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What really scares you? | Wales Audit Office
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Making public money count. What really scares you? March 18, 2015. Mike Palmer, Sustainable Development Manager, talks to us about the Wales We Want. Report and the impact of the Well-being of Future Generations Bill. Is going to have on the Wales Audit Office as it gets closer to becoming law. Is now nearing the finish line. So a quick history lesson for those who haven’t been keeping up! Century. The United Nations are engaged in a similar global refresh to establish a set of international sustaina...
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Full speed ahead for broadband rollout | Wales Audit Office
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Making public money count. Full speed ahead for broadband rollout. May 28, 2015. With our report into the Welsh Government’s ‘Superfast Cymru’ broadband project completed, Sophie Knott tells us about the scheme and the importance of maximising the benefits to the businesses and residents of Wales. Digital Agenda for Europe). To ensure that all citizens have access to next generation broadband by 2020. In Wales, internet service providers have been rolling out next generation broadband to parts of the cou...
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Early Departures | Wales Audit Office
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Making public money count. February 12, 2015. For the past five years, it seems that not a day has gone by without a news story about the financial pressures facing the public sector. We identified through a survey of 58 Welsh public bodies that around 10,700 staff had left through early departures between April 2010 and December 2013 at an upfront cost of some 254 million. As far as we know, this is the first time such data has been collated and reported in Wales on a cross-sector basis. It is likely th...
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School improvement – is a regional approach working? | Wales Audit Office
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Making public money count. School improvement is a regional approach working? June 4, 2015. In this blog Sophie Knott looks at the new regional approach to school improvement in Wales. Following on from today’s release of two reports by the Auditor General and the education inspectorate at Estyn, Sophie considers the findings of both reports and asks is this relatively new approach likely to deliver benefits for Welsh pupils. Looked at whether the arrangements for regional consortia are likely to deliver...
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3 reasons why you need to apply for our Graduate Trainee Scheme | Wales Audit Office
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Making public money count. 3 reasons why you need to apply for our Graduate Trainee Scheme. March 13, 2015. We asked third year Audit Trainee Adam Marshall to tell us what attracted him to the Audit Trainee Scheme and how he has found the role so far. For more information on the Audit Trainee Scheme visit our website. The first question I probably have to answer is what attracted me to apply for the role of audit trainee within the Wales Audit Office? An internationally recognised qualification. I was as...
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From New Zealand to Wales – Reflections on working for wellbeing | Wales Audit Office
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Making public money count. From New Zealand to Wales Reflections on working for wellbeing. August 14, 2015. Ann Webster, Assistant Auditor-General, Research and Development, visited the Wales Audit Office during a recent holiday to share thoughts and ideas on integrated reporting. It’s easy to see why the Assembly of Wales recently enacted the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015. And new technologies in ways that we can look to learn from. The Good Practice. Section on its website includes ...
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Making public money count. Devolution at 16 What now for Wales? In the following blog post Mike Usher, reflecting on his recent speech at the Devolution Wales conference, looks at what’s next for Wales with devolution now in its teens. Mike looks back over the key audit findings of the last few years and addresses both the forward challenges we face and the requirement that brings…. February 9, 2016. How to live by the code. December 11, 2015. December 9, 2015. Health and social care. With an ageing popu...
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Two (Heads) are better than one | Wales Audit Office
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Making public money count. Two (Heads) are better than one. June 5, 2015. Here, our guest blogger Mark Campion, HMI Estyn, explains how Estyn and the Auditor General for Wales together examined school improvement services delivered through regional consortia in Wales and the benefits gained from working in collaboration. How did Estyn and the Wales Audit Office work together on this report? What advantages have you seen from joint working on this study? I believe that both reports are stronger because of...
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From New Zealand to Wales – Reflections on working for wellbeing | Wales Audit Office
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Making public money count. From New Zealand to Wales Reflections on working for wellbeing. August 14, 2015. Ann Webster, Assistant Auditor-General, Research and Development, visited the Wales Audit Office during a recent holiday to share thoughts and ideas on integrated reporting. It’s easy to see why the Assembly of Wales recently enacted the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015. And new technologies in ways that we can look to learn from. The Good Practice. Section on its website includes ...
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Early Departures | Wales Audit Office
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Making public money count. February 12, 2015. For the past five years, it seems that not a day has gone by without a news story about the financial pressures facing the public sector. We identified through a survey of 58 Welsh public bodies that around 10,700 staff had left through early departures between April 2010 and December 2013 at an upfront cost of some 254 million. As far as we know, this is the first time such data has been collated and reported in Wales on a cross-sector basis. It is likely th...
