..., analogously to statistical claims being properly supported by competent statistics. If and when code avoids adequate scrutiny, science becomes unreliable and unverifiable because results — text, data, graphs, images, etc — depend on untrustworthy code. Currently, scientists rarely assure...

... of governments and the potential and actual impacts of policies. Providing additional external voices which can be used to test existing views as part of the scrutiny of policy and legislation. Potentially leading to improved outcomes. Demonstrating that parliaments are engaging with and representing...

... as a limited regime that mainly carries out promotional activities of public education and roadshows on human rights, strengthening the ASEAN human rights system seems impossible when member states remain sovereignty-centric and thus wary of instituting protective mechanisms of scrutiny such as data...

... ). In different countries, this safeguard is exercised by Parliament through the prior assessment of executive appointments to senior positions in public administration ( Matthews, 2020 ). Parliamentary scrutiny of presidential nominations tends to contribute to the appointment of better-prepared professionals...

... to the fore of parliamentary debates issues that have been overlooked and may increase visibility and public scrutiny on these issues ( Mudde and Kaltwasser, 2017 ). A third scenario, particularly where the level of constitutional entrenchment and allegiance to representative institutions is high...

.../chorus/standard_publication_model ) Department of Justice Health-care fraud False Claims Act DOJ scrutiny of Medicare Advantage This article traces the historical oversight of government enforcement in the Medicare Advantage space, and contrasts it with the type of scrutiny typically afforded to more...

... periods in Poland: T1 2011–2015 (centre-right coalition, populist actors in the opposition) and T2 2015–2018 (populist government). The article traces changes in formal rules regulating scrutiny and law-making but also how these rules were interpreted and exercised. The article addresses the following...

... inquiries’, determining the features that indicate their value. In particular, topical inquiries that fill an ‘accountability gap’ are the most valuable. An accountability gap arises when other forms of scrutiny or accountability are merely performative or have failed. When conducting a topical inquiry...

... Hon Frank Field MP, Chair of the Work and Pensions Committee, to the House of Lords Liaison Committee, 3 July 2018. This article assesses the scale of the shift in recent years of the attention of departmental select committees from their traditional scrutiny of government departments. Some committees...

... means in this context—what characteristics count; and why witness diversity might be desirable or even essential for effective scrutiny? In the absence of clear and direct statements from the Liaison Committee on these two questions, we sought to gather views of committee chairs, staff and members...

...-appointment Scrutiny Public Appointments Select Committees Veto Power In the UK government, ministers make thousands of public appointments every year. Until 20 years ago these were largely unregulated: ministers could appoint whom they wished, without any competition, and senior appointments formed...

... and lengthened during the parliamentary process. We discuss our results in the light of theories of information asymmetries between the government and the legislature. Amendment analysis Data visualisation Legislative process Parliamentary scrutiny Westminster There is increasing academic interest...

... and concentrated towards the end of the campaign. In other words, our credibility-scrutiny trade-off predicts that the October surprise phenomenon is driven by fake scandals. Using data from Nyhan (2015) , we find empirical support for this prediction. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first empirical...

...-cutting select committees provide thematic, whole-of-government scrutiny; domestic or internal committees look at administrative issues within the House of Commons; joint committees with the House of Lords may be established to provide more detailed scrutiny across Parliament; and, other ad hoc...

... between government and parliament have served to offset the declining vote basis of government, and have in turn ensured that Westminster remains effectively responsive to a majority of the electorate. Executive Legislature Oversight Policy Payoff Scrutiny Comparative analyses have frequently cast...

... the message as just a joke and create reasons to scrutinize arguments. Political Humor Argument Scrutiny Normative Pragmatic Theory Communication Design Theory Anna Howard Shaw Political humor is ubiquitous in some contexts and forbidden in others, indicating belief that humor has persuasive force...

... on processes of surveillance and the effects of power as dispersed through scrutiny, Foucault's notion of the panoptic mechanism ( Foucault, 1975 ) offers a potentially useful framework within which to understand young people's experiences of seeking asylum on their own. In particular, it may have utility...

... of the ‘higher standard’ commonly proposed to account for legal decision making. In particular, a critique is presented of two recent decisions of the House of Lords, purporting to settle the issue definitively. standards of proof higher standard of proof increased scrutiny degree of belief degree...

... by the USA is held up to scrutiny, examining it within the context of Chinese law and interpretational guidance. The authors then predict possible grounds upon which future complaints may be lodged. On 10 April 2007, the USA initiated two disputes against the People's Republic of China (PRC) in the World...

... scrutiny of the Bribery Act 2010, and the Government’s response to those findings. Guidance on adequate procedures FCA thematic reviews and enforcement actions provisions post-legislative scrutiny government response 4.01 Section 9 of the Bribery Act ¹ requires the Government...