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Government regulation - The role of an official authority in regulating a separate authority.
Checks and balances - the concept whereby separate agencies can offer balancing correctional authority over the other
- U.S. Congressional oversight:
- Intelligence Oversight Act
  - Budget oversight

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Category: Disambiguation Government regulation involves the use of the law, mandated by the state, to produce outcomes which might not otherwise occur, prevent outcomes which might otherwise occur, produce or prevent outcomes in different places to what might otherwise occur, or produce or prevent outcomes in different timescales than would otherwise occur. ... The doctrine and practice of dispersing political power and creating mutual accountability between political entities such as the courts, the president or prime minister, the legislature, and the citizens. ... The Intelligence Oversight Act of 1980 amended the Hughes-Ryan Act and it requires United States government agencies to report covert actions to the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI)) and the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI). ...

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School Construction Bond Citizens' Oversight Committee Official Site (2190 words)
	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.

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