It is worse when safeguards like the appeals process and officials with oversight authority fail to bring the system back under control.
In Atlanta, Mr. Clinton made clear that he would support a financial oversight authority for the District.
Like the Senate, the governor objected to the structure of the mayor's proposed oversight authority.
Mr. Hevesi, who has done such important work, also needs to continue pushing for more oversight authority.
Mr. Bush has said he will create a committee to advise him, but that committee would not have such oversight authority.
Congress has oversight authority over the solicitor general's office, which is part of the Justice Department, and therefore has a right to review its records.
Under the act, enforcement is divided by the type of institution, respective to each type's mandated oversight authority:
It had both executive oversight authority, and in practice, binding legislative authority, as it dictated the party platform.
Further oversight authority belongs to the Government Accountability Office, regularly investigating voting system related issues.
In 2000, the state formed a financial oversight authority to monitor the county's budget.