1.   Adventures in charters and privatization both should remind us of the necessity to have checks and balances, and public oversight, and, arghhh, bureaucracy.

2.   Both privacy groups and industry executives say the proposed legislation would strip away congressionally mandated public oversight.

3.   Critics say the city needs to give the public greater oversight in spending.

4.   Critics of the restoration program thus far argue that it has been flawed from the start by ineffective administration with litte or no public oversight.

5.   Do not overlook the power of public oversight.

6.   For two generations, a rigorous system of private disclosure and public oversight has given American investors confidence that they will not be fleeced when they buy stocks.

7.   In addition, Gov. George Pataki signed a law intended to streamline confidentiality rules that hamper public oversight of abuse cases.

8.   In February, Brown took steps to give the Events Committee an air of independence and insulate himself against criticism that he was using city funds without public oversight.

9.   Pressures have grown to open up the process of policy formulation to public oversight.

10.   The post is a civilian position, created after the police beating of Rodney King and the ensuing riots to give the public greater oversight of the department.