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Friday, July 23, 2010

"Oversight" ... Not, "Audit" ... Maybe, "Transparency" ... YES.

The government is on an "oversight" kick. Congress wanted "oversight" of GM, BP, etc. until they realized how much work is involved. So they opted for "an agency" to provide oversight. But oversight means a "second boss" who has no stake in the matter, and is not accountable. We don't need that! 
Perhaps what is needed is a third party "auditor" who attests to "usual and customary practices". And that is all. 
What if the practices are not "usual and customary"? That begs the question: Is it legal? If not there must be "justice".  And it is the job of the Justice Department or District Attorney. We don't need oversight, but we may need an auditor to "attest". 

Actually we don't need an auditor if we have "transparency". There is enough natural oversight by employees and others who can "blow the whistle" if there are "unusual and non customary" practices. Of course, a prize for whistle blowing makes sure that it occurs. 

One final cog to make it all work. There must be clear laws that define "legal". Otherwise we have endless litigation. We need a legislative body that can provide "clear laws" with "clear teeth" and a Justice Department that acts!! To get that we need a voting system that gets clear and unambiguous laws, not the lobby written, loophole filed monster laws that we now pass. Please see "A Government You Can Love" on this blog 



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