Ben Eikey is the Manager of State Training and Development at the Levin Center for Oversight and Democracy. His primary responsibilities include helping build the State Oversight Academy by developing quality programming for state legislators and the public. He does this through state legislative oversight workshops for a national audience, short podcasts on specific oversight topics called FAST Classes, and state-specific content, including workshops at state capitols across the country.
Ben helps equip legislators with the tools and best practices needed for bipartisan fact-finding, and to empower 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, Ben is ready to assist legislators through the State Oversight Academy to help fulfill the legislature’s role as the “eyes and ears” of the people.
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