ABRAC oversight

Information Security Oversight Office

This report provides infOlmation on the cost estimates of the security classification program as required by Executive Order 12958, as amended, "Classified National Security lnformation." [t provides statistics and analysis concellling key components of the system from 41 Executive branch agencies. It also contains cost infomlation with respect to industrial security in the private sector as re...

Civilian Oversight of Policing

Bank of Canada Oversight Activities

Scientific Autonomy and Public Oversight.

When scientific research collides with social values, science's right to self-governance becomes an issue of paramount concern. In this article, I develop an account of scientific autonomy within a framework of public oversight. I argue that scientific autonomy is justified because it promotes the progress of science, which benefits society, but that restrictions on autonomy can also be justifi...

CEO Compensation and Board Oversight

In response to the corporate scandals in 2001-2002, the major U.S. exchanges came up with new regulations which are intended to enhance board oversight. We use this regulation event to shed light on the effect of board oversight on CEO compensation. We find that firms that were not complying with these regulations decreased their CEO compensation by between 20%-25% upon compliance, compared to ...