This article was first published in Public Management and Policy and is reproduced by permission of the Association. http://www.cipfa.org.uk/pmpa/index.cfm The party ...

Total Place is about mapping public expenditure in a locality and identifying efficiencies through partnership working. Birmingham is a city of a million people and a financial mapping exercise led by ...

This report from the Young Foundation and the IDeA highlights that promoting and influencing happiness is no longer just an aspiration. As the recession forces difficult public spending choices, ...

The local delivery of services designed to cut the rate of teenage pregnancies is crucial to their success according to the Minister for Children, Young People and Families, Beverley Hughes, but she ...

The Cabinet Office and the Improvement and Development Agency are urging public bodies to identify ‘avoidable contact’ with customers. National Indicator 14 is one of the 198 indicators against which ...

Compares trends in local government in The Netherlands and Germany, chronicling the progress of local government reform in both countries over the past twenty years. Sees the 1980s in The Netherlands ...

ICT managers have bigger budgets, more staff and greater influence over the future development of services. This is the conclusion of the latest edition of the Society of IT Management’s annual IT ...

Traces the evolution of the competency movement from its origin in mediaeval times through to the present day. Describes the national skills initiatives of the US government in its bid to increase the ...

This feature describes how West Devon Borough Council developed barcoded billing for the payment of Council bills and replaced swipecards. The Council worked in partnership with allpay and introduced ...

All public bodies are faced with making an annual saving of 2.5% over the next three years and the launch of an online e-procurement service will make this more achievable. More efficient procurement ...