Parliamentary Oversight Panel (Germany)

The Parliamentary Oversight Panel (PKGr) is a committee of the German Bundestag responsible for oversight of the intelligence agencies of Germany. The PKGr monitors the Federal Intelligence Service (BND; German: Bundesnachrichtendienst), the Military Counterintelligence Service (MAD; German: Militärischer Abschirmdienst), and the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV; German: Bundesverfassungsschutz). Under the Control Body Act [de] (PKGrG; German: Kontrollgremiumgesetz), the federal government is obliged to inform the PKGr comprehensively about the general activities of the federal intelligence services and about events of particular importance.