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Reconciling the biogeography of an invader through recent and historic genetic patterns: the case of topmouth gudgeon Pseudorasbora parva.
Hardouin, E.A., Andreou, D., Zhao, Y., Chevret, P., Fletcher, D.H., Britton, J.R. and Gozlan, R. E., 2018. Reconciling the biogeography of an invader through recent and historic genetic patterns: the case of topmouth gudgeon Pseudorasbora parva. Biological Invasions, 20 (8), 2157-2171.
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© 2018 The Author(s) The genetic variability and population structure of introduced species in their native range are potentially important determinants of their invasion success, yet data on native populations are often poorly represented in relevant studies. Consequently, to determine the contribution of genetic structuring in the native range of topmouth gudgeon Pseudorasbora parva to their high invasion success in Europe, we used a dataset comprising of 19 native and 11 non-native populations. A total of 666 samples were analysed at 9 polymorphic microsatellite loci and sequenced for 597 bp of mitochondrial DNA. The analysis revealed three distinct lineages in the native range, of which two haplogroups were prevalent in China (100%), with a general split around the Qinling Mountains. Dating of both haplogroups closely matched past geological events. More recently, its distribution has been influenced by fish movements in aquaculture, resulting in gene flow between previously separated populations in Northern and Southern China. Their phylogeography in Europe indicate as few as two introductions events and two dispersal routes. Microsatellite data revealed native populations had higher genetic diversity than those in the invasive range, a contrast to previous studies on P. parva. This study confirms the importance of extensive sampling in both the native and non-native range of invasive species in evaluating the influence of genetic variability on invasion success.
David Fletcher, Rodolphe E. Gozlan and Robert Britton were supported by the Agence Nationale de la Recherche (GENESIS ANR-AF 13-ADAP-0005-001). This work was funded through a Small grant from the Fisheries Society of the British Isles to Emilie A. Hardouin
Pseudorabora parva; Invasive species; Non-native; Invasion genetics; Biological invasion; Biogeography


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Rediscovering the African-American graveyard beneath a Baltimore shopping center
By Christina Tkacik
Laurel Cemetery opened in 1852 as the first non-religious cemetery for Baltimore's African-American community. Now, it's beneath a Baltimore shopping center. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun video)
Ron Castanzo pulled up to the parking lot of the strip mall in the Belair-Edison neighborhood of Northeast Baltimore in his minivan a while back.
On a grassy spot near the entrance of the Belair Edison Crossing shopping center on Belair Road, he saw the top of a white tombstone breaking through the ground, like a tooth coming in.
Castanzo, a professor at the University of Baltimore who teaches courses in anthropology and human biology, remembers thinking: "Wow, there was a cemetery here."
It was the beginning of an effort to dig up a past long paved over. Laurel Cemetery opened in 1852 as the first non-religious cemetery for Baltimore's African-American community. About 20 percent the size of Green Mount Cemetery, it became the final resting place for Union soldiers, African Methodist Episcopal bishops, civil rights leaders, businessmen and professionals from the city's black middle class.
"If you were somebody of note, the likelihood is that Laurel Cemetery is where you were buried," said Elgin Klugh, who chairs the department of applied social and political sciences at Coppin State University.
The cemetery — or some of it, at least — was moved in the 1950s. Now Castanzo and Klugh have joined forces to excavate its lost history. They have recruited a team of students for a simple mission: Determine whether there are bodies still buried beneath the shopping center. Klugh wants to create a comprehensive list of people who were buried there.
Their work could be bolstered by legislation before the General Assembly to increase protections for local cemeteries that have been abandoned, bulldozed or just neglected. The House approved the legislation 138-0 Monday night. The Senate version is scheduled for a hearing Thursday.
State Sen. Joan Carter Conway, the bill's Senate sponsor, said the legislation could be used to increase the visibility of sites such as Laurel Cemetery. The Baltimore Democrat said the bill isn't just about African-American cemeteries but all graveyards.
"Quite a lot of them are not being maintained," she said.
Conway said she is considering offering an amendment to her bill prohibiting the paving over of cemeteries.
"I don't think they should be able to pave over cemeteries and put a house there," she said. "That's another episode of 'Poltergeist.' "
Perhaps for as long as the dead have been buried, societies have struggled to maintain graveyards. Across Belair Road from the Laurel Cemetery site, in the middle of Clifton Park, is the old site of St. Vincent's Cemetery, which opened around the same time. It was bulldozed in the 1980s. A group that calls itself the Friends of St. Vincent's Cemetery is working to landscape the area.
