# oversight — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 10 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover oversight. Page: Feed: --- ## [Fadiel Adams challenges Idac chief’s evidence over PKTT referral](https://www.businessday.co.za/news/law/2026-08-20-fadiel-adams-challenges-idac-chiefs-evidence-over-pktt-referral/) _2026-08-20 · Sinesipho Schrieber · BusinessDay_ Madlanga commission hears Adams concede he misled suspended police minister Senzo Mchunu over alleged docket interception ## [Task team extends search for Prasa job alternatives](https://www.businessday.co.za/news/2026-08-20-task-team-extends-search-for-prasa-job-alternatives/) _2026-08-20 · Luyolo Mkentane · BusinessDay_ A ministerial task team has helped Prasa avoid retrenchments for 145 workers, with 102 placed in vacancies and 43 taking early retirement. Another 208 protection services employees remain ring-fenced pending talks with Transnet. ## [Building collapses expose gaps in South Africa’s construction oversight](https://www.businessday.co.za/news/2026-08-20-building-collapses-expose-gaps-in-south-africas-construction-oversight/) _2026-08-20 · Luyolo Mkentane · BusinessDay_ Public works minister Dean Macpherson says stronger oversight is needed to prevent unsafe construction and deaths ## [You cannot rely on a dead man, Madlanga inquiry evidence leader tells Fadiel Adams](https://www.businessday.co.za/news/law/2026-08-20-you-cannot-rely-on-a-dead-man-madlanga-inquiry-evidence-leader-tells-fadiel-adams/) _2026-08-20 · Sinesipho Schrieber · BusinessDay_ Commission hears MP relied on late officer's information without verification ## [‘Ignoring the law’: Macpherson exposes failures behind building collapses](https://www.businessday.co.za/news/2026-08-20-ignoring-the-law-macpherson-exposes-failures-behind-building-collapses/) _2026-08-20 · Shonisani Tshikalange · BusinessDay_ Investigations reveal unlawful construction and weak oversight at heart of deadly incidents ## [South Africa’s drugmakers win commitment to review private medicine pricing rules](https://www.businessday.co.za/news/health/2026-08-20-south-africas-drugmakers-win-commitment-to-review-private-medicine-pricing-rules/) _2026-08-20 · Tamar Kahn · BusinessDay_ Manufacturers say pricing pressures and supply disruptions threaten domestic production ## [‘Farcical’: JP Smith on Fadiel Adams’ claim of instigating ex-gang boss ‘to deal with’ him](https://www.businessday.co.za/news/law/2026-08-20-farcical-jp-smith-on-fadiel-adams-claim-of-instigating-ex-gang-boss-to-deal-with-him/) _2026-08-20 · Sinesipho Schrieber · BusinessDay_ City of Cape Town safety and security MMC JP Smith has described National Coloured Congress MP Fadiel Adams’s allegations that Smith “attempted to instigate a former gang boss to deal with him” as farcical ## [PODCAST | How nature creates sustainable investment value](https://www.businessday.co.za/news/2026-08-20-podcast-how-nature-creates-sustainable-investment-value/) _2026-08-20 · BusinessDay_ SPONSORED | Nature itself is increasingly recognised as a critical economic asset. The Sanlam ESG Barometer podcast explores what this means for investors and businesses ## [Curiosity leads to good questions which can lead to great leaders](https://www.businessday.co.za/news/2026-08-20-curiosity-leads-to-good-questions-which-can-lead-to-great-leaders/) _2026-08-20 · BusinessDay_ SPONSORED | Grace Harding’s journey shows how continuous learning through Henley’s Global Executive MBA can keep companies relevant ## [NIH reverses Trump-era ban on South African research funding](https://www.businessday.co.za/news/health/2026-08-20-nih-reverses-trump-era-ban-on-sa-research-funding/) _2026-08-20 · Tamar Kahn · BusinessDay_ Lifeline comes with a catch as early-career grants are now excluded ## [Countdown to Getting Paid (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/9Vg3fz8XqkEF) _2026-08-20 · **Sponsored**_ Create a shareable wallet timer — deposits buy back time and pay debt down ## [Moran calls on USTR to reconsider 50% tariffs on Canadian-imported, de-icing salt](https://riponadvance.com/featured/moran-calls-on-ustr-to-reconsider-50-tariffs-on-canadian-imported-de-icing-salt/) _2026-08-19 · Ripon Advance News Service · Ripon Advance_ The Trump administration’s proposed 50 percent tariffs on