oversight body
Regulatory review group
An oversight body is an organization or committee responsible for monitoring and regulating another entity's activities.
Government agencies, corporations, and professions establish oversight bodies to ensure compliance with rules and standards: The congressional oversight body investigated the agency's spending.
Also called a watchdog or regulatory body.
- watchdogGuard or monitor
- government watchdogBody monitoring state actions
- regulatorDevice maintaining steady output
- inspectorOfficial quality checker
- auditorFinancial records examiner
internal affairs · commission · board · monitor · tribunal · ombudsman · independent review · scrutiny · fact finding · accountability · public accountability · compliance · enforcement · review · investigation · ethics · governance · checks and balances