To instill confidence in the public regarding the investigation process, it is essential that an investigating agency be independent and free from any conflicts of interest when conducting an investigation. As such, the TSB is an independent agency, separate from other Canadian government agencies and departments. TSB final reports and safety communications are not subject to government revisio...

During the past decade New Zealand has introduced far-reaching reforms in the structure and operation of government departments and agencies. This model has attracted interest in developing countries because it promises significant gains in operational efficiency. But developing countries, which are dominated by informal markets, are risky candidates for applying the New Zealand model. The auth...

E-government projects are getting a strong attention from the UAE government, keen on using this technology to facilitate its services to citizens and customers. In Dubai, e-Government's target is ambitious: it is required that over 90 per cent of the services on offer from the key government departments in Dubai are offered online by the end of 2007. E-government projects can easily be put at ...

Governments across Europe and North America have recently reviewed the ways in which they provide both the public and their own departments with access to electronic data. Information service architectures have been proposed as one important component of the new e-Governance visions. These web-based technologies offer huge benefits by defining common interfaces between different information sys...

• Forewords • Timeline • Introduction • Section 1: The interaction between diet and public health 1.1: Changing patterns of mortality in the UK 1.2: Changing patterns of disease and links with diet • Section 2: The role of government 2.1: Overview of government departments related to food and nutrition 2.2: Recommendations for healthy diets 2.3: Nutrition-related health policies • Section 3: Tr...

This study investigates the E-mineral rights trade market in China. This market could improve information disclosure, transparency and efficiency of mineral rights. In China, all mineral resources belong to the country, so this Electronic trade market is both E-business and E-government. Their subjects include departments of land and resources administration, government departments, State-owned...

Government departments procure a large variety of products and services in or carryout its normal operational responsibilities and to implement various plan policies. For effectively execution of these tasks the government asks for quo (Request For Quotation) from different contractors. After receiving the quotation contractors a sequence of procedure are followed before the award of contract i...

Despite new global standards for MiP prevention, Ugandan health advocates knew that outdated government policies were contributing to higher rates of MiP due to confusion and lack of coordination among health workers and women. A group of committed organizations, led by PATH, worked closely with the Ministry of Health (MOH) to improve efficiency and standards of care by forming a group to incre...