legislative oversight

• Legislative oversight

• Executive Branch Czars, Who Are They? Are They Needed? Can Congress Do Anything About Them?

For those concerned with constitutional adherence the primary issue is that the appointment of new executive branch officials and White House advisors may not be consistent with the Appointments Clause ofthe United States Constitution.13 While, for others the practical issue is that the expansive use of czars raises accountability, legislative oversight and governmental efficiency concerns.14 Both categories of issues implicate constitutional concerns of separation of powers,15 checks and balances,16 and doctrinal constitutional adherence. Since taking office, President Obama has notably increased the number and authority of advisors appointed through this controversial appointment practice,17 continuing an executive branch trend that should be controlled and slowed. [...] the sharp r...

• The William and Mary Bill of Rights Journal

• APA: legislative oversight.

Legislative oversight of agency rulemaking is an issue that the Florida Legislature has struggled with since it first adopted the Administrative Proce...

• Florida Bar Journal
• Vol. 71 Nbr. 3, March 1997

• Weinberg named Legislative Oversight Committee leader

State Sen. Loretta Weinberg, D-Teanrck has been made chairwoman of the Senate Legislative Oversight Committee. * The committee is charged with reviewing and then making sure administrative regulations are consistent with the intent behind legislation. It also monitors the other branches of government, including independent and bi-state authorities.

• The Record, Bergen County, NJ
• June 18, 2009

• One year later, the clerks may be removed from legislative oversight: and it all has to do with education stimulus funding.

Maintenance of effort. Innocuous sounding words, but because of them, the Florida House is proposing to undo what the Legislature did last year in p...

• Florida Bar News
• April 01, 2010

• Turnpike Execs, Vendors Face Legislative Subpoenas ; the Government Oversight Committee Plans to Take Sworn Testimony From Top Staffers On April 15.

The legislative panel investigating the Maine Turnpike Authority intends to subpoena the vendors that sold the authority $157,000 worth of gift cards, which the authority donated to various organizations without documenting. The Legislature's Government Oversight Committee also decided Friday to tell the authority's former executive director, Paul Violette, other senior staff members and board members who have knowledge of the gift cards to be prepared to testify under oath on April 15.

• Portland Press Herald
• March 14, 2011

• Legislative Oversight Committee Meeting in Arizona Discusses Concerns Over Illegal Immigration

Concerns about illegal immigration were aired in a legislative oversight committee meeting when lawmakers discussed, and ultimately gave a favorable review to, drafts of English instruction models to be implemented in Arizona public schools in an attempt to comply with a federal lawsuit. The burr under the saddle for many Republican lawmakers is the requirement under federal law to educate all residents, whether they reside in the state legally or not. Though exact numbers aren't known because the law prohibits schools from asking about a student's immigration status, Arizona's position as a border state and the entry point into the United States for many illegal immigrants means the state likely has tens of thousands of illegal immigrant students.

• Arizona Capitol Times
• September 22, 2007

• TaxWatch suggests legislative oversight of the clerks' budgets.

A recent report by Florida TaxWatch on court-related funding suggests switching from a revenue-based, corporate funding model for the clerks of court ...

• Florida Bar News
• April 30, 2009

• Wvu Tech Eliminating Football: ; Axing Program First Step in Panel's Recommendations to Revive School

A panel of state lawmakers approved big changes to West Virginia University Institute of Technology on Monday, axing the school's football program and paving the way for a leadership change in December. The Revitalization for WVU Tech Team presented a 37-page report to the Legislative Oversight Commission on Education Accountability last month. The report detailed multiple problems at the Montgomery school.

• Charleston Daily Mail
• November 15, 2011

• Plug Pulled On Tech Football

West Virginia University Tech's football program was sacked Monday, ending a tradition of more than 90 years on the gridiron. The Legislative Oversight Commission on Educational Accountability met in Charleston Monday and adopted the recommendations of a state Higher Education Policy Commission committee that recently submitted a report that included dropping the football program at the Montgomery school.

• Charleston Gazette
• November 15, 2011

• Recovering From Drugs and The Drug War: An Achievable Public Health Alternative

Introduction II. A Politically Viable Approach A. The Provisions1. Treatment, Not Incarceration, for Possession and Minor Sale Offenses 2. Use Forfeited Assets to Fund Treatment Instead of the Drug War a. Distorted law enforcement agendas that prioritize drug enforcement Unjust treatment c. The institution of self-financing, unaccountable law enforcement agencies divorced from legislative oversight III. Conclusion

• The Journal of Gender, Race & Justice
• Nbr. 6-2, October 2002