Oversight Explained

Oversight may refer to:

Governance

• Regulation – rulemaking
• Separation of powers in state governance (checks and balances) - the concept of separate branches of government or agencies exercising authority over one another
• Checks and controls over a particular body or institution:

• Congressional oversight over U.S. federal agencies and other institutions, exercised by the United States Congress

• The ministry of episcopal oversight within Christian churches

• Oversight over the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC), see Public Interest Oversight Board

• Oversight (registration, inspection, standard setting and enforcement) over auditors, see Public Company Accounting Oversight Board

• Internal oversight over United Nations operations, see United Nations Office of Internal Oversight Services
• An element of organizational governance, see Fair governance

Sports

• Oversight (horse), a French Thoroughbred racehorse