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Congressional Oversight in Theory and Practice

For better or worse, no sector of the blindness system-service agencies, professional training, schools for the blind, even volunteer activities-functions with total independence from the influence of Congress, the courts, and the Executive Branch. Consequently, the actions ofCongress and the Executive Branch should be of interest, if those actions are to be effectively addressed. Making the case for paying attention is one thing. But where do you look? It is tempting to say that there is a key place where everything happens, particularly in view of the limited resources of those who must "be on watch" for problem situations. It doesn't work this way, however. One activity within Congress where much of what we need to be aware of does happen, and where we can make something happen, is "congressional oversight." Oversight is one of the important management responsibilities of Congress. It involves monitoring how the government's implementing arm, the federal agencies, have implemented passed laws. Congress makes laws and assigns them to the appropriate agencies, and then, to check how the laws really work and to monitor what the implementation agencies are really doing with the laws, it uses oversight.