Neglect is particularly common at African-American cemeteries, said Eileen McGuckian, president of the Coalition to Protect Maryland Burial Sites.
A Baptist church in Bethesda has clashed with Montgomery County and private developers over what is believed to be a historic African-American cemetery that was paved over years ago. Human remains from an African-American cemetery have been found beneath a dog park in Washington's Adams Morgan neighborhood.
In New York in 1991, workers excavating a site in Lower Manhattan for a federal building uncovered the first of an estimated 10,000 to 20,000 graves, a forgotten 18th century African-American cemetery. A portion of the site is now protected as the African Burial Ground National Monument.
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"Sometimes there are real horror stories," McGuckian said.
Back Story: City's historic black cemetery was moved to Carroll
By By Frederick N. Rasmussen and The Baltimore Sun
Castanzo learned of the Laurel Cemetery from a historic map of the city. After checking out the site in person, he contacted Coastal Equities, which purchased the shopping center just a few years ago, and got permission to dig in the grassy, unpaved section.
Coastal Equities did not respond Monday to a request for comment.
The team began work in summer 2015.
"I really did not expect there to be lots of intact burials," Castanzo said.
The air was still shimmering with tension after the death of Freddie Gray and the demonstrations that followed. Ashley Smith, then a student at Coppin State University, worked on the dig. As team members excavated, she said, the blackish soil nearest to the asphalt gave way to a reddish dirt thick enough to mold with your hands.
In time, they found two headstones, without names. Shards of plate, a jug — antique trash, probably dumped in the 1940s. Piles and piles of brick. There were bones and the metal handles of caskets. Nails of coffins. A grave, cradled in a basket of roots.
And there, in the cemetery beneath the parking lot, Smith confronted a new type of racism: the racism that followed black people even after their deaths.
"Finding out that a space that was so important to our community was just kind of discarded," said Smith, sent a message to the city's African Americans: "We're not human, we're not worthy of being remembered."
She'd been to the strip mall. She went to high school nearby. Yet in all those years, she never once heard anyone talk about the cemetery.
"So much history was buried in that space," she said.
To Klugh, that's the worst thing about this story. Of the possibly 5,000 people buried at Laurel, he said, "their lives and contributions are gone from the collective memory."
Their earthly rest was not undisturbed.
Cattle sometimes broke through the fence and knocked over tombstones, The Baltimore Afro-American reported. Weeds and weather overtook the headstones. Neighbors dumped trash and ashes.
"The city of the dead is also the city of disorder and neglect," The Afro reported in 1929.
The company that owned the cemetery said members had stopped paying annual dues, and eventually declared bankruptcy, the newspaper reported. Neighbors complained that the place was an eyesore, a nuisance, a draw for criminals.
In 1957, the General Assembly approved legislation approving its destruction after legislators argued that it had become a health hazard. The prime land was later bought and sold by men who worked for the city's Law Department.
"And that's a really sad chapter in Baltimore history," Castanzo said.
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By November 1958, an Afro reporter wrote, "the soft sobs of bereaved relatives have been replaced at the Laurel Cemetery by the roar of powerful bulldozers ripping apart this historic but decaying burial grounds."
A new owner moved a few hundred burials to Carroll County. But only a small fraction of the bodies were likely relocated.
"You never remove them all," McGuckian said.
Castanzo and Klugh visited the site one afternoon last week. Their presence drew curiosity. Some passersby had heard that the site had been a cemetery, but knew little about who was buried there.
"They need to do something about this," said Angela Thomas. "Somebody's loved one's probably still in there."
The ground has eroded substantially since Castanzo and Klugh began their work. In time, Castanzo said, human remains would come to the surface.
He picked up a bone, unsure whether it was from a person.
Klugh noticed something else in the dirt: the handle of an old casket.
Castanzo bent to pick it up. Tyrone Huff, 49, watched with a mix of fascination and anger.
Why hadn't the site been protected?
For years, he and many others have used the grassy knoll as a shortcut to enter the strip mall. But now, knowing this was sacred ground, he swore he would never do it again.
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BRIEF REPORT ON ALL INDIA CONFERENCE HELD AT HYDERABAD FROM 20.10.2019 TO 23.10.2019
All India Conference of All India Postal Employees Union Group 'C' was held at Gachibowli Stadium Campus, Hyderabad (Telangana) from 20.10.2019 to 23.10.2019.
On 19.10.2019 C.W.C. was also held at the same venue in which the agenda of A.I.C was approved.
