The city's oversight procedures for private ferries, he said, were of secondary concern.

It has developed strong oversight procedures pertaining to the selection, monitoring and evaluation of all grants.

New supervisors "reinvigorated the oversight procedures," said Marilyn Mode, a police spokeswoman.

There's bound to be corruption when spending provisions can be slipped into legislation in the dead of night, outside the normal oversight procedures.

The project bypassed democratic and accountable oversight procedures and eschews urban planning principles.

However, the S.E.C. did not look kindly on the transaction, raising questions about the adequacy of the fund's oversight procedures.

Already, much of European money is not properly accounted for in spending projects due to improper oversight procedures.

To correct them, it said it would conduct a thorough review of its internal oversight procedures.

Corporate executives must toughen oversight procedures.

In the US more than in other countries, there is a continuing battle between military and intelligence organizations, with different oversight procedures, about who should control covert action.