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Andrew Coulson introduces a series of high scoring essays from the first set of students to participate in the 'oversight and scrutiny' post-graduate module, delivered by the Institute of Local Government Studies.
Public Accountability and Empowerment - a new era for scrutiny, CfPS's 6th Annual Conference on the 10th June and the Officer and Member Development Days on the 11th June are now taking bookings.
The Centre for Public Scrutiny has published a report in its 'Putting it into Practice' series focussed on how to be an independent minded governor.
The report and analysis for the 5th annual survey of overview and scrutiny in local government are now available. We are very grateful to all the officers and Members who took the time this year to complete the questionnaire.
The Centre for Public Scrutiny has launched the Good Scrutiny Awards 2008 to celebrate the achievements of non executives involved in scrutiny who take on the responsibility of holding decision makers to account.
Original research from the Centre for Public Scrutiny assessing how party political influence on overview and scrutiny has changed over time.