Federal Complaint-Handling, Ombudsman, and Advocacy Offices.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Administrative agencies.

Jurisdiction.

Research.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (50 pages, digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2010.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Reviews state of research related to Federal complaint-handling, ombudsman, and advocacy offices and heritage of such offices. Examines and compares them, along with recent legislative developments and past proposals to establish a Government-wide ombudsman. Identifies basic characteristics of these offices, recognizing differences among them with regard to their powers, duties, jurisdictions, locations, controls, neutrality, resources, and electronic and traditional communications.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Sept. 2012). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress.Congressional Research Service. Federal Complaint-Handling, Ombudsman, and Advocacy Offices

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