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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When you need freedom from politics you set up something like an inspector general or auditor where bringing things to light, good government, and data availability are the norm.

The proposal here is a panel that's situated in the DC Auditor's office. That's free enough from politics.  So you transfer the data people out of OSSE and into a division of the Auditor's office and write a DC statute giving them data access and control and ability to make it all public, along with the subpoena and investigatory powers of the Auditor's office.

That's a solution that isn't a bunch of FTEs and it's not too hard to conceptualize.[/quote]

This response doesn't answer the real question of why OSSE isn't able to perform its function right now - the suggestion in this thread is that its political concerns getting in the way, which muddles the idea that you'd simply take current people and just move their jobs into a new office. Is the actual legislation just suggesting that we move old folks into a new place?

If thats the case then whats the point? This appears to be more of a surface level adjustment over an actual look at the real problem - there are at least 7 education related agencies in this city. Why do we need an 8th? I think some complete restructuring needs to occur:

1. DCPS
2. OSSE
3. My School DC
4. Deputy Mayor for Education
5. D.C. Public Charter School Board
6. State Board of Education
7. The Ombudsmen[/quote]

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