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Author: Daniel Feldman, David Eichenthal
Expert advice on how any citizen can fight government fraud, waste, abuse, and corruption. Does government fraud, waste, abuse, and corruption make your blood boil? In The Art of the Watchdog, Daniel L. Feldman and David R. Eichenthal show how to fight back. Based on their own work in federal, state, and local government over the last forty years, they will arm you with the tools and techniques needed to put the spotlight on those who cheat and steal from the public or who squander valuable taxpayer dollars through waste and inefficiency. At the same time, Feldman and Eichenthal outline what they see as the good and the bad of current oversight efforts based on case studies from across the nation. Ultimately their goal is to ensure that the “art of the watchdog” does not become a lost one and to improve the quality and integrity of government and strengthen democracy.
The Art of the Watchdog Fighting Fraud Waste Abuse and Corruption in Government 1st Table of contents:
Chapter 1 The Watchdog
Why Oversight Matters
Liz Holtzman’s Efforts to Uncover Nazis in America
Step 1: The Whistleblower
Step 2: The First Hearing
Step 3: Document Review
Step 4: Public Call for Action
Follow Up and Follow Through
Conclusion: The Art of the Watchdog
Chapter 2 What is Oversight?
Fraud, Waste, Abuse, and Corruption
Fraud
Waste
Abuse
Corruption
Accountability: Compliance and Performance
Who Are the Watchdogs?
Legislative Oversight
Auditors
Inspectors General
Other Appointed and Elected Watchdogs
Investigative Reporters
For-Profit and Not-for-Profit Government Watchdogs
Citizen as Watchdog
Oversight: Protective to Adversarial
Conclusion
Chapter 3 Tools of the Watchdog
Audits and Investigations: An Overview
Standards for Government Audits and Investigations
The Audit and Investigative Process
The Audit Process
The Investigative Process
Achieving Reform
Conclusion
Chapter 4 Limitations on Oversight
Tilting at Windmills
“Greed is Good”
“The Pursuit of Absolute Integrity”
Prevention versus Enforcement
Practical Limitations on Oversight
Access to Information
Cost
Political risk
Conclusion
Chapter 5 Congressional Oversight
Why Congress Investigates
When Congress Investigates
How Congress Investigates
Who Investigates
Standing Committees on Oversight
Fiscal Committees
Other Standing Committees
Select Committees
The Glory Days: Truman and Kefauver Committees
The Truman Committee
The Kefauver Committee
The Model of the Senate Watergate Committee: Protecting the Constitution
Faded Glory
Protective Partisanship and Less Oversight
The Consequences of Faded Glory: National Security and Economic Collapse
“Politics by Other Means”
The Practice of Congressional Oversight: A “Lone Wolf” and A “Lame Duck”
“Lone Wolf”: Oversight of the Summer Food Program
Oversight of Abuse of Power by a “Lame Duck”: The Firing of the US Attorneys
Conclusion
Chapter 6 Government Accountability Office
From Accounting to Accountability
The GAO Today
Ensuring Independence, Resources, and Power
Overseeing the Overseers
What Does the GAO IG Do?
Conclusion
Chapter 7 The Federal Inspector General System at Thirty-Five
Federal IGs Today
Origins of the Federal IG System
Congress Makes a Law
Carter and Reagan IGs
IGs Under Bush I
IGs Under Clinton, Bush II, and Obama
Conclusion
Chapter 8 State Legislative Oversight
An Overview of State Legislative Oversight
Role of the Standing Committee: New York Assembly Committee on Correction
Oversight of Budget and Operations
Oversight of Abuse and Localized Management Deficiencies
Role of Special Oversight Committees: Iowa, Texas, and New York
Iowa Joint Oversight Committee
Texas Bexar Water District
New York State Assembly Subcommittee on City Management and Committee on Oversight and Investigation
Administrative Rules and Regulations Review Committees and Commissions
Conclusion
Chapter 9 State Inspectors General
State Inspectors General: An Overview
Federal and State Partnership: Medicaid and Welfare
School Lease Fleece: The School Construction IG
Conclusion
Chapter 10 Other Elected and Appointed State Officials—Comptrollers, Auditors and Attorneys General
Comptrollers, Treasurers, and Auditors
Attorneys General
A State Comptroller Audit: Abilities!
Federal Oversight by a State Attorney General
Conclusion
Chapter 11 Local Legislative Oversight
Oversight at the Local Level
The Rise and Fall of Adrian Fenty
The Council Investigation of Gray
Conclusion
Chapter 12 Local Auditors and Inspectors General
The Local Audit Function: An Overview
What Gets Audited and What Audits Say
The Relationship between Structure and Auditor Independence
Local Inspectors General
Chattanooga vs Wall Street
Conclusion
Chapter 13 Other Elected and Appointed Local Officials
Blue Ribbon and Permanent Oversight Commissions
Local Oversight and Law Enforcement
An Ombudsman’s Approach to Police Oversight
Conclusion
Chapter 14 The Role of the Press
Investigative Journalism: From Nelly Bly to Jon Stewart
Turn-of-the-Century “Muckrakers” (1880s–1920s)
I.F. Stone and The Nation
Print Investigations: Clark Mollenhoff and Seymour Hersh
Woodstein
Television: Is Jon Stewart the New Edward R. Murrow?
Threats and Opportunities: Investigative Journalism in the Twenty-First Century
Press Oversight and Local Corruption: Two Case Studies
Russell Harding’s “Vanity Fair”
Is a City Manager Worth $800,000?
Conclusion
Chapter 15 The Role of Public Interest and Other Non-Government Oversight Organizations
The “Goo-Goos”
Citizens Union and the Bureau of Municipal Research
Common Cause
League of Women Voters
An Unreasonable Man: Ralph Nader, Public Citizen, and the PIRGs
Project on Government Oversight
Politics by Other Means and the Nonprofit Oversight Sector
Judicial Watch
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
“Oversight for Profit”
Personal Injury Bar
Qui tam Attorneys
Independent Private Sector Inspectors General and Other Monitors
Judicial Review of Administrative Action
Old King Coal
Conclusion
Chapter 16 Conclusion
Governance Imperative
Economic Imperative
The Case for More Oversight
Is More Oversight Enough?
Holding Overseers Accountable for Results
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