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    Fife Constabulary and Police Authority perform well and need to continue to work closely in the transition to the new Police Service of Scotland

    Fife Constabulary and Fife Police Authority both demonstrate most aspects of Best Value. They share a strong vision of taking policing closer to the community and need to maintain…
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    Significant weaknesses in management of ICT programmes

    Managing ICT contracts: An audit of three public sector programmes, published today, reports on the management of important ICT programmes that were delayed, cancelled or overran…
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    New report highlights strengths and challenges as Scotland moves to a single fire service

    Scotland has the potential to create a world class fire and rescue service but faces major challenges in doing so. The report draws together the findings of the recent audits on…
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    Central Scotland Police and Joint Police Board perform well and have scope for improvement in the year ahead

    Central Scotland Police and its police authority, the Central Scotland Police Joint Board, perform well. Both demonstrate many aspects of Best Value but can make improvements in…
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    Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary and the police authority perform well and are committed to making further improvements

    Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary performs strongly and provides a good service. Both the force and the police authority demonstrate most aspects of Best Value. The authority…
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    Mergers need strong leadership from the outset

    An Audit Scotland report, Learning the lessons of public body mergers, looks at nine mergers that took place between 2008 and 2011 under the Scottish Government’s programme…
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    Midlothian Council making progress on Best Value

    Midlothian Council has made good progress improving services to deliver Best Value over the last four years. It still faces challenges but is now better placed to address them. A…
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    Data matching exercise is tackling public sector fraud and error

    An Audit Scotland report, The National Fraud Initiative in Scotland, sets out the results of the 2010/11 exercise, the fourth time the National Fraud Initiative (NFI) has been…
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    New local government scrutiny plan 2013/14

    The third National Scrutiny Plan for Local Government has been published today. Prepared by the main organisations responsible for scrutinising Scotland’s councils, the…
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    Councils can deliver services more effectively with a closer focus on costs

    An Accounts Commission report published today calls for more focus on actively applying cost information to plan services, scrutinise performance and demonstrate value for money…