Benjamin Eikey

Oversight in Action: Tools and Trends in Legislative Accountability

 

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Benjamin Eikey is the manager of state training and development at the Levin Center for Oversight and Democracy at Wayne State Law School. His primary responsibilities at the Center include helping to build the State Oversight Academy by developing quality programming for the state legislative audience and the public. He does this through state legislative oversight workshops for a national audience, short podcasts on a specific oversight topics called FAST Classes, and state-specific content including workshops at state capitals across the country. Eikey helps equip legislators with the tools and best practices needed for bipartisan fact-finding, and empowers legislators to see differences in perspective as an advantage when seeking facts together. Whether it is how to ask better questions in a hearing, how to leverage a department budget to secure a reporting requirement for a government program or service, or how to build an oversight plan when approaching a long-term investigation, Eikey is always ready to assist legislators through the State Oversight Academy to help fulfill the legislature’s role as the “eyes and ears” of the peoples.

Benjamin Eikey | Manger, State Training and Development
The Levin Center | 471 West Palmer Street
Detroit, Michigan 48202
tel: 810.569.0747 | Email Ben Eikey

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