The phrase "authority to monitor" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where someone is granted the power or permission to observe or oversee activities or processes.
Example: "The committee has the authority to monitor the implementation of the new policy to ensure compliance."
Alternatives: "permission to oversee" or "power to supervise".
First, regulators would receive more authority to monitor everything from mortgages to complex securities.
They also backed a leaner national curriculum and an independent authority to monitor standards.
As part of the application process, tenants sign a release allowing the authority to monitor school attendance.
The government's argument is not simply that the NSA has broad authority to monitor Americans' international communications.
"D.C.F.S. has no capacity to and no authority to monitor or track families after an adoption," said Kendall Marlowe, a spokesman for the agency.
He also promised to create an independent authority to monitor the assets and possible conflicts of interest of senior officials and legislators.
The state established the authority to monitor the county in 2000 in return for providing special aid to help bail out the deficit-ridden county.
Mr. Bernanke also recommended that Congress grant the Fed broader authority to monitor and supervise the financial markets to assure greater stability in the future.
We have the authority to monitor the conversations of 16 of 158,000 federal inmates and their attorneys because we suspect these communications could facilitate acts of terrorism.
At the moment the Supreme Court suspended democracy by stopping the Florida vote count, we lost the moral authority to monitor vote counting anywhere in the world.
In July Norway's government sent Hamas a letter saying it was "clear under Palestinian law that the competent authority to monitor the activities of the NGOs is the P.A. Ministry of Interior in Ramallah".
