#oversight

#oversight

Newsom emphasizes accountability in homelessness funding, plans to ensure effectiveness through oversight and potential legal actions. [ more ]

CPS urged to adopt new training protocols for volunteers and vendors to address adult-on-student sexual misconduct.

OIG recommended expanded oversight due to loss of technology devices and fraudulent pay requests. [ more ]

Home schooling has seen a significant increase in the past six academic years, attracting parents for various reasons including political concerns, safety, and individualized education.

Some states are providing funding for home-schooling through vouchers, but there is a lack of oversight and regulation in many states. [ more ]

New legislation approved by Congress will provide more oversight for the U.S. military's leadership and civic values training program in high schools.

The program, known as J.R.O.T.C., has faced complaints of sexual abuse by instructors and instances of mandatory enrollment in some schools. [ more ]

City Council Speaker proposes boosting oversight of City Hall

City Council plans to conduct performance evaluations of city agencies [ more ]

Gov. Hochul's proposed budget excludes billions in state outlays from oversight, raising concerns about lack of transparency and accountability.

Comptroller DiNapoli raises alarms about Hochul's potential $3.3 billion 'pay-to-play pot of money' and restrictions on oversight, urging debt reform. [ more ]

Horizontal and vertical mergers in major U.S. companies, like UnitedHealth, create cybersecurity vulnerabilities.

Lack of oversight in healthcare cybersecurity contrasts with other sectors like banking. [ more ]

New York State's mental health program, Kendra's Law, has been found to have poor oversight and bureaucratic delays, leading to preventable injuries and deaths.

The program sometimes took too long to connect people to psychiatric care, resulting in missed follow-up meetings and even arrests.

The audit found that the program was generally effective in connecting people with care, but improvements are needed to reduce delays and communication breakdowns. [ more ]

Ontario's health-system watchdog received a record number of complaints last year, with a 33% increase compared to the previous year.

Many of the complaints received were about primary care, which is not within the ombudsman's jurisdiction.

The report highlights the need for better oversight and access to primary care services. [ more ]

Faith in the government is at risk due to scandals

Issues with Post Office highlight need for oversight [ more ]

Air Canada ordered to pay compensation for misleading customer with chatbot

Case raises questions about oversight of chatbot tools [ more ]

Public company boards are focused on oversight, while private equity boards are more hands-on.

Public company boards have become more diverse, focused on risk management, and attentive to environmental impacts. [ more ]

The longstanding special relationship between the U.S. government and Boeing is coming under scrutiny after multiple safety incidents involving Boeing jets.

Federal regulators are grounding Boeing 737 Max 9 planes and reviewing Boeing's manufacturing and production lines after a panel blew off an Alaska Airlines jet in midair. [ more ]

The Chicago Public Schools Office of Inspector General urges CPS to adopt new training protocols for volunteers and vendors to address adult-on-student sexual misconduct.

The OIG recommends expanded oversight in response to investigations revealing lost technology devices and fraudulent requests for extra pay. [ more ]

Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto reintroduced three bills aimed at adding oversight and transparency to private sector data collection.

The bills address information security standards, data collection practices, software distribution, and privacy-enhancing technologies.

Cortez Masto emphasizes the need for stronger privacy laws to protect consumers' personal information. [ more ]