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Tribute to Robert Black CBE
Audit Scotland pays tribute to Robert Black CBE, Scotland's first Auditor General. Bob died on Friday 15 October. Bob was the first AGS and Audit Scotland's first… - /news/governance-must-improve-at-crofting-commission
Governance must improve at Crofting Commission
The body responsible for overseeing Scotland's 20,000 crofts must improve its governance and rebuild damaged relationships between its board and managers. There has been a… - /news/ppe-contracts-awarded-fairly
PPE contracts awarded fairly
The Scottish public body that procured PPE during the pandemic acted fairly and appropriately when awarding contracts. NHS National Services Scotland (NSS) used emergency… - /news/most-scottish-councils-maintained-or-improved-housing-benefit-service-performance-despite
Most Scottish councils maintained or improved housing benefit service performance, despite Covid-19 disruptions
Most of Scotland's councils have maintained or improved their delivery of vital benefits during the Covid-19 pandemic, despite short-staffing and major disruptions from having… - /news/vaccinations-programme-makes-excellent-progress
Vaccinations programme makes excellent progress
The Covid-19 vaccination programme has made excellent progress in vaccinating a large majority of the adult population in Scotland. By 17 September, more than 90 per cent of… - /news/east-dunbartonshire-council-services-perform-well-with-high-levels-of-customer-satisfaction
East Dunbartonshire Council services perform well, with high levels of customer satisfaction
Over the past four years, East Dunbartonshire Council has continued to improve many of its services and is focused on improving the quality of life for local people. A report… - /news/covid-19-spending-transparency-will-be-increasingly-difficult
Covid-19 spending transparency will be 'increasingly difficult'
The Scottish Government estimates it has spent over £8.8 billion of the £9.3 billion allocated to support Covid-19 spending in 2020/21. However, transparency around… - /news/audit-with-purpose
Audit with purpose
Members of the Accounts Commission are united by a shared ambition to make a difference, to help ensure that the £27 billion spent by local government delivers better… - /news/community-justice-aims-not-yet-being-met
Community justice aims not yet being met
The Scottish Government has yet to achieve its objective of ensuring that people convicted of criminal offences increasingly receive community-based sentences instead of… - /news/aberdeen-city-council-has-made-strong-improvement-but-needs-to-do-more-to-address-housing-and
Aberdeen City Council has made strong improvement, but needs to do more to address housing and education
Over the past five years Aberdeen City Council has significantly improved its performance while making challenging savings targets and acting to reshape the city's economy.…
