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The Local Government Ombudsman investigates allegations of maladministration that have caused injustice to the complainant. [9] Most council services can be investigated including some areas of housing, planning, education, social services, council tax, housing benefit and highways. [9]
In 1979 the Taxpayer Ombudsman Office was created within the Internal Revenue Service to act as an ombudsman for the taxpayer. [2] Renamed in 1996 as the Office of the Taxpayer Advocate, this office has a unique role with the Treasury Department as having the responsibility to submit annual reports to Congress without any prior review or comment from the IRS Commissioner, the Secretary of the ...
The Ombudsman's role in New Zealand is to protect the rights of citizens across various sectors, most notably to request official information that central and local government hold through the Official Information Act 1982 and the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act. It investigates complaints on perceived breaching of ...
A prototype of an ombudsman may have flourished in China during the Qin dynasty (221 BC), and later in Korea during the Joseon dynasty. [5] The position of secret royal inspector, or amhaeng-eosa (암행어사, 暗行御史) was unique to the Joseon dynasty, where an undercover official directly appointed by the king was sent to local provinces to monitor government officials and look after ...
Office of Ombudsman for Victims of Domestic Violence; Office of Advocate for Missing or Exploited Children (Children's Advocate) Committee for the Statewide Alert System; Office of Statewide Coordinator for Children Who Are Endangered by Drug Exposure; Technological Crime Advisory Board; Gaming Division; Substance Abuse Working Group
She served as a Local Government Ombudsman (one of two post-holders) for a seven-year term from 2010 [3] [4] [5] and was appointed to a five-year term, from 1 January 2017, as an independent member of the Committee on Standards in Public Life. [6] As of November 2021 she is a lay member of the board of the Legal Ombudsman. [7]
Local Government Ombudsman (LGO), now the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman; L. G. O. Woodhouse (20th century), ... Contact Wikipedia; Code of Conduct;
The remit of the Ombudsman was extended in 1973 to cover the National Health Service. In 1996, the Ombudsman was empowered to investigate complaints about clinical judgment. By law, complaints made to the Parliamentary Ombudsman about UK Government departments and other UK public organisations must be referred by a Member of Parliament (MP).