His duties included review of U.S. war plans and policy oversight of efforts to protect U.S. and allied forces in the face of nuclear, biological, and chemical threats.

Mr. Usdan agreed, saying that school boards must "give more attention to policy oversight and far less to such administrative matters as worrying about whether the buses are on time."

He gained extensive experience in rooting out fraud and abuse through policy oversight, monitoring and prosecution.

Congress, however, insisted that the Pentagon maintain the office, arguing it was necessary to ensure appropriate senior-level policy oversight and implementation guidance within the DoD.

House and Senate rules, for instance, provide for "special oversight" or "comprehensive policy oversight," respectively, for specified committees over matters that relate to their authorizing jurisdiction.

In this role Struble was responsible for providing broad policy oversight over U.S.-South American relations.

This included policy oversight of all special operations worldwide, and formulation of the Department's global counterterrorism strategy.

OFS provides policy oversight of the bureaus under it and develops policy on payments, collections, debt financing operations, electronic commerce, government wide accounting, government investment fund management, and other issues.

He was responsible for policy oversight and management of relations with countries in the Caucasus and Southern Europe.

(1) Provides general supervision, policy oversight, management, and coordination of the Financial Management Service and the Bureau of the Public Debt.