President Obama launched the SAVE award last year. The (nothing new) principle is that US government employees suggest ideas to save money. The first winner of the award was Nancy Fichtner whose idea for reusing medical supplies is expected to save $2 million p.a. So far President Obama has received nearly 40,000 ideas. This is […]
Rebranding, Reshuffles and Reorganisation
The National Audit Office states that “the Government has reorganised 91 departments across Whitehall since May 2005, at an annual cost of £200 million”. The article goes on to say that “25 central government departments had been created since 1980 but 13 of these no longer exist.” Clearly this isn’t just a Labour issue. That […]
Politically Correct
In response to the political scandal about MP’s expense claims, the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (ipsa) has been set up. IPSA will consist of 80 members of staff and is expected to cost £6.5 million every year. This is on top of the £1.5 million that has already been spent on audits and enquiries into […]
Don’t Trust Them
I found a fascinating article on Euronews about the state of America’s security agencies. As well as the FBI and the CIA there are 14 other agencies, all of which report through to the “Director of National Intelligence”. Apparently what these 16 agencies don’t know between them isn’t worth knowing. The failings in US counter […]