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Index
Accountability in oversight, 211
Active and reactive monitoring of
agency activities, 93 - 94, 96, 97 - 104,
188 ; advantages of active system, 100 -
101 ; costs of each system, 102 -03; ra-
tionality of active system, 101 -02
"Administrative presidency" strategy, 5,
27, 192
Administrative sector: agency behavior,
impact of oversight on, 195 -98;
congressional committees, relations
with, 5 - 7, 196 ; European bureaucra-
cies, comparison with, 6 - 9 ; executive
branch, relations with, 4 - 5, 7 ; liberal
political culture and, 9 - 10 ; personnel
system, 4 - 5 ; politicized nature, 5 - 6, 7,
8 - 9 ; power of, 1 - 2 ; separation of pow-
ers and, 2 - 4. See also Agency execu-
tives
Advocacy context of oversight, 118, 121,
158, 162, 199 ; advocacy and oversight
motivations, relationship between,
172 -75; advocacy-opposition measure,
staffers' attitudes toward, 163 -66; bias
toward advocacy in committee sys-
tem, 176, 182 -83; charter or purpose
of agency, sympathy with, 167 -69; as
common context for oversight, 162 -63,
169 ; comprehensive oversight and,
173 ; conclusions regarding, 182 -83;
consequences of, 170 -75; constituency
committees and, 170 -71; deregulation
and, 164, 177 -79; dissatisfaction with
program administration and, 168, 169 ;
exceptions to, 177 -79; future of, 183 ;
"immortality" of government organi-
zations and, 177 ; members' support
for programs, reasons for, 176 -77;
neutral and strong advocates, compar-
ative behaviors of, 171 -75; opposition
as form of advocacy, 177 ; predomi-
nance of advocacy, reasons for, 175 -
77; qualified advocacy, 164 ; in Reagan
years, 179 -82; reforms aimed at, 203 -
05; specific oversight cases and, 171 -
72; successful oversight cases and,
166 -69, 174 -75; turnover in unit mem-
bership and, 179
"Advocate," definition of, 162
Agency executives: congressional control
of, through oversight, 121 ; demo-
graphics of, 80 ; educational back-
grounds, 81 ; guildlike system for ad-
vancement, 81 - 82 ; staffs of
committees, comparison with, 80 - 83
Agenda for oversight, factors influenc-
ing, 105, 194 ; administration of pro-
grams, committee dissatisfaction with,
117 ; agency policies, disagreements
with, 107 ; assisting favored programs
and getting public credit for it, 117 -
19, 158 ; chamber differences, 1 - 14, 119 ;
conclusions regarding, 120 -22; "duty"
factors, 120, 151 -52; "electoral payoff"
considerations, 111 -12, 117 -18, 189 ;
"members' needs" factors, 119 -20;
publicity potential of agenda items,
108, 118 -19; reauthorization process,
107 -08; relative importance of factors,
109 -14; research findings on, 106 -08;
scandals and crises at agencies, 106 -
07, 120 ; structure of factors, 114 -20;

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Publication Information: Book Title: Keeping a Watchful Eye: The Politics of Congressional Oversight. Contributors: Joel D. Aberbach - author. Publisher: Brookings Institutuion. Place of Publication: Washington, DC. Publication Year: 1990. Page Number: 283.
    
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