8. For the discharge of the functions of office, the Commissioner may, in particular,(1) receive and hear observations from persons or groups;
(2) conduct or commission such analyses, studies and research as the Commissioner considers necessary;
(3) call on outside experts to report on one or more specific points determined by the Commissioner;
(4) assign a member of the Commissioner’s personnel or an expert mandated by the Commissioner to a public body and require that body to provide the premises and equipment that the Commissioner considers necessary; and
(5) at any time, produce a report on any matter within the scope of the Commissioner’s functions.