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...
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...
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...
This handbook provides a framework for local authorities - based on the Accounts Commission's Best Value performance management and planning audit - to help...
The report concerns the management of the project to provide the new Scottish Parliament building at Holyrood. The examination was undertaken in response to...
The Accounts Commission and Audit Scotland have developed a detailed audit approach to assess and support each council's progress in developing its PMP...
Dumfries and Galloway Council followed proper tendering processes for transferring the running of its residential homes for older people to the private...
Councils need to improve the way they manage data and information. In its latest management paper ‘Common data, common sense: modernising information...
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