11.   Not surprisingly, the barrage of bad news has raised a storm of criticism about lax oversight and shoddy practices.

12.   Overseeing the new system would be a powerful seven-member commission that would replace the Public Employee Retirement Administration, an agency criticized for lax oversight.

13.   Problems include huge application backlogs, extremely lax oversight of educational institutions certified to accept foreign students and pervasive document fraud in visa approval notices.

14.   Richard Wexler, spokesman for the National Coalition for Child Protection Reform in Washington, said the lack of recordkeeping is another example of lax oversight in foster care.

15.   Sources said auditors found the same lax oversight of free lottery coupons detailed in the Globe series.

16.   The first is that, as in the case of Arrow Air, some employees are not held accountable for lax oversight or more serious infractions.

17.   The FAA itself has also come under scrutiny by critics who contend lax oversight let safety and maintenance programs get out of hand at Valujet.

18.   The Food and Drug Administration, charged with regulating tissue banks, has been criticized for lax oversight.

19.   The reason for lax oversight, critics suggest, is the fact that AHCCCS is a cash cow.

20.   The report says lax oversight has let too many companies abandon wells without properly plugging them, threatening aquifers and leaving the state to deal with the orphaned wells.