In its sale of the 4G radio spectrum the Office of Communications (Ofcom) achieved its objective of maintaining a competitive market with a number of competing providers.
This commentary, on the first set of Work Programme data, has been produced for the Committee of Public Accounts.
“Low cost home ownership assistance has helped thousands to take their first step onto the housing ladder. But, to ensure that as many other households as possible get the chance to do the same, the assistance needs to be more tightly managed and better focused on those it would benefit most.
“The Department for Communities and Local Government, the Housing Corporation and Registered Social Landlords must work together to ensure that the assistance is being effectively managed and monitored. This will be particularly important in securing value for money as the schemes expand to try to help an extra 100,000 households.”
This current best practice model sets out six functions used to manage complex capital investment programmes, the tasks associated with each, what good looks like, and case studies of how Departments are currently implementing them.
This paper sets out a framework for effective management of staff costs in a challenging environment of cost reduction in public services. It builds on the high level principles set out in the NAO’s short guide to structured cost reduction.
We found that a number of barriers to effective accountability exist. The Good Practice guide identifies ways that central government organisations have overcome these barriers and will be of interest to both executives and non-executives.
This guide explains the audit and support work carried out by the NAO in the international environment.
Aimed at: staff in government departments spending UK funds overseas; Audit Offices and parliamentary oversight bodies in developing countries.
This memorandum sets out background information about the Crossrail programme and the current position
The National Audit Office and the Audit Commission have today called for public bodies to work together much more effectively than they currently do to maximise savings from procurement activities.
In March 2007 we were invited by the House of Lords Select Committee on Regulators to review the way that impact assessment is performed by five regulators: Ofcom; Ofgem; Ofwat; Postcomm; and the Office of Rail Regulation (ORR).