A.I.C. commenced with Flag hoisting at 10 AM on 20.10.2019. The National Flag was hoisted by Com. C. C. Pillai, Ex Secretary General, NFPE & Ex-General Secretary, R3. NFPE Flag was hoisted by Com. Giriraj Singh, President, NFPE & General Secretary, R-III. P3 Flag was hoisted by Com. J. Ramamurthy, President P3.
After that Floral tribute was offered to the martyrs. All Leaders present there paid their tribute by offering flowers on Martyr's Column.
Inaugural Session started at 10:30 AM on 20.10.2019. Com. J. Ramamurthy President presided over the meeting.
Welcome speech was delivered by Com. S. S. R. A. Prasad, General Secretary Reception Committee and Circle Secretary, P3 Telangana.
Com. R. N. Parashar, General Secretary also welcomed all leaders & guests present on dias and all delegates and Visitors attending the A.I.C and gave an introductory speech.
All leaders, Chief Guest, Guests of Honour, All India leaders, General Secretaries of affiliated unions and all CHQ office bearers, Circle Secretaries and Women Committee Members were honoured by the Reception Committee by presenting flower bouquets, shawls, bags, Badges and mementos.
Com. K. K. N. Kutty, President Confederation of Central Government Employees and Workers, greeted the A.I.C and delivered a brief speech on the common issues related to 7th CPC & Central Government Employees.
The open session was formally inaugurated by Com. Swadesh Dev Roy, National Secretary, Centre of Indian Trade Unions (C.I.T.U) in his speech he elaborated the issues related to working class, peasantry and common man. How the Government policies are effecting the life of Common man. The neo-liberal economic policies being pursued by the present Government are not in the interest of Common man whether it is Government Employees, Public Sectors Employees, State Government Workers or farmers. These policies have been framed to make the corporate Sector benefitted. The country is facing serious economic crisis and unemployment problem. He appealed the working class to fight unitedly to resist the retrograde economic policies of the Govt.
Shri P. K. Bishoi, Member (Personal) & Designated Secretary (Posts) also graced the occasion as Chief Guest. In his address he assured the employees to protect their interests and settle the problems which are being faced by the employees. He appealed to the Postal Employees to work in the interest of the Department.
Shri Charls Lobo Chief PMG, Karnataka holding additional charge of Telangana Circle also addressed the open session.
Shri K. Nageshwar, Ex-MLC Telangana also delivered his speech and criticized the anti working class policies of present central Govt. He stressed the need to fight unitedly by all working class to resist the anti common man and pro-corporate policies of the Government.
The open session was addressed by Coms. C. C. Pillai, Ex-Secretary General NFPE & Ex General Secretary R3, Com. Vrigu Bhattacharjee, Financial Secretary, Confederation & Secretary General, All India Civil Accounts Employees Association, Giriraj Singh, President, NFPE & General Secretary R3, D. B. Mohanty, General Secretary, P4, P. Suresh General Secretary R4, S. B. Yadav, General Secretary, Postal Accounts, Smt. Jasmine Jalal Begum, General Secretary, AIPESBCOEA, J. L. Venkat Subbu, General Secretary Admin Union, P. Pandurangarao, General Secretary, AIPEU GDS Union, R. Sivannarayana, Ex-President P3, P. Mohan, General Secretary, Casual Labourers Union and some other leaders.
Delegate session was started at 4 PM on 20.10.2019 after getting the agenda approved by the house Com. J. Ramamurthy delivered Presidential Speech.
Com. R. N. Parashar General Secretary initiated the discussion on agenda by narrating the present position on each issue.
All Circle Secretaries discussed the various issues notified in agenda in detail it went on upto 21st October A/N. After that delegates were called for to give their views on agenda items and the problems being faced by them at the ground level. 76 delegates took part in deliberation who gave an important feedback on the issues.
After that General Secretary summed up the discussion. He elaborately described each issue raised by the delegates and clarified the position of action taken by CHQ and the Department. He thanked all Leaders, Member (P) & designated, Secretary (Posts) Chief PMG Telangana and other officers who attended the open session. He thanked all CHQ office bearers, Circle Secretaries, Women Committee members, Divisional Secretaries and all delegates and visitors who attended the A.I.C. for their guidance and co-operation extended to run the affairs of CHQ.
Special Thanks were given to Com. K. V. Sridharan Ex-General Secretary, AIPEU Group 'C' who has always extended his support, co-operation and guidance to the CHQ.
General Secretary conveyed thanks to Com. M. Krishnan, Secretary General Confederation, Ex-Secretary General NFPE & General Secretary P3 who could not attend the A.I.C. due to some domestic problems but he has always extended his co-operation, guidance and support to run the affairs of CHQ.
