Congressional Oversight and Investigation Archives
Congressional Oversight and Investigation
From our Legislative Glossary:
Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.Oversight Committee: A congressional committee, or designated subcommittee of a committee, charged with general oversight of one or more federal agencies activities. Usually, the oversight panel for a particular agency also is the authorizing committee for that agency’s programs and operations.
We recently released an overview of Congressional Oversight on audio CD:
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- "Congressional Oversight Manual," CRS Report for Congress Order Code RL30240, by Frederick Kaiser, Walter Oleszek, T.J. Halstead, Morton Rosenberg, and Todd Tatelman, January 3, 2007 (156-page pdf
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- "Congressional Oversight," by Frederick Kaiser, CRS Report for Congress Order Code 97-936 GOV, January 3, 2006 (6-page pdf )
- "The General Principles of Congressional Oversight," from the House Committee on Rules
- "Suggested Areas for Oversight for the 110th Congress," GAO 07-235R, November 17, 2006 (44-page pdf )
- "Congressional Investigations: Subpoenas and Contempt Power," by Louis Fisher, CRS Report for Congress RL31836, April 2, 2003 (42-page pdf )
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