here — is that the international Anglican Communion eventually would accept them as the American representative of Anglicanism and cast the ECUSA aside.
		The plan from the ECUSA's House of Bishops announced this week was to provide pastoral oversight for dissenting congregations in dioceses.
	washingtontimes.com /national/20040324-113929-8184r.htm (358 words)

	United Nations Office of Internal Oversight (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Effective oversight services are a high priority for the United Nations and a crucial ingredient in the Secretary-General’s efforts to strengthen the Organization in the twenty-first century.
		The Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) is an independent office that assists the Secretary-General in fulfilling his internal oversight responsibilities.
		since its establishment by the General Assembly in July 1994 to enhance the internal oversight function in the Organization.
	www.un.org /Depts/oios (166 words)

	Groundfish EIS Oversight Committee Meeting April 22-23, 2003
		The purpose of the EIS Oversight Committee meeting is to review the status of the Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS), which will analyze five comprehensive alternatives to the current groundfish management program.
		These alternatives were developed by the EIS Oversight Committee in 2002 and adopted by the Council in October 2002.
		The EIS Oversight Committee will advise the drafters and analysts regarding resource indicators, important issues for analysis, schedules for review of draft sections as they are prepared, and other matters relating to preparation of the draft document.
	www.pcouncil.org /events/2003/eiso0403.html (291 words)

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