Transparency & Corruption, Outsourcing
Date
Jul. 12, 2012
UK: the benefits of outsourcing – where's the evidence?
The university sector in the UK, and some universities in particular, are under pressure to cut costs and to outsource services - the Working Lives Research Institute (WLRI) at London Metropolitan University has produced a very useful overview of the evidence on outsourcing.
Jun. 25, 2012
Danish Presidency stops push for greater transparency as Commission and large Member States refuse access
The European Parliament favours greater access to information of the European institutions. This allows citizens to follow debates and discussions and prevents that policies are prepared and decided behind closed
Mar. 20, 2012
Civil society organisations ask Commission to address revolving doors
(19 March 2012) EPSU, Alter-EU and several other organisations have addressed European Commissioner Šefčovič responsible for EU civil service to take measures to prevent [revolving doors->art8162] through which high ranking
Dec. 23, 2011
Finland: Many municipalities plan to recall work that has been outsourced
Many municipalities and joint authorities are disappointed with the results of outsourcing. And the dissatisfaction is so great that up to a fifth of these public organizations plan to take back outsourced work so that it can be done once again by their own personnel.
Jun. 24, 2011
Portugal: unions convince Lisbon city council to reject outsourcing
In 2010 Lisbon city council decided to restructure its services to try to reduce its levels of spending. It published plans which included proposals for reducing the number of departments, transferring some work to the smaller district councils in the city and for contracting-out some services.
May. 02, 2011
Europe's public service union: Stop corruption and make lobby more transparent
(Press Communication, 2 May 2011) The European Union recently saw a string of scandals with European Parliamentarians who took money from journalists posing as corporate lobbyists to influence legislation and