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CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT
Raira AnkMelea AndersonDiana Mendez
Austin Amandolia
Congressional Approval
No agency may exist without approval Has ability to eliminate agencies that
don’t function according to its rules
Purse Strings
Agency can’t spend money authorization from Congress
Can authorize spending on yearly pr permanent basis
Without authorization, an agency will go out of business
Appropriations
No money can be spent unless Congress approves an appropriation
Appropriation hearing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CNVh9OQ
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Bureaucracies don’t want oversight
Allows non-competitivebids to be awarded to thecompanies Companies are said tohave the “Politicians in their pockets”
Oversight of Politicians?
Oversight of the bureaucracy indirectly becomes the oversight of the Politicians http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid
=20100425100910AAbEZ0R