Feldman / Eichenthal The Art of the Watchdog

Fighting Fraud, Waste, Abuse, and Corruption in Government
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-4384-4930-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 353 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: Excelsior Editions

Expert advice on how any citizen can fight government fraud, waste, abuse, and corruption.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Feldman, Daniel L.

Eichenthal, David R.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments

1. The Watchdog

2. What is Oversight?

3. Tools of the Watchdog

4. Limitations on Oversight

5. Congressional Oversight

6. Government Accountability Office

7. The Federal Inspector General System at Thirty-Five

8. State Legislative Oversight

9. State Inspectors General

10. Other Elected and Appointed State Officials—Comptrollers, Auditors, and Attorneys General

11. Local Legislative Oversight

12. Local Auditors and Inspectors General

13. Other Elected and Appointed Local Officials

14. The Role of the Press

15. The Role of Public Interest and Other Non-Government Oversight Organizations

16. Conclusion

Sources
Name Index
Subject Index

Über Autor(innen)

Daniel L. Feldman is Associate Professor of Public Management at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York and coauthor (with Gerald Benjamin) of Tales from the Sausage Factory: Making Laws in New York State, also published by SUNY Press. David R. Eichenthal is a Director with Public Financial Management, Inc. and Senior Research Fellow at the New York University School of Law, Center for Research in Crime and Justice.