The Centre for Public Scrutiny promotes the value of scrutiny and accountability in modern and effective government and supports non-executives in their scrutiny role
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The Centre for Public Scrutiny publishes guidance, research and articles on all scrutiny issues.
Green Light; How non-executives can improve people's lives by helping to manage the performance of local services (£7.00)
This comprehensive guide highlights what performance management is and how it works, how performance management and scrutiny fit together and offers practical advice about how non-executives can take a fresh approach to help influence and drive improvement in local services.
Action stations? The first six months of the Councillor Call for Action (free download)
CfPS has compiled research looking at the first 6 months of the Councillor Call for Action - it's impact and its value from a local authority perspective.
CfPS response to "Nothing but the truth?" (Audit Commission paper on data quality) (free download)
This is CfPS' response to a recent Audit Commission discussion paper on data quality
Global Challenge, Local Solutions: the role of scrutiny, audit and inspection in tackling the recession (free download)
A report on scrutiny and the recession - looking at how audit, inspection and scrutiny bodies can tackle policy areas on which the recession is having an impact, and demonstrating how scrutiny can add value in the context of constrained budgets.
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