imported salt from Canada would have a negative impact on businesses, local governments, and taxpayers across the nation, according to U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran (R-KS). “Specifically, I am concerned that imposing 50 Read more... The post Moran calls on USTR to reconsider 50% tariffs on Canadian-imported, de-icing salt appeared first on Ripon… ## [Moolenaar supports DOD’s investigation into foreign ties of 30 U.S. universities](https://riponadvance.com/stories/moolenaar-supports-dods-investigation-into-foreign-ties-of-30-u-s-universities/) _2026-08-19 · Ripon Advance News Service · Ripon Advance_ U.S. Rep. John Moolenaar (R-MI), chairman of the U.S. House Select Committee on China, supports recent actions by the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), which on Monday issued formal notifications to 30 domestic academic institutions, directing them to initiate immediate Read more... The post Moolenaar supports DOD’s investigation into foreign ties of 30 U.S. universities appeared first on Ripon… ## [Hoeven unveils new plan to help protect upstream farmers](https://riponadvance.com/stories/hoeven-unveils-new-plan-to-help-protect-upstream-farmers/) _2026-08-19 · Ripon Advance News Service · Ripon Advance_ U.S. Sen. John Hoeven (R-ND) on Tuesday outlined a two-part plan aimed at protecting farmers who could face crop losses from the operation of the Fargo-Moorhead, N.D., region’s permanent flood protection project. The senator’s plan addresses a gap in federal Read more... The post Hoeven unveils new plan to help protect upstream farmers appeared first on Ripon Advance . ## [Hoeven secures funding for Grand Forks, N.D. housing, violence intervention center](https://riponadvance.com/featured/hoeven-secures-funding-for-grand-forks-n-d-housing-violence-intervention-center/) _2026-08-18 · Ripon Advance News Service · Ripon Advance_ U.S. Sen. John Hoeven (R-ND) said on Monday that he has secured federal action to resolve a nearly decade-old loan issue involving the Grand Forks Housing Authority and finalized nearly $1.8 million in federal grants for the Community Violence Intervention Read more... The post Hoeven secures funding for Grand Forks, N.D. housing, violence intervention center appeared first on Ripon Advance . ## [Cammack touts federal funding for rural healthcare providers in her Florida district](https://riponadvance.com/stories/cammack-touts-federal-funding-for-rural-healthcare-providers-in-her-florida-district/) _2026-08-18 · Ripon Advance News Service · Ripon Advance_ U.S. Rep. Kat Cammack (R-FL) said that more than $42.2 million has been invested in her home-state district from the Rural Health Transformation Program, a federal initiative providing $50 billion over five years (2026–2030) to modernize and strengthen health care Read more... The post Cammack touts federal funding for rural healthcare providers in her Florida district appeared first on Ripon… ## [Smith highlights timber industry challenges during Missouri sawmill tour](https://riponadvance.com/stories/smith-highlights-timber-industry-challenges-during-missouri-sawmill-tour/) _2026-08-18 · Ripon Advance News Service · Ripon Advance_ U.S. Rep. Jason Smith (R-MO) is pressing for stronger domestic markets for Missouri timber after touring a Ste. Genevieve County sawmill and meeting with industry officials about challenges ranging from Chinese imports to railroad consolidation. The congressman visited Naeger Forest Read more... The post Smith highlights timber industry challenges during Missouri sawmill tour appeared first on… ## [Fedorchak wins more haying flexibility for North Dakota farmers](https://riponadvance.com/stories/fedorchak-wins-more-haying-flexibility-for-north-dakota-farmers/) _2026-08-18 · Ripon Advance News Service · Ripon Advance_ U.S. Rep. Julie Fedorchak (R-ND) said Monday that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will allow North Dakota farmers and ranchers facing severe drought to request more than the current 15-day period to remove hay bales from Conservation Reserve Program Read more... The post Fedorchak wins more haying flexibility for North Dakota farmers appeared first on Ripon Advance . ## [Harrigan sponsors GATE Act to restrict foreign adversaries from National