review board
Approval decision group
A review board is a committee that evaluates cases, decisions, or conduct within an organization or government body.
Review boards examine appeals, investigate complaints, or assess whether standards have been met: The civilian review board investigates police misconduct, Her tenure case goes before the review board next month.
The term implies formal authority to judge and recommend action.
- committeeAppointed group for duties
- panelDistinct flat section
- ethics committeePanel assessing moral standards
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- approvalFavorable opinion given
thumbs up · stamp of approval · final say · evaluation · tribunal · ethics · hearing · closed session · judges · due process · scrutiny · vetting · background check · assessment · members · decision · appeal · compliance
- regulatory boardsregulatory bodies, state bar, certification bodies, law society, planning commission
- investigationsinvestigation report, audit, investigation, FBI investigation, probe
- student mediastudent newspaper, school newspaper, campus paper, school paper, student press
- ethics oversightethics committee, ethics officer, ethics code, ethics policy, oversight body
- Investigative BodiesFBI, CIA, DEA, ATF, NSA
- media regulationcensorship, content moderation, press censorship, film censorship, art censorship
review boardautocrat
Sole wielder of power
dictator · one-man rule · czar · strongman · monarch
review boardapplicant
One who formally requests
petitioner · defendant · candidate · examinee · auditee
review, board, reviews, reviewed, reviewing, reviewer, reviewers, boards, boarded