In England, for example, burdensome inspection is being reduced and the Audit Commission abolished.
NACRO, an umbrella organisation for criminal-reform groups, by the Audit Commission and in internal Home Office reports.
Three other senior officers were suspended in June after the Audit Commission found "significant failings" in procedures.
Members of the Commission for Health Improvement and the Audit Commission will appear before the assembly's health committee on 9 January.
Corby Borough Council said it was also awaiting the Audit Commission's independent report.
Communities Secretary Eric Pickles accused the Audit Commission of being part of a "conspiracy" to kill off weekly collections in England.
It follows a review carried out between April and October 2003 by the Commission for Health Improvement and the Audit Commission.
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The Audit Commission - which monitors local government spending - said it did not impose inflexible rules, it merely recommended cost-effective practices.
Following advice received from the audit commission his complaint will go to Cornwall's head of finance and to the county's external auditor.
Last year the Audit Commission reported that there were wide differences in levels of achievement of local authorities with similar levels of disadvantage.
In other words, Conservatives, as the Audit Commission said, cost you less and give you better services, and that is the key message.
The Audit Commission confirmed it had been approached by a member of the public over proceedings at Somerton Town Council earlier this year.
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Sensibly, the top mandarins are planning to keep the exercise in-house without the bother of external assessment by a watchdog like the Audit Commission.
He also thinks the Audit Commission, which monitors local government from housing to the police, should report not to ministers but to select committees.
Doncaster's rating has been published in the Audit Commission's Comprehensive Performance Assessments (CPA) - the annual data for all English single tier and county councils.
The Audit Commission, which was set up in 1983, is responsible for overseeing the spending of taxpayers' money by local councils and some health organisations.
"Rhondda has quite some way to go yet before it can be satisfied with the services it's delivering, " said Sue Mead of the Audit Commission.
The Audit Commission report in April 2010, which led to the government intervention, found the people of Doncaster were "not well served" by the council.
The Audit Commission report revealed "stark differences" in health finances around the country with the majority of the deficits focused in London and the south-east.
That sounds fine, but the Audit Commission has two big worries.
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Councillors met on Thursday night to discuss the joint review, which followed a three-month investigation into Cardiff Council by the audit commission and social service inspectorate.
Councils' compliance with the best- value rule would also be checked using a beefed-up version of the Audit Commission's annual comparisons of their costs and efficiency.
In its last report, the Audit Commission noted that in London, for example, the proportion of council tenants owing more than 13 weeks' rent varied widely.
According to a report this week from the Audit Commission, a public-spending watchdog, the introduction of a similar system in Australia resulted in a big productivity improvement.
He said the council would be able to operate very successfully without a managing director and that the severance payment had been approved by the Audit Commission.
Mark Easton said it was part of the government's plan to abolish professional Whitehall scrutineers like the Audit Commission and replace them with an "army of armchair auditors".
However, the NAO said information compiled by the Audit Commission, the local government spending watchdog, suggested that 12% of local authorities were at risk of not balancing future budgets.
But a study last year by the Audit Commission suggested that only half of GPs believed it was important to look for the signs of dementia, because it is incurable.
The Audit Commission's report warned the Labour-controlled council it must improve in its compliance with contract procedure rules, demonstrating good value for money, reporting to elected members and dealing with whistleblowers.
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More than three-quarters of people who leave the public sector blame the regime of central control and the paperwork that it engenders, according to a recent report from the Audit Commission.
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