He said the plan for a watchdog panel "seemed to be one more unworkable aspect of all this" and prompted the review's decision to turn down its $10,000.

The Postal Service has protested the division's finding, and the matter has been referred to the National Advertising Review Board, a watchdog panel that is part of the advertising industry's self-regulation effort.

The Government's image was further bruised this week when an official watchdog panel known as the Cour des Comptes detailed illegal and wasteful spending by the administration.

The watchdog panel would be separate from the Civilian Complaint Review Board, which is authorized to investigate complaints from outside the department.

A watchdog panel has sniffed out wasteful expenditure by the Indian government, which rented kennels for non-existent police dogs, press reports said Monday.

This risk is only compounded by Congress's decision to cave in to right-wing objections and gut the new law's proposal for a watchdog panel to protect Americans from government abuse.

For weeks, the Governor had warned that the city might be slipping into such straits as to require a takeover of its finances by the State Financial Control Board, the watchdog panel he heads.

Legislators will have to make further amendments to satisfy the watchdog panel or the bill will be sent to the Expediency Council for arbitration.

Today, finger-pointing is back, and it is aimed at Mr. Pitt, who faces three separate investigations into his handling of appointments to a new watchdog panel to oversee the accounting industry.

She was also critical of the company treasurer's serving on its audit committee, which she said could impair the independence of that watchdog panel.