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Oversight Manuals
Below you can find a list of overview manuals as useful introductions to legislative oversight.
Oversight Manuals
Congressional Oversight Manual (2022) by Congressional Research Service, No. RL30240
Guide to Oversight Procedural Rules in the U.S. House of Representatives (pdf) (Co-Equal, 2019)
Necessary and Proper: Best Practices for Congressional Investigations (pdf) (Project on Government Oversight, June 7, 2017)
When Congress Comes Calling: A Study on the Principles, Practices, and Pragmatics of Legislative Inquiry (pdf), Morton Rosenberg (The Constitution Project, 2017)
The Art of Congressional Oversight: A User’s Guide to Doing It Right by the Project on Government Oversight (Second Edition, 2015)
Examples of White House cooperation with congressional oversight (Co-Equal Resources: Guide to Congressional Oversight Precedent)