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    A measure of protection - A baseline report on performance measurement in the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency

    In his annual assessment of council performance the Controller of Audit, Mr Ronnie Hinds highlights improvements in the delivery of a range of services while also reporting…

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    Accounts Commission - Draft Strategy Document 2000

    The Accounts Commission has published a draft strategy document on its future direction. It has been sent to all councils and a wide variety of of other interested bodies and the…

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    How are we doing? - Measuring the performance of community safety partnerships

    This bulletin is a follow-up to Safe and sound, a report on community safety partnerships in Scotland which found that community safety strategies are generally at an early stage…

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    Making progress with Best Value - A national overview of the Performance Management and Planning (PMP) Audit 1999/2000

    Scottish councils are making progress on best value, but they need to do more. Making progress with best value examines how well councils are using best value to improve the way…

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    Commissioning community care services for older people - Applying a Best Value framework

    This handbook provides a framework for local authorities - based on the Accounts Commission's Best Value performance management and planning audit - to help them apply Best Value…

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    The new Scottish Parliament building - an examination of the management of the Holyrood project

    The report concerns the management of the project to provide the new Scottish Parliament building at Holyrood. The examination was undertaken in response to a request in March…

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    Performance management and planning Corporate and Service Level Audit

    The Accounts Commission and Audit Scotland have developed a detailed audit approach to assess and support each council's progress in developing its PMP framework. These audit…

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    Dumfries and Galloway Council externalisation of residential homes for older people SR 2000/05

    Dumfries and Galloway Council followed proper tendering processes for transferring the running of its residential homes for older people to the private sector, but there were…

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    Common data, common sense - Modernising information management in councils

    Councils need to improve the way they manage data and information. In its latest management paper ‘Common data, common sense: modernising information management in councils…