Word: oversight
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...federal activism on education. Bush talks constantly about the primacy of "local control" in schools. But he understands that after 25 years of headlines about the "education crisis," parents don't care where good ideas come from. So in at least one area, he calls for more federal oversight than Gore. Bush would require statewide reading and math tests for all students in Grades 3 through 8 every year instead of every four years...
...sensitivity toward minorities. So it's a safe bet that the nation's police chiefs will be following closely the reaction to a Philadelphia Police Department policy unveiled Tuesday that provides women's groups, such as Women Organized Against Rape and the Women's Law Project, with input and oversight pertaining to departmental policies for investigating rape cases. This may not exactly be akin to handing the reins of the NYPD over the NAACP, but law enforcement experts cite it as a revolutionary step in including a disaffected group in a department's policy-making. The Philly...
Comply with government and grant requirements. New laws and regulations introduced over the last decade have increased Harvard's onus to provide data for oversight purposes. The new system will meet these needs...
...plans to establish a new faculty oversight committee for overseas projects, an idea under consideration for some time and an overseas project support office to coordinate the new programs, as well as some of the pre-existing ones...
...effective in the long term. We also have no idea what sort of major health risks these programs might cause." Anxious dieters will have to wait some time before any regimen gets an official stamp of approval, although government officials have indicated an interest in establishing some sort of oversight. But until that happens, doctors urge caution and common sense. And back in the land of quick weight loss, it's every diet guru for himself...