After that Credentials were readout. 711 delegates out of 836 were present. All Circle Secretaries and CHQ office bearers were also present. The house was declared duly composed by the President and all business transacted was declared under composed house and approved by the house.
After that agenda items were got approved by the President one by one.
As per agenda election was held and new set of office bearers was elected unanimously which is mentioned as under.
The session was presided by Com. G. Janakiram, Working President.
President - Com. N. Subramanian (Tamilnadu)
Working Presidents - Com. G. Janakiram (Karnataka)
- Com. Sudheer Mane (Maharashtra)
Vice Presidents - Com. R. K. Chaubey (Madhya Pradesh)
- Com. Nanda Sen (West Bengal)
General Secretary - Com. R. N. Parashar (Uttar Pradesh)
Deputy General Secretary - Com. Janardan Majumdar (West Bengal)
Asst. General Secretaries - Com. P. K. Muralidharan (Kerala)
- Com. A. Veeramani (Tamilnadu)
- Com. S. S. R. A. Prasad (Telangana)
Financial Secretary - Com. Balwinder Singh (Delhi)
Asstt. Financial Secretary - Com. Naresh Gupta (Haryana)
Organizing Secretaries - Com. Rajasekaran (Andhra Pradesh)
- Com. Bruhaspati Samal (Odisha)
- Com. A. M. Sekar (Tamilnadu)
MAHILA COMMITTEE:
Chairperson - Com. Geeta Bhattacharjee (Delhi
Convenor - Com. P. Rema (Kerala)
Joint Convenor - Com. Mausumi Majumdar (Assam)
Members - Com. K. K. Jagadamma (Kerala)
- Com. K. Pushpeshwari (Telangana)
- Com. A. Valarmathi (Tamilnadu)
- Com. J. Renuga (Tamilnadu)
- Com. M. Shanti (Tamilnadu)
- Com. Chaitra Gowda (Karnataka)
- Com. Mangala Bhagwat (Karnataka)
- Com. Sunita Dwivedi (Chattisgarh)
- Com. Ritu Nuniya (Rajasthan)
- Com. Mausami Bhattacharya (West Bengal)
- Com. Namrata Swamy (Maharashtra)
- Com. Yogita Patil (Maharashtra)
- Com. Alma Minz (Madhya Pradesh)
- Com. Charissa Myrthong (North East)
- Com. Chandrawati Das (Odisha)
At last General Secretary thanked the Reception Committee for organizing the A.I.C in a good manner for which Com. S. S. R. A. Prasad, Com. Raj Kumar, Com. Suresh, Com. Ravinder Reddy, Com. Vishwanath and other members deserve the appreciation.
Vote of thanks was given by Com. S. S. R. A. Prasad General Secretary, Reception Committee.
At last President Concluded the A.I.C. by delivering brief speech.
Posted by R. N. Parashar, General Secretary at 11:37 AM
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Thruxton podiums boost Honda's title chase
Latest News posted 29th May 2019
Halfords Yuasa Racing's Dan Cammish scored a brace of podium finishes at the BTCC's first trip to Thruxton of 2019, resulting in the outfit moving to the top of the Teams' standings, and further consolidating Honda's lead in the Manufacturers' Championship.
Cammish started Race 1 from the outside of the front row and, after dropping one position off the start line to eventual race winner Andrew Jordan, he held onto third and the final podium spot. In the second Honda, Matt Neal gained one place from his grid position to finish seventh after a race-long duel with former champion Ashley Sutton.
It was same again for Cammish in Race 2, the Civic Type R holding onto the leading duo for all 16 laps and completing the podium for the second time of the day. Neal, meanwhile, worked his way up the field to ensure both Hondas finished in the top five.
A threat of rain lingered over the final race, but never amounted to any more than light drizzle. Starting seventh and ninth on the reversed grid, both Neal and Cammish avoided a first lap crash, which helped them progress to fourth and sixth respectively. The pair of Civic Type Rs stayed out of trouble for the remainder of the race to complete a strong points haul for the team.
With six strong results from the meeting, Honda extended its lead in the Manufacturers' standings to 15 points over BMW, and the Halfords Yuasa Racing jumped to the top of the Teams' standings, again heading Team BMW. Both Neal and Cammish also now sit in the top ten of the Drivers' Championship.
"We were pipped to the podium at the end, but I'm taking the positives out of it," said Neal. "Between the two cars we've had six decent top ten finishes, and we scored good points in the Drivers', Manufacturers' and Teams' Championships."
