In an example of joint working - OFSTED has announced a programme of inspections that will give maximum support to Government efforts to improve inner city life.
At the Education and Employment Secretary’s request, OFSTED has included in its next tranche of work all those Local Education Authorities participating in the Government’s Excellence in the Cities programme which have not yet been inspected. 

Move house next year and you may only have to inform Government departments about it once.
The Minister for the Cabinet Office, Dr Jack Cunningham has announced that by December, a single electronic ‘gateway’ will be on test, opening up a range of one-stop shop services.
One example given of how it would work is a member of the public being able to provide information about a change of address to different parts of government in one go. 

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The International Journal of Public Sector Management, (UK), 1999 Vol 12 No 1. Start page: 49. No of pages: 14
Assesses the influence of the new public management paradigm on the convergence process within the organizations of public administration, its practices and the role perceptions of senior civil servants within the European Union.