He also has purview over BP's major university research programs around the world and provides technical advice to the company's senior executives.
The huge health and human services department has purview over a vast collection of family planning, welfare and health related programs, including Medicare and Medicaid.
One focus of ESPN and Disney's largess was Representative Joe Barton, a Texas Republican and the chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, which had purview over television legislation.
He added: "A systemic risk regulator, if it had been in place, would have had more authority to deal with over-the-counter derivatives much earlier, or would have had purview and authority to deal with the repo market".
Mr. Dicks recalled saying he had done Mr. Gore a favor: "I told him, 'Now you'll be on Commerce and on TV all the time.' " Indeed, the Commerce Committee had purview over a wide array of consumer issues -- involving energy, the environment, health care -- and it gave Mr. Gore an invaluable forum.
In total, the governor and his appointees had purview over about $19 billion and where they wanted it invested.
The State Department, which has purview over any infrastructure projects that cross a U.S. border, recently completed a round of public hearings in states along the proposed pipeline route.
The enforcement division under the Ministry of Health, which has purview over food products, is very small and Koris estimates there is only one officer in charge of 10 different food products.
The enforcement division under the Ministry of Health, which has purview over food products, is very small and Atan estimates there is only one officer in charge of ten different food products.
