Indeed, shortly after the speech, Anthony D. Romero, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union, released a statement criticizing what he called the program's "insufficient transparency," adding, "We continue to disagree fundamentally with the idea that due process requirements can be satisfied without any form of judicial oversight by regular federal courts".
But by adding the force of local law to court orders that have been at best slow and difficult to enforce, and by asserting a new level of regular oversight, the Council has raised the stakes.
In fact, they were so worried that they considered ordering a two-step system of oversight: regular skills tests and a mechanism to track doctors and identify those who did not measure up.
It made 28 recommendations for urgent action by the Metropolitan Police, including improved training of officers, ensuring the mentally-ill were treated with respect and regular oversight of standards by experts.
And when Comey was back on Capitol Hill this week for regular oversight of the agency by the House Judiciary Committee, Republicans asked about almost nothing else.
A study advisory group and the research partners in the FHS consortium provide technical advice and regular oversight of the implementation of the studies.
These included the existence and widespread use of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines, the roles and activity of a local Practice Improvement Committee (a clinical governance oversight committee), and the routine use of regular and formal practice review.
It does not provide continuing oversight of its agreements or conduct regular audits.
It also urges "regular independent oversight" of the relationship between the BBC commissioning teams and BBC Studios and BBC Worldwide.
Members of the Transport Workers Union who repair aircraft at American are subject to background checks, professional certification and routine drug and alcohol tests as well as regular F.A.A. oversight of their work.
Ms. Pelosi said legislation would be introduced early in the new Congress to increase oversight of the page program, require regular meetings of the page board and add a parent of a current and a former page on that board.