Labs](https://riponadvance.com/stories/harrigan-sponsors-gate-act-to-restrict-foreign-adversaries-from-national-labs/) _2026-08-17 · Ripon Advance News Service · Ripon Advance_ The U.S. National Laboratories would be prohibited from admitting certain foreign nationals that pose a threat to national security under legislation led by U.S. Rep. Pat Harrigan (R-NC). “America’s National Laboratories are home to some of the most sensitive and Read more... The post Harrigan sponsors GATE Act to restrict foreign adversaries from National Labs appeared first on Ripon Advance . ## [Kiggans, FBI director tackle challenges facing local Virginia law enforcement](https://riponadvance.com/stories/kiggans-fbi-director-tackle-challenges-facing-local-virginia-law-enforcement/) _2026-08-17 · Ripon Advance News Service · Ripon Advance_ U.S. Rep. Jen Kiggans (R-VA) on Aug. 13 joined FBI Director Kash Patel and local, state, and federal law enforcement leaders for a discussion on the challenges facing law enforcement agencies across Hampton Roads, Va. “Keeping our communities safe requires Read more... The post Kiggans, FBI director tackle challenges facing local Virginia law enforcement appeared first on Ripon Advance . ## [Senate unanimously approves Wicker’s bipartisan bill to support USMMA athletics](https://riponadvance.com/stories/senate-unanimously-approves-wickers-bipartisan-bill-to-support-usmma-athletics/) _2026-08-17 · Ripon Advance News Service · Ripon Advance_ The U.S. Senate recently passed a bipartisan bill sponsored by U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) that would support the athletic programs at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA), sending the bill to the U.S. House of Representatives for action. “By Read more... The post Senate unanimously approves Wicker’s bipartisan bill to support USMMA athletics appeared first on Ripon Advance . ## [Point a Domain, Start a Pit (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/i9CAOWgzrQPB) _2026-08-17 · **Sponsored**_ Point any domain to a blacked-out, poison-green coming-soon page with an email waitlist. ## [The Unitary Executive (Part I): Prakash v. Prakash](https://www.pointoforder.com/2026/08/16/the-unitary-executive-part-i-prakash-v-prakash/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-unitary-executive-part-i-prakash-v-prakash) _2026-08-16 · Michael Stern · Point of Order_ Professor Sai Prakash is a noted legal scholar and prolific author who has long been one of the leading advocates of the unitary executive. See, e.g., Aditya Bamzai & Saikrishna Bangalore Prakash, The Executive Power of Removal, 136 Harv. L. Rev. 1756 (2023); Saikrishna Prakash, New Light on the Decision of 1789, 91 Cornell L. … Continue reading "The Unitary Executive (Part I): Prakash v. Prakash"… ## [The Forum: Now You're All Watching](https://garryslist.org/posts/the-forum-now-you-re-all-watching) _2026-08-14 · Garry Tan · Garry's List_ Our new community forum puts every Californian in the same room, so what one of us catches, all of us know. Your first job is to help us build this cycle's voter guide. ## [The New Gatekeepers, Part Two: Scarcity by Design](https://garryslist.org/posts/the-new-gatekeepers-part-two-scarcity-by-design) _2026-08-13 · Forrest Liu · Garry's List_ San Francisco's affordable-housing nonprofits block the market-rate housing they don't control, ration the subsidized housing they do, and have already raised half a billion dollars without a clear account of where it went. The Affordable Housing Guarantee Act on November's ballot doesn't fix that model. ## [The New Octopus](https://garryslist.org/posts/the-new-octopus) _2026-08-12 · Garry Tan · Garry's List_ Every company you rely on, from Airbnb to Stripe, started as a little startup that got a chance to grow, and that chance depends on open access to the platforms everyone builds on. The path forward is simple and pro-growth: open APIs, real interoperability, and fair placement, so the next generation of founders gets the same shot. ## [The Environmental Law That Became a Housing Veto](https://garryslist.org/posts/the-environmental-law-that-became-a-housing-veto) _2026-08-10 · Garry Tan · Garry's List_ For fifty-three years, NIMBYs have used and abused CEQA to stop housing everywhere in California. AB 130 and SB 131 exempted most urban infill homes from it last