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Launch of our State Oversight Academy!

March 27 – 31, 2023

We are celebrating the launch of our State Oversight Academy (SOA) with new resources and exciting events, including virtual panels, FAST classes (Federal and State Tutorials), blog posts, and more! Check out everything we have to offer to state legislators, staffers, researchers, the media, and the public at large, as we continue our efforts to improve bipartisan, fact-based oversight in state legislatures.

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News

Read our Spring 2023 Newsletter

March 21, 2023

Read our Spring 2023 newsletter to meet our 2023 Washington, D.C. legal externs, our newest staff members, our upcoming events,

Oversight Training at the North Carolina General Assembly!

March 16, 2023

On March 16, 2023, Jim Townsend and Ben Eikey provided a full-day, interactive oversight training session to the North Carolina

State Legislature Oversight Wiki Now Online!

March 13, 2023

State legislatures conduct oversight through committees and with help from partner agencies. In 2019, the Levin Center commissioned a report, Checks

Join the Launch of Our State Oversight Academy

March 1, 2023

The State Oversight Academy (SOA) will be the first and only national institution dedicated to promoting effective bipartisan fact-finding and

Upcoming Events

Mar 27

Featured 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

State Legislative Oversight: The Essential Role of an Effective Legislator (SOA Launch Panel)

Mar 30

Featured 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

The Eyes of the People: How Statehouse Journalism Affects Legislative Behavior (SOA Launch Panel)

May 30

Featured 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm

Oversight Fellows’ Presentation – 2022/23

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'Oversight Matters' Podcast

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Recent Events

January 30, 2023: How the January 6 Committee Broke the Mold: What It Means for Future Oversight

In-person panel discussion

The Levin Center for Oversight and Democracy and Georgetown Law Center for Congressional Studies partnered to present a live and in-person panel on how the innovative approaches used by the January 6 Select Committee will affect future oversight hearings by Congress.
Watch the recording here or catch it on C-SPAN!

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Glad to see you're resting up this weekend for our 3/27 panel, "State Legislative #Oversight: The Essential Role of an Effective #Legislator" with Delaware State Sen. @KyraHoffner and Michigan State @SenEdMcBroom at 2pm EST. RSVP now!
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What do @jonathanoosting, @ameliaknisely, and @CamrynSanchezAZ have in common?
(Hint: You can tune into our 3/30 panel: "The Eyes of the People - How Statehouse Journalism Affects Legislative Behavior" to find out). RSVP now! https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_J4j4RId3SA-NBuYaYkdiJA

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We talk about #oversight a lot...but what is it, really? And how do you do it well? Join us on Monday, 3/27, at 2pm, while we chat with @KyraHoffner (D-Delaware) and @senmcbroom (R-Michigan) and get to the bottom of it! RSVP now! https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_EWZconnMQoiN6IUHdSup_w

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Allison Murphy is today's Woman in #Oversight! She led oversight inquiries for Sen. Levin (👋❕) on PSI, @RepJamesClyburn on Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, and handled oversight issues in the Obama White House legal counsel’s office. #WomensHistoryMonth

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A #bipartisan bill introduced in the Senate that "would make the Federal Reserve inspector general subject to appointment by the president and confirmation by the Senate, in an effort to boost independence and #accountability" after recent bank failures.
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