Public sector accountability and commercial-in-confidence outsourcing contracts

Article Abstract:

A study on Australian public sector is presented to highlight the importance of accountability in the sector. The study also indicates how outsourcing of activities of public sector on a commercial-in-confidence basis reduces the accountability in the sector, and eventually leads to inefficiency.

Australia, Use of services, Outsourcing

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Accounting for public heritage facilities - assets or liabilities of the government?

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Research is presented into the accounting treatment of public heritage facilities according to Australian accounting standards. The focus is on the irrelevance of commercial valuations of public goods.

Management, Public finance, Public buildings

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Going where no accounting historian has gone before: a counterfactual history of the early institutionalization of modern public accountancy

Article Abstract:

A study conducted to analyze the effectiveness of counterfactual historical tool to understand the consequences of historical decisions of public sector accounting is presented.

United Kingdom, Usage, Counterfactuals (Logic)

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