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| adam_text | Titel: Keeping a watchful eye
Autor: Aberbach, Joel D
Jahr: 1990
Contents
i. Governing the Bureaucracy i
The Special Problem in the United States 2
Overview 12
Part One: Trends in Congressional Oversight
2. Changing Congressional Oversight 19
A Historical and Institutional Perspective 19
Dissatisfaction with Oversight 30
Trends in Congressional Oversight 34
Overview 46
3. Why Oversight Has Changed 48
Data, Indicators, and Approach 50
Changes in Congressional Oversight: 1961 to 1977 59
Overview 72
The Reagan Years: Continuity or Change? 73
Part Two: Processes and Politics
4. The Committee Intelligence System 79
Staffers and Administrators: A Surprisingly Good Match 79
Patterns of Communication 83
Keeping Track of the Executive Branch 86
Information Network Development 90
Active Versus Reactive Monitoring 93
Implications 95
5. Getting on the Oversight Agenda 105
Selecting the Agenda 105
Who Decides? 122
xt
xii Keeping a Watchful Eye
6. Types of Oversight Activity 130
Oversight Techniques 130
Dimensions of Oversight Activity 140
Overview 143
7. Linkages 145
Indicators and Approach 145
The Linkages 148
Approaches and Hearings:
More Comprehensive Models? 158
Overview 160
8. Oversight in an Advocacy Context 162
Oversight in an Advocacy Context 162
The Consequences of Advocacy 170
Advocacy Forever? 175
Part Three: Conclusion
9. Oversight and the American Political System 187
The Nature and Effects of Oversight 193
Criticisms and Shortcomings 198
Reforming the System 201
Conclusion 211
Appendixes
A. Research Focus, Design, and Execution 217
B. The Daily Digest Data 231
C. Indicators and Regression Approach 233
D. Validity of the Measures 237
Notes 239
Index 283
Tables
2-1. Hearings and Meetings of Congressional
Committees, January l-July 4, 1961-83 35
2-2. Number of Public Bills, Pages per Statute, Oversight
Days, 1961-84 38
2-3. Top Staffers Explanations of Why Oversight Has
Increased 41
Contents xiii
3-1. Regression Coefficients for Pooled Committee
Oversight Data, Odd-Numbered Years, 1961-77 60
3-2. Regression Coefficients and Percent Interpretations of
Logged Oversight Days on Chamber, by Year 61
3-3. Percent Interpretations of Logged Oversight Days
Regressed on Chamber, Controlling for Total Days
and Total Days and Committee Decentralization, by
Year 62
3-4. Percent Interpretations of Regression Coefficients for
the Oversight Unit Variable in Table 3-1 64
3-5. Cross-Committee Variability of Oversight Activity, by
Year 65
3-6. Cross-Committee Variability of the Percent of
Committee Activity Devoted to Oversight, by Year 66
4-1. Undergraduate Majors of Congressional Staff and
Counterpart Career and Noncareer Federal
Executives 81
4-2. Age and Years Respondent Has Worked for the
Employing Committee or Agency, by Chamber and
Role 82
4-3. Frequency of Informal Discussions between Top
Staffers and Cabinet and Subcabinet Administrators,
by Chamber 84
4-4. Frequency of Informal Discussions between Top
Staffers and Supergrade Career Civil Servants, by
Chamber 85
4-5. Keeping Track of Agency Activities, for Ali
Committee Units and by Chamber 88
4-6. Information Network Development, by Committee
Unit Type 91
4-7. Approach to Keeping Track of Agency Activities, by
Committee Unit Type 94
5-1. Selecting the Oversight Agenda: Percent for Whom
Factor Did Not Occur or Was Not Applicable,
Members and Staff 110
5-2. Selecting the Oversight Agenda: Means of
Importance Scores, Members and Staff 112
5-3. Selecting the Oversight Agenda: Means of
Importance Scores, Staff, by Chamber 115
5-4. Factor Analysis (Varimax Rotation) of Agenda
Importance Scores, Staff 116
xiv Keeping a Watchful Eye
5-5. Top Staffers Assessments of Who Has the Major
Influence in Committee Oversight Decisions, Total
and by Chamber 124
5-6. Agreement in Committee Units about Oversight
Decisions, Reported by Majority and Minority
Staffers 127
6-1. Frequency of Use of Oversight Techniques, 95m
Congress 132
6-2. Effectiveness of Oversight Techniques, 95m Congress 135
6-3. Frequency of Use of Oversight Techniques, 95th
Congress, by Chamber 138
6-4. Factor Analysis (Varimax Rotation) of the Frequency
of Employment of Nonhearings Approaches to
Oversight 142
7-1. Estimated Effects (Standardized Regression
Coefficients) of Objective Characterisrics and
Agenda-Setting Motivations on the Frequency of Use
of Various Oversight Techniques (Approaches and
Hearings), 95m Congress 149
7-2. Estimated Effects (Standard Regression Coefficients)
of Objective Characteristics and Agenda-Setting
Motivations on the Frequency of Use of Staff
Program Evaluations (Y2.;) and Staff Investigations
(Y2I) for Oversight 153
8-1. Committee Unit Advocacy/Opposition Posture, Total
and by Type of Unit 166
8-2. Orientation to Agency or Program in Committee
Unit s Most Successful Oversight Case, Total and by
Type of Unit 167
A-i. Top Staff Interview Data, by Chamber 226
A-2. Supplementary Staff Interview Data, by Chamber
and Status 228
A-3. Member Interviews 229
Figures
2-1. Oversight Days and Number of Congressional
Committee Staff, 1961-83 44
2-2. Oversight Days and Pages in the Federal Register,
1961-83 45
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