The National Audit Office has criticised the Fire Service College for a glaring gap in its financial information system. The College is required to recover all its costs from fire authorities and other customers. At the same time the prices charged must not exceed the full cost of the courses. 

Identifying 4-11 year olds who are likely to become involved in crime is the aim of a new initiative “On Track”. The 30 pilot projects will kick start a shift in emphasis away from dealing with the problems of offending and towards keeping youngster away from crime. 

Holloway J, Frances G, Hinton MThe International Journal of Public Sector Management, (UK), 1999 Vol 12 No 4. Start page: 351. No of pages: 15
Reports initial findings from research into the nature and value of a benchmarking approach to the improvement of organizational performance and change.