Sentence examples for state watchdog from inspiring English sources

They have appealed to the state watchdog, the Conseil d'Etat.

Georges Fenech, president of the French state watchdog on religious cults, Milivudes, said he was satisfied with the rulings.

An official at the Radio and Television Supreme Council, the state watchdog, confirmed that 20 stations were being closed.

"There is still a lot of work to do," said Frank G. Zarb, chairman of the state watchdog agency.

Sinodinos took the stand at the Independent Commission Against Corruption hearing on Thursday as the state watchdog investigated Australian Water Holdings.

Over the years, health care districts have also been criticized by multiple county grand jury reports and by a state watchdog agency that monitors profligate spending.

State watchdogs should police local finances.

Pernickety state watchdogs of the sort that kept Apple out of Massachusetts will lose their say.

Critics, however, say that state watchdogs give the industry free rein.

So state watchdogs tend to demand that consolidation create benefits for customers, like lower electricity rates or improved service.

And now, as it locks into long-term contracts to provide energy stability, the state could be saddling a generation with rates that are $20 billion above market costs, in the estimate of consumer groups and state watchdogs.