Implementing transparency
Published on:Better access to public information can improve accountability and service delivery. Government needs a firm grasp of whether that potential is being realised.
Better access to public information can improve accountability and service delivery. Government needs a firm grasp of whether that potential is being realised.
Online fraud is now the most commonly experienced crime in England and Wales, but has been overlooked by government, law enforcement and industry.
The number of NHS and local government bodies with weaknesses in their arrangements for delivering value for money is increasing.
The Comptroller and Auditor General has limited the scope of his audit opinion on the regularity of expenditure in the 2009-10 House of Commons Members Resource Accounts.
The progress made by a programme to modernise the Disclosure and Barring Service.
This looks at the chain of events which led to the government paying £711m in compensation to 34,000 pensioners who retired from the Police and Firefighters’ Pension Schemes between 2001 and 2006 without receiving their full pension entitlement. Due to the extent of the legal process in the case, some police and firefighters were retired for over 15 years before they received their full pension entitlement from government.
This report examines whether the government tackles serious and organised crime in an effective and coherent way.
This investigation looks at the centralisation and performance of national security vetting services.
This investigation sets out facts about penalty charge notices and how the NHS supports vulnerable people to navigate the system.
Until the government is able to establish effective oversight of the modern slavery system as a whole, it will not be able to significantly reduce the prevalence of modern slavery or show that it is achieving value for money.
The preparations for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games are going well overall and, despite time pressures, the Olympic Delivery Authority remains on course to deliver its construction programme.
For combined authorities to deliver real progress they will need to demonstrate that they can drive economic growth and contribute to public sector reform.
The Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA) has increased the number of dangerous commercial vehicles that it removes from the roads from 28,900 in 2007-08 to 36,500 in 2008-09, but the Agency could make better use of its resources and the effectiveness of its roadside checks is constrained according to a National Audit Office report […]