congressional oversight

collocation in English

meaningsofcongressionalandoversight

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congressional
adjective[before noun]
uk
/kəŋˈɡreʃ.ən.əl/us
/kəŋˈɡreʃ.ən.əl/
belonging or related to the ...
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oversight
noun
uk
/ˈəʊ.və.saɪt/us
/ˈoʊ.vɚ.saɪt/
a mistake made because of a failure to ...
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(Definition ofcongressionalandoversightfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcongressional oversight

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This story came to be viewed as credible, as media coverage andcongressionaloversightshifted to revealing significant gaps in the food inspection system.
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Everything is subject tocongressionaloversight.
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Tice also stated that programs were given dual military and intelligence status so that both types ofcongressionaloversightcould be simultaneously denied.
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Such regulation can take the form of statutory control orcongressionaloversight.
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However, all legislation and executive actions were subject tocongressionaloversightand approval.
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The purpose of the bill was to formally establishcongressionaloversightinto correcting the problems identified at the cemetery.
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All government agencies facecongressionaloversightand most programs are updated and amended by congressional legislation, as well as internal agency rules and regulations.
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Congressionaloversightrefers to the review, monitoring, and supervision of federal agencies, programs, activities, and policy implementation.
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Congressionaloversightdetermines what equipment may be sold to which customer.
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We need a toughening of bothcongressionaloversightand judicial review, perhaps even some independent outside scrutiny.
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Congressionaloversightfocuses on the supervising of the budget, quality of analysis, legality of actions, and intelligence failures.
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The granting of a charter does not includecongressionaloversight.
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Undersight (inverse oversight) is sousveillance at high-level, e.g. citizen undersight being reciprocal to acongressionaloversightcommittee or the like.
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Mack was also been a prominent advocate for greatercongressionaloversightof government activities related to surveillance.
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