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Author: HouseSmallBizDems Keywords: house small business committee democrats nydia velazquez sba oversight sdvosb Added: November 19, 2009

To commemorate its fifteenth anniversary, the Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) and UNU-ONY are organizing a high-level panel discussion that will cover the roles and responsibilities of OIOS, its operational independence, and the relationship between OIOS and entities within its oversight universe.Opening Address Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the UN Panelists Mrs. Inga-Britt Ahlenius, Under-Secretary-General for Internal Oversight Services Ms. Angela Kane, Under-Secretary-General for Management Ms. Susana Malcorra, Under-Secretary-General for Field Support Mr. Jules Muis, former Director General of the Internal Audit Service of the European Commission and former Vice President and Controller of the World Bank Mr. David Walker, Chairman of the Independent Audit Advisory Committee Moderator Dr. Jean-Marc Coicaud, Director, United Nations University Office at the UN, New York

USA Agrees to G20 Economic oversight?!?! WHY?

In case you've had your head in the clouds, here's what you missed this week. As the first anniversary of the Lehman Brothers meltdown passed it marked a year of the financial crisis. President Obama made a push for Wall Street oversight and called Kanye West a jackass, while the Senate voted to take away Acorn's funding. The man who threw a shoe at President Bush claimed he was beaten, while nudists hit a San Diego beach in protest of naked rights. Arizona police caught Alice Cooper speeding, a Malaysian woman feared losing husband 22, Kanye West attacked Taylor Swift's MTV award and DIrty Dancing star Patrick Swayze passed away.

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Bill Moyers Journal goes beyond the rhetoric and examines the reality of waste and abuse of power in Washington with a look at the investigations being conducted by Congress's Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. "If no one thinks they're being watched and being held accountable, they think they can get away with anything," says Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-CA), the Committee's chairman. Plus, viewer mail and an essay from Rick Karr on government secrecy.

One of America's most prominent conservative evangelicals, Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, gives his perspective on the role faith is playing in this campaign season and his take on what's happening with the evangelical vote in the primaries. Rodriguez, who has voiced his support for a moral, biblical response to the issue of immigration, is president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference. And, thousands have weighed in on The Moyers Blog to suggest one book the next President should take to the White House. Bill Moyers reviews the submissions for essential presidential reading. Also on the program, one of the nation's leading experts on media and politics Kathleen Hall Jamieson separates the fact from the spin in the Super Tuesday results.

In the week of the State of the Union address, Bill Moyers Journal goes beyond the rhetoric and examines the reality of waste and abuse of power in Washington with a look at the investigations being conducted by Congress's Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. "If no one thinks they're being watched and being held accountable, they think they can get away with anything," says Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-CA), the Committee's chairman. Also on the program, Kathleen Hall Jamieson, one of the nation's leading experts and media and campaigns, on the events of the week.