Tag: Public Accounts Committee
Mac and JOCC escape PAC grilling
(CNS): Neither of the country’s two former premiers will be called to answer allegations that public cash was mishandled in their respective ministries during the previous UDP administration. Public Accounts Committee Chair Ezzard Miller said he and the members had decided that playing the “blame game” would not help them ensure that the fiscal abuse revealed […]
Chance to address CPA conflicts ignored
(CNS): Ministry officials were clearly warned by the Office of the Auditor General about conflicts presented by the makeup of the Central Planning Authority, including the board’s chair, but did nothing to heed advice, the Public Accounts Committee heard Wednesday. Senior auditor Martin Ruben revealed that long before the OAG’s critical report on government’s national […]
DG: CS will hold line on rogue ministers
(CNS): Deputy Governor Franz Manderson has made it clear that senior civil servants will be supported when they “hold the line” against ministers and politicians that are trying to get things done by circumventing the rules. Outlining the changes happening in the public sector as a result of recommendations by the auditor general, he said […]
New PAC chair to lead probe on controversial reports
(CNS): Ezzard Miller will be back in action as the chair of the Public Accounts Committee tomorrow morning, when members meet to question witnesses and examine the findings of several controversial reports from the Office of the Auditor General (OAG). PAC will review eight reports over three days, including reports on the Nation Building Fund, the management […]
Bush accuses PPM of intrigue
(CNS): The opposition leader has accused the Progressive-led government of “political expediency, divisiveness and intrigue” and of achieving nothing to help the people. In the wake of his removal from the Public Accounts Committee last week, McKeeva Bush issued a statement to the media Tuesday criticizing the makeup of the committee, describing it as a […]
Mac ousted from PAC
(CNS): The premier told the Legislative Assembly Thursday ahead of the vote to oust the opposition leader from the Public Accounts Committee that his decision in 2013 to nominate Bush for PAC showed poor judgment on his part. Accepting his fate, as government had the votes, McKeeva Bush said the premier was “desperate” to get him out of […]
Cultural change is biggest challenge in CS reform
(CNS): The head of the unit which is tasked with reforming the way the civil services operates has said that one of the biggest challenges is to change the culture in public sector management. Mary Rodrigues, who is heading up Project Future, has said that the civil service must embrace the concept of business cases […]
PAC to dump Mac, Ezzard to take chair
(CNS): The government will be voting Opposition Leader McKeeva Bush off the Public Accounts Committee in the Legislative Assembly next week, as the independent member for North Side has agreed to take over the chairmanship from Roy McTaggart, who will remain as a member. Ezzard Miller told CNS that he had agreed to take over the committee because […]
John Gray project crawling forward towards re-start
(CNS): Government is currently in the process of surveying the John Gray High School construction site as it makes plans to restart the work on the project, which has been stalled for more than three years. Speaking to the Public Accounts Committee on Thursday, Christen Suckoo who will be confirmed as the ministry’s chief officer […]
PAC to tackle auditor’s school report
(CNS): Members of the Public Accounts Committee will be meeting at the Legislative Assembly this morning to examine the findings of the auditor general’s report on the government schools projects. The report, which was released in July, pointed to a catalogue of issues with both the completion of the Clifton Hunter High School and the expansions […]
CIG needs to respond in LA to PAC reports
(CNS): The Legislative Assembly is not able to properly review the outcome and progress regarding the auditor general’s reports and recommendations as government is not responding to the Public Accounts Committee’s own reports on the public hearings held to examine the auditor’s findings. Ezzard Miller, the former PAC chair, said government was not following the […]
