Archives for January 8th, 2007

DEPARTMENT CHALLENGED OVER COMPACT WITH VOLUNTARY GROUPS

Headlines, PublicNet: 8 January, 2007

DEPARTMENT CHALLENGED OVER COMPACT WITH VOLUNTARY GROUPS

 

Voluntary organisations are challenging the Department for Education and Skills to comply at all times with the Compact. It follows a successful campaign to extend the deadline for applications for the Children, Young People and Families grant. Now the organisations want assurances that compliance will not be optional for the DfES.

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WARNING OVER IMPACT OF WEST MIDLANDS HOUSING NUMBERS

Headlines, PublicNet: 8 January, 2007

WARNING OVER IMPACT OF WEST MIDLANDS HOUSING NUMBERS

 

Countryside campaigners are warning today that new figures from the West Midlands Regional Assembly are further confirmation of the impact of Government pressure for higher levels of house building. The Campaign to Protect Rural England says the majority of more than half a million homes that could be built in the region will be developed on greenfield sites and that the proposals will increase congestion and carbon emissions.

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SHARING HUMAN RESOURCE SERVICES

Abstracts, PublicNet: 8 January, 2007

This programme is now available to view on egovtv.tv, the online television channel for public service modernisation. It describes how Transport for London’s (TFL) HR functions and processes brought together 18 separate HR departments serving 19,000 employees within a single unit to give more accurate handling of HR operations, queries and services and deliver savings of 8 million pounds.This case study is part of the Transformational Government programme with a keynote interview with John Suffolk, HM Government CIO, and Expert Forums explaining the Cabinet Office’s T-Government initiative and how local government and public services can benefit.

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