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...Washington-based liberal lobby People for the American Way: "He used to be more a seeker of headlines than educational excellence. Now he is increasingly more responsible." Bennett may be ineffectual in getting legislation passed; indeed, both Congress and academe fault him for abandoning the traditional role of ombudsman on Capitol Hill for educational programs and funding. However most observers agree that he has been a resounding success at stirring up national discussion on basic educational issues...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Better Grades for Bill Bennett | 1/19/1987 | See Source »

Reform Proposals: Ombudsman and Adjustments...

Author: By Jack Martinelli, | Title: RENT CONTROL: Reform, But Don't Abolish | 10/25/1986 | See Source »

...complaints of the low-rent landlords whether they are "small property owners" or "Class D" owners or are incapable by language, education or other reasons to effectively manage their rental properties. There is a crying need for an ongoing program to identify these "hardship" buildings and through an ombudsman position at the rent board to expedite appropriate adjustments. An ombudsman is authorized by the Rent Control Act, but has never been properly funded by the city council or the city manager...

Author: By Jack Martinelli, | Title: RENT CONTROL: Reform, But Don't Abolish | 10/25/1986 | See Source »

...EFFUSION of praise for Kalb was so total that the ombudsman of the Washington Post felt compelled last week to use his position to provide balanced coverage. He asked, because no one else would, if Kalb's manner of resignation, a public news conference, was appropriate. He also wondered whether someone who is a State Department spokesman does his fellow journalists a favor by resigning rather than trying to change the Reagan Administration's perception of the press...

Author: By David J. Barron, | Title: An Unimpressive Showing | 10/18/1986 | See Source »

Whether one agrees with these criticisms or not, it should be of concern that an ombudsman, whose function it is to conduct internal reviews of a newspaper's coverage, should have to play the role of commentator because political journalists are in unanimous agreement. That he felt so compelled leads one to wonder if such agreement among journalists would result if the Administration official in question had not been a former television correspondent and if the issue had not been press relations...

Author: By David J. Barron, | Title: An Unimpressive Showing | 10/18/1986 | See Source »

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