The word "watchdog" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to someone or an organization that keeps an eye out for possible misconduct or mismanagement. For example, "The government has appointed a watchdog to monitor the organization's financial activities."
Details of the payment emerged in a report by the public spending watchdog published on Wednesday, which revealed that senior managers at the BBC were paid nearly £2m more than they were contractually obliged to over a three-year period.
Two sons of the former Labor powerbroker Eddie Obeid are being investigated by the federal competition watchdog over alleged "cartel conduct" in securing a coal exploration licence over an area that included the Obeid family's farm.
A survey by the New York-based press freedom watchdog reveals a global pattern of intimidation against political and satirical cartoonists.
Several police forces could be investigated over their handling of sexual abuse allegations against Jimmy Savile after the police watchdog confirmed that an inquiry was a possibility and a lawyer representing alleged victims said there were urgent questions to be answered.
The official economic watchdog says that the age structure of the latest waves of mass migration is skewed to those of working age – they are mostly coming to Britain to work or study.
The Liberal senator Arthur Sinodinos is to appear before the New South Wales corruption watchdog on Thursday to give evidence about his role at an Obeid-linked company allegedly used to funnel taxpayers' money to the Liberal party.
As a scientist working for Natural England, the government's conservation watchdog, Stephen Murphy has spent the last eight years fitting hen harriers with £2,700-satellite transmitters to better understand the lifestyle of these birds, and the reasons for their demise.
Following the win on Friday, Cunneen will not have to appear before the corruption watchdog.
In March, the media watchdog blocked three opposition news portals and the LiveJournal blog of opposition leader and anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny, who specialises in exposés on the luxurious real estate owned by prominent officials, replete with documents and photographs.
The federal mass media watchdog has said the law is meant to "de-anonymise popular websites".
Bloggers have also complained that the law's terminology is too vague, and wondered how the media watchdog could possibly hope to regulate all site users and reliably count their readers.