June, but voters have a chance to finish the job with Proposition 45 this November, expediting review for housing, transportation, water, health, and clean energy projects. ## [How Oakland's Leadership Produced the Worst Property Crime Rate in the Nation](https://garryslist.org/posts/how-oakland-s-leadership-produced-the-worst-property-crime-rate-in-the-nation) _2026-08-07 · Garry Tan · Garry's List_ Oakland's leaders built their brand on progressive values—equity, reform, community-first justice—while quietly presiding over the nation's highest property crime rate and a clearance rate near zero. The costs of that failure have landed almost entirely on the Black and working-class neighborhoods progressive politics claims to champion. ## [Dr. Fauci, Senator Paul, and the Congressional Contempt Process](https://www.pointoforder.com/2026/08/06/dr-fauci-senator-paul-and-the-congressional-contempt-process/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dr-fauci-senator-paul-and-the-congressional-contempt-process) _2026-08-06 · Michael Stern · Point of Order_ Today the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) voted, 8-5 along party lines, to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress for refusing to answer questions before the committee. The HSGAC resolution provides: Resolved, That pursuant to sections 102 and 104 of the Revised Statutes (2 U.S.C. 192, 194), the President of Continue reading "Dr. Fauci, Senator Paul, and… ## [The New Gatekeepers](https://garryslist.org/posts/the-new-gatekeepers) _2026-08-05 · Forrest Liu · Garry's List_ The left coined "non-profit industrial complex" to warn of the co-optation of its causes. Ironically, San Francisco has since built the fullest working example of it, where ideological purity substitutes for outcomes and dependency substitutes for delivery. The result is a coalition that claims to speak for the poor, while its own constituents, given an actual vote, keep voting it out. ## [The Democratic Party Endorsed the Wealth Tax. Its Doctors, Teachers, Nurses, and Firefighters Didn't.](https://garryslist.org/posts/the-democratic-party-endorsed-the-wealth-tax-its-doctors-teachers-nurses-and-firefighters-didn-t) _2026-08-04 · Garry Tan · Garry's List_ California Democrats endorsed Prop 40's wealth tax by just two votes, but the doctors, teachers, clinics, and construction unions the measure is supposed to help all voted no, warning it makes the state's budget more volatile, not less. The party made its statement, and now voters decide whether a one-time tax on a few hundred people is worth the risk to the funding schools and healthcare already… ## [The Caucus to Watch as California's Legislative Session Closes](https://garryslist.org/posts/the-caucus-to-watch-as-california-s-legislative-session-closes) _2026-08-03 · Garry Tan · Garry's List_ A 26-member bipartisan California caucus has quietly built a real track record on affordability, housing, and energy, most visibly with AB 30, a bill that cut gas prices 20 cents a gallon after regulators failed to for 8 years. Co-chair Anamarie Ávila Farías embodies the group's independent, results-over-party approach, one of the Legislature's few genuine "mavericks." ## [PixelRift — Platforming with Level Editor (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/QgKaAI5JiKD0) _2026-08-03 · **Sponsored**_ Includes a built-in level editor, campaign with elemental heroes, and boss encounters. ## [Billions of Dollars in, Homelessness in LA Continues to Rise](https://garryslist.org/posts/billions-of-dollars-in-homelessness-in-la-continues-to-rise-65c4756e) _2026-07-30 · Garry Tan · Garry's List_ Los Angeles has poured billions into homelessness programs —Prop HHH, Measure ULA, Inside Safe, LAHSA—and a federal audit found the city "doesn't know how much it is paying, and for what," with nearly zero financial oversight anywhere in the chain. Now homelessness in the city is rising again, and the pattern underneath every failure is the same: money moves, programs run, and no one's job ever… ## [Why California Is a Crucial Artery in Beijing's Campaign Against American AI](https://garryslist.org/posts/why-california-is-a-crucial-artery-in-beijing-s-campaign-against-american-ai-c187f003) _2026-07-28 · Sam Lyman · Garry's List_ A Shanghai-funded network has spent five