Word: ombudsman
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Kenneth J. Arrow, professor of Economics, will move that the proposed "ombudsman" committee be given explicit authority to "investigate and make public reports" on complaints against the University administration. He said he has been discussing his proposal with members of the Committee of Fifteen, and may withdraw it before Tuesday...
that the Faculty appoint a commission of three Faculty members and two students, "to serve as a clearinghouse for inquiries, suggestions. or complaints channeled through it." "This is sort of a collective ombudsman." Heimert said, "to put complaints into proper channels...
...force manufacturers to guarantee the adequate performance of their products and live up to all claims that they make for them. A farther-reaching piece of legislation, being drafted by Senator Moss's Consumer Subcommittee, would set up an independent "consumer council" to act as the buying public's ombudsman. Nader has advocated the idea of a Cabinet-level consumer post for years...
...Beefeaters in the Tower of London or the halberd-bearing papal guard. Speaking to a closed session of officers at the Leadership Academy near Hamburg, Major General Helmuth Grashey complained that the Bundeswehr (literally, Federal Defense Force) is burdened with too much civilian bureaucracy and hounded by an ombudsman who undermines officers' authority by listening sympathetically to soldiers' gripes...
...Catholic criticism of O'Neill, the fact is that he has done his best to alleviate several grievances. He has, for example, worked diligently to make allocation of new housing-a longstanding Catholic grievance-more equitable, and he has pressed hard for the appointment of an ombudsman to investigate complaints against the national government. In Londonderry, the all-Protestant city corporation and rural council were abolished this year in favor of a city council that includes five Protestants and four Catholics. In addition, some of the voting practices that in the past have stacked the odds against Catholics have...