Edward's Ramblings (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
In my role as Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee I recently chaired a hearing into the Department for Culture, Media and Sport’s campaign aimed at Promoting Participation with the Historic Environment. One of the hearings witnesses was the Chief Executive of English Heritage Dr Simon Thurley. With my final question I took the opportunity to enquire about his organisation’s...
Edward's Ramblings (Free subscription) | yesterday
... affecting national security-they must inform Parliament in confidence through the Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee and the Chairman of the Select Committee on the Treasury. There is a very good reason why. It is not my amour-propre, or that of the Treasury Committee Chairman, who is equally upset about the matter; it is because if I, as the Chairman of...
Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009
COUVA/Tabaquite/Talparo Regional Corporation chairman Ranjit Ramnarine said his mother was driven to tears after watching a television news report about a Public Accounts Committee (PAC) meeting last July that he did not attend and had reportedly uninformed representatives.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
THE Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has recommended that the Government should take disciplinary measures against controlling officers that violate financial regulations by consistently misusing public funds.
Denford Magora's Zimbabwe Blog (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
... said the youths were hired as "ward officers" and even admitted to the Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee that they had been hired "irregularly". He was quick to say that he is now "regularising" their appointments, an admission that they will not be fired and will instead be kept on for the next election, when ZANU PF is most likely going...
Politics.ie (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
---Quote--- JUST 12 trainees have completed courses at a €6.7m Fás college which opened at the start of the year, prompting the Dáil's Public...
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
P.E.I. Opposition leader Olive Crane invoked the voice of her predecessor, now Premier Robert Ghiz, in her efforts to get witnesses before the public accounts committee.
The Cornerstone Group (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
In my role as Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee I recently chaired a hearing into the Department for Culture, Media and Sport’s campaign aimed at Promoting Participation with the Historic Environment. One of the hearings witnesses was the Chief Executive of English Heritage Dr Simon Thurley. With my final question I took the opportunity to [...]
Daniel Molokele (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
... that the Parliament must be a vibrant force for democracy and accountability. Meanwhile, the House committee on Public Accounts held hearings this week on "ghost workers" on state payrolls. The government last month launched a census of all state workers including the work they perform, following charges that thousands of people hold political patronage jobs that...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
A former Defense Minister and Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament, Mr. Albert Kan-Dapaah has asked members of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) to bring their internal squabbling to an end, to enable the government stay focused.
Ashton-under-Lyne.com Daily Photo Blog (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
... as MP for Ashton under Lyne for 37 years. In Parliament he was the respected chairman of the Public Accounts Committee for 14 years, having previously been Financial Secretary to the Treasury for 5 years. See Birds Eye View of this location.