years organizing on-the-ground campaigns against U.S. data centers, with California serving as a critical staging ground. It's part of a broader Chinese effort to slow American AI development, underscoring the need for scrutiny of who's bankrolling local opposition. ## [Foundation Models for Oversight](https://bounded-regret.ghost.io/foundation-models-for-oversight/) _2026-07-28 · Jacob Steinhardt · Bounded Regret_ Cross-posted from the Transluce blog . To oversee an AI model, we'd ideally like to ask questions such as: What are important situations where the model sandbags? Does the model have an objective it wouldn't admit to if asked directly? Does the model treat a user ## [When the Reward Is the Attack Surface](https://camilleesq.substack.com/p/when-the-reward-is-the-attack-surface) _2026-07-28 · Camille Stewart Gloster · Command Line with Camille_ An AI agent broke into another company’s production systems to cheat on a test. Nobody told it to attack anyone, and that is the part worth your attention. ## [False Choice Narratives Are Anti-Asian](https://garryslist.org/posts/false-choice-narratives-are-anti-asian) _2026-07-27 · Forrest Liu · Garry's List_ San Francisco has repeatedly sold Asian Americans the same false choice: safety for justice, excellence for equity, and now prosperity for compassion. None of these trade-offs were ever necessary, yet Asian Americans, with the least inherited wealth and political power to absorb the cost, keep being asked to foot the bill. ## [LAUSD's Looming Insolvency Crisis](https://garryslist.org/posts/lausd-s-looming-insolvency-crisis) _2026-07-24 · Garry Tan · Garry's List_ The same board that laid off 3,200 workers in February approved $1.13 billion a year in union raises in June, just four days after the county warned in writing it couldn't afford them. Now, with a new superintendent barely in the job and a mid-August deadline looming, LAUSD is one misstep from the fate of Oakland, Sacramento, and a growing list of California districts that lost control of their… ## [A Big Win for San Francisco's Budget—With Bigger Tests Still Ahead](https://garryslist.org/posts/a-big-win-for-san-francisco-s-budget-with-bigger-tests-still-ahead) _2026-07-22 · Garry Tan · Garry's List_ San Francisco closed a $643 million deficit and passed a $16.9 billion budget weeks early, banking over $1 billion in reserves and reaching a deal in record time. It's a real win after years of chaotic budget seasons, but with next year offering less cushion, the harder tests are still to come. ## [California Just Lost 10,000 Jobs to Texas—Again](https://garryslist.org/posts/california-just-lost-10-000-jobs-to-texas-again-cbda2902) _2026-07-21 · Garry Tan · Garry's List_ A shipyard that could have anchored tens of thousands of good jobs in Solano County is going to Brownsville instead. It is the latest entry in a pattern California refuses to break: we make it too hard to build here, so the builders go somewhere else, and working families pay the bill. ## [The Attention Economy Inside Your Organization](https://camilleesq.substack.com/p/the-attention-economy-inside-your) _2026-07-21 · Camille Stewart Gloster · Command Line with Camille_ AI is changing how organizations allocate attention. Learn why governance depends on preserving human judgment, verification, and deliberate friction. ## [A Primer: The Labor and Public-Interest Coalition Against Prop 40](https://garryslist.org/posts/a-primer-the-labor-and-public-interest-coalition-against-prop-40) _2026-07-20 · Garry Tan · Garry's List_ Prop 40’s wealth tax would levy a one-time 5% tax on roughly 200 billionaires to fund healthcare and schools—yet the teachers, doctors, clinics, builders, housing advocates, and law-enforcement groups it claims to help have joined to oppose it. They argue that a one-time, volatile tax makes their funding less stable, not more. The state’s own analyst projects it would cost California income-tax… ## [The Nonprofit Behind San Francisco's Pay-to-Play Scandal Wants Another Supervisor Seat](https://garryslist.org/posts/the-nonprofit-behind-san-francisco-s-pay-to-play-scandal-wants-another-supervisor-seat) _2026-07-17 · Garry Tan · Garry's List_ Young Community Developers has cycled through three leaders since 1998—the first is now facing 29 felony bribery charges, the second became District 10's supervisor while quietly running a for-profit LLC tied to the nonprofit, and the third, current CEO DJ Brookter, is running for that same seat with his predecessor's endorsement. Along the way, Brookter has repeatedly sat on the civilian boards… ## [BOS - Government Audit and Oversight Committee - Regular Meeting - Jul 16, 2026](https://sanfrancisco.