<P> Oversight, as an outgrowth of this principle, ideally serves a number of overlapping objectives and purposes: </P> <Ul> <Li> improve the efficiency, economy, and effectiveness of governmental operations; </Li> <Li> evaluate programs and performance; </Li> <Li> detect and prevent poor administration, waste, abuse, arbitrary and capricious behavior, or illegal and unconstitutional conduct; </Li> <Li> protect civil liberties and constitutional rights; </Li> <Li> inform the general public and ensure that executive policies reflect the public interest; </Li> <Li> gather information to develop new legislative proposals or to amend existing statutes; </Li> <Li> ensure administrative compliance with legislative intent; and </Li> <Li> prevent executive encroachment on legislative authority and prerogatives . </Li> </Ul> <Li> improve the efficiency, economy, and effectiveness of governmental operations; </Li> <Li> evaluate programs and performance; </Li>

How does congress carry out legislative oversight and confirmation