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On 21st October, local and national regulators from across the public sector will come together at their third annual conference. This group is a forum for those atte...
Delivering cost savings through greater collaboration
...c and pan-government approach for all procurement spending will maximise savings and value for money according to the recent National Audit Office (NAO)/Audit Commission Report, "A...
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The National Audit Office scrutinises public spending on behalf of Parliament. We promote the highest standards in financial management and reporting, the proper cond...
...for government departments to manage movements in foreign exchange? The NAO has recently highlighted a nu...nbsp; and the potential for significant future losses. To quote from the NAO report “Managing the im...
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Tackling Fraud in the Public Sector: June 2011
The first Tackling Fraud in the Public Sector conference took place in June 2011. It was organised by the National Fraud Authority and Civil Service World. Please us...
HR spending dropping faster than FTE numbers
...than audited financial statements, and since it is quarterly data it does not compare easily with other data published in annual accounts or by the NAO. Armed with these caveats, CS...
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...ooting to meet business needs. It also addresses many of the key reasons why IT projects fail which are recur in reports from organisations such as NAO. Ultimately ICT is...
The joys of the family shopping trip
...f a clearer, more coherent over-arching framework for public procurement. We have now published an Opinion piece by Cram, and an interview with the NAO review’s author Keith D...
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NAO says quango reforms will cost twice government estimate
...report published by the National Audit Office (NAO) last week.Departments estima...e lead author of the report and director of the NAO’s cross-government work, to...said.A Cabinet Office spokesperson said: “The NAO notes that we are on course t...
NAO rejects Grayling attack on DWP report
The National Audit Office (NAO) has defended its report on the Dep...nister Chris Grayling said that the NAO analysis was “partially bas...programme will get jobs, while the NAO puts the figure at 26 per cen...I’m really disappointed that the NAO is producing a report which i...
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Editorial: Publish and be damned - But do make sure that you’ve got your facts right
...nclusion is that, as things stand, the Cabinet Office’s drive for greater transparency is likely to be more confusing than it is enlightening. As NAO chief Amyas Morse has warned,...
Interviews
...lls. Since taking over at the NAO two years ago, he’s adopted...says both sides know that the NAO is not responsible for any ne...e looms just as large for the NAO, which produces the research...nvolve us in that role.”The NAO’s comptroller and auditor-g...
...parture dates. The following year a report by the National Audit Office (NAO) found that management failed...aneously that caused the problems 12 years ago.“We have pored over the NAO report and its recommendation...
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A plan of action for plans of action
...n headed the National Audit Office (NAO), analysing projects great an...roject must be assessed. The latest NAO guide, Initiating Successful...Aileen Murphie is a director at the NAO, and says that “there’s n...t below its budget. The most recent NAO progress report says its fina...
...ies. After the Audit Commission’s forthcoming abolition, she says, the NAO “will be the only body that...urrently reflecting on.”Professor Heald echoes Hodge’s concerns. The NAO, he says, “got much of its...
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...for your output [so that they amount to the same thing],” he said.The NAO’s Clarke argued that outcom..., Clarke countered that this approach might attract the attention of the NAO. “We need to have some idea...
...Ministers, MPs, and the National Audit Office (NAO) have all noted that there’...ce information across Whitehall. Last year, the NAO’s report on progress toward...tion is used effectively. And as another recent NAO report pointed out, it’s im...
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Special report: How efficient is your department?
...ot compare easily with other data published in annual accounts or by the NAO. Armed with these caveats, CS...es and high commissions which are very vulnerable to corruption, as many NAO reports have shown”. In thi...
An exclusive club: special adviser analysis
...ice who in previous times would probably have become spads. For example, culture secretary Jeremy Hunt appointed his former parliamentary assistant Naomi Gummer as his diary secreta...
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