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=11&clip_id=52871) _2026-07-16 · City and County of San Francisco: Board of Supervisors Government Audit and Oversight Committee Audio Podcast_ Watch Download File [Listen](https://archive-video.granicus.com/sanfrancisco/sanfrancisco_bba4176f-2dfa-4f6f-aa66-27cfa75399c4.mp3) ## [The Merchant and the Lawyer](https://garryslist.org/posts/the-merchant-and-the-lawyer) _2026-07-16 · Forrest Liu · Garry's List_ Asian and Jewish Americans built, funded, and fought for the coalition that won the Civil Rights Movement, and are now the only two of its peoples the coalition has abandoned in return—first during the wave of anti-Asian violence in 2020-2023, and now amid a surge of lethal antisemitism. But a story of Chinese-Jewish solidarity in 1950s San Francisco speaks to the promises and possibilities of… ## [Familiarity Is the New Insider Threat](https://camilleesq.substack.com/p/familiarity-is-the-new-insider-threat) _2026-07-16 · Camille Stewart Gloster · Command Line with Camille_ How trusted systems quietly earn exemption from scrutiny ## [LA's Council Voted No on Oversight, Yes on a Lighter Schedule](https://garryslist.org/posts/la-s-council-voted-no-on-oversight-yes-on-a-lighter-schedule) _2026-07-15 · Garry Tan · Garry's List_ After a year of hearings, LA's Charter Reform Commission recommended police oversight, a bigger council, and ranked-choice voting. The council shelved all three for "more study." The one measure it fast-tracked to the ballot lets members meet as little as once a week while keeping their $244,727 salary intact. ## [Bribes and Blind Spots: SF's Corruption Problem](https://garryslist.org/posts/bribes-and-blind-spots-sf-s-corruption-problem) _2026-07-13 · Garry Tan · Garry's List_ San Francisco's recent scandals split into two failures: a proven bribery ring the FBI spent six years unwinding, and officials who failed to recuse from money touching their own decisions. Both move through the same two chokepoints — contract awards and project approvals — and both were caught by luck, not by design. ## [How a Honduran Trafficking Network Captured San Francisco's Fentanyl Trade](https://garryslist.org/posts/how-a-honduran-trafficking-network-captured-san-francisco-s-fentanyl-trade) _2026-07-09 · Garry Tan · Garry's List_ A Honduran trafficking network came to dominate San Francisco's fentanyl trade. City officials knew for years and didn't act. The federal workaround that finally followed cut deaths — but it only pulls street dealers off the corner. The cartels supplying the fentanyl, and the managers running the network, are still almost untouched. ## [The Campaign to Kill American AI Runs Through San Francisco](https://garryslist.org/posts/the-campaign-to-kill-american-ai-runs-through-san-francisco) _2026-07-08 · Garry Tan · Garry's List_ The movement opposing data centers looks like grassroots environmentalism. But a federal grand jury and two new research reports show it is also a coordinated foreign influence operation, with documented nodes in the Mission District, Oakland, and a San Francisco foundation boardroom. ## [Why Your Organization Trusts AI More Than It Realizes](https://camilleesq.substack.com/p/why-your-organization-trusts-ai-more) _2026-07-08 · Camille Stewart Gloster · Command Line with Camille_ A framework for understanding, and governing, how confidence moves through companies in the AI era. ## [California's Encampment Fire Crisis](https://garryslist.org/posts/california-s-encampment-fire-crisis) _2026-07-06 · Garry Tan · Garry's List_ A 2018 ruling froze encampment clearance across California for six years. A 2024 Supreme Court decision lifted it, but the fires kept climbing. Cities like Oakland have since formalized the pattern into policy, mapping 95% of the city off-limits to encampments and leaving the rest — concentrated in the working-class, majority-Black and Hispanic Flats — to absorb what's left.