It also criticised the excessive use and poor oversight of contractors.
Leonard Downie Jr., executive editor of The Post, said that the "Justice Department letter does not document any inaccuracies in our story on national security letters, which revealed the widespread use and limited oversight of this investigative tool.
The department should also publish aggregated complaint data, and use that data to drive enforcement and oversight of collection agencies, it said.
Guardian Australia asked the immigration minister's office whether it could provide some evidence to indicate that the policies, procedures and oversight of seclusion use had been advanced since Ariak was held in detention in 2011.
In a separate letter, Representative Edward J. Markey, a Massachusetts Democrat and chairman of the House Energy and Environment Subcommittee, asked the G.S.A. for documentation relating to the trailers' sale and oversight of their use.
Or, more specifically, it is like hiring a fire chief with wildfires already raging while also telling him that access to water and oversight of its use must be obtained from the utility chief.
Computer technology could also be used to augment in-person mentoring and oversight of workers.
Invasive surveillance capabilities are becoming more available and affordable, suggesting wider use and increased oversight challenges (plus a host of non-government surveillance concerns).
McCall, Hevesi's immediate predecessor as comptroller, had his own political career derailed in part by a controversy in which he was accused of using his oversight of the state pension fund to solicit campaign contributions and jobs for friends and relatives.
State and city investigators who began looking into Mr. Williams's dealings determined that he had used his oversight of another charity to misdirect public money into Greater Harlem Housing.