"This is probably the strongest weekend I've had in the British Touring Car Championship – to come away with two thirds and a sixth, to score 41 points, it's a mega day," added Cammish.


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'Trash Cop' helps keeps JBLM safe
By Lauren Finnegan, Joint Base Lewis-McChord Garrison Public AffairsApril 12, 2019
1 / 1 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Greg Mason, an environmental investigator from the Joint Base Lewis-McChord's Directorate of Public Works, examines documents found during the search of an illegal dump site April 2. Better known as JBLM's "Trash Cop," Mason has been investigating illegal dump sites on JBLM since 2005 in an effort to help the base recoup clean-up costs. (Photo Credit: Lauren Finnegan, Joint Base LewisMcChord Garrison Public Affairs) VIEW ORIGINAL
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. -- With a box of latex gloves and an industrial-size bottle of hand sanitizer, "Trash Cop" Greg Mason investigates on-base dump sites as part of the Joint Base Lewis-McChord's illegal dumping program.
The program began in 2005 when it was discovered about 600 tons of trash were disposed of on JBLM each year. Due in part to Mason's efforts, that figure has decreased to about 150 tons of illegal trash each year.
Each illegal dump site can cost the base thousands of dollars in clean-up and disposal fees. Mason's job, officially an environmental investigator with JBLM's Directorate of Public Works, is to find the individuals responsible so the Office of Judicial Assistance Claims on JBLM can recoup all costs associated with the cleanup of the site.
With 40 years of law enforcement experience, Mason uses traditional investigative procedures, such as link analysis, to process each scene or dump site. He is looking for those pieces of evidence which will connect an individual or company to the illegal dumping.
"What I'm looking for is some kind of receipt for just a normal purchase," Mason said. "Maybe they bought groceries, or McDonald's. Sometimes Starbucks puts labels on cups and the labels will have dates."
Mason also pays attention to environmental factors such as the amount and activity of ants and other insects to determine the date of dumping.
"If you look at the degradation of the items that have been dumped on the ground, it will roughly tell you how long it's been out here," he said. "When you leave something outside, it weathers. The rain, and the bugs, and the sun and everything else causes it to deteriorate. By looking at those things that's one way to tell roughly how long it's been out here."
Twice a year, service members pair with the JBLM environmental team to clean up the illegal dumping in training and cantonment areas.
This year's spring cleanup had Mason busy with the investigation of a large hazardous site in one of the base training areas. Among household trash were three, 55-gallon drums of used motor oil, automobile parts, an old refrigerator and bins full of financial records that led back to multiple area mechanic shops.
After collecting receipts, financial records and a shipping box complete with name and address, Mason couples that with environmental factors to determine the most likely period of dumping. When paired with information about the string of owners found readily available on the internet, Mason is ready to bring his case against the culprit and recoup the $3,000 to $4,000 it cost JBLM to clean the site.
Since the start of the program, Mason estimates he has investigated about 15,000 illegal dump sites on base. While many times, the sites consist of household garbage, a large amount of cases involve hazardous materials that can harm service members, and that's why Mason is so dedicated to his job.
"The best part of my job is that I am given the latitude by my entire chain of command to help the Soldiers to be safe," he said. "My heart lies with the Soldiers."
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You may have the greatest addition/remodel planned for your home but did you remember to get the proper permits from either the city, county, HOA or all 3?
Before you setup your application make sure you aren't wasting time on getting approved for a project that doesn't need approval. Typically a construction permit is not needed for wallpapering, painting or finish work (unless your house is in a historical district or the HOA requires); fences under a certain height; plumbing, mechanical and electrical work, replacement or repair of fixtures (such as changing water faucets or replacing switches) does not normally require a permit.
In many cases, a permit is needed for repair or replacement of existing fixtures, such as replacing windows. A plumbing, electrical or mechanical permit maybe needed for any addition or changes to a building's existing system; for example, moving or adding an electrical outlet requires a permit. Replacing a water heater or adding a permanently wired light fixture may, require a permit. Changes to your driveway or walkway may also require a permit as it is altering the cosmetic look of your home.
Not all permits are the same. You may need to inquire from several different agencies depending on the work involved. Make sure you give yourself enough time to setup these permits as appointments from inspectors may need to be scheduled and all of this can cut into your budget if you've already started the project. In most cases a schematic or drawing will be required of your project and some agencies ask for this to be done by a structural engineer but many times a well drawn out plan will suffice if it contains all of the necessary elements of your project.


Industry experts share their insights on how technology is reshaping hospitality management.
In an era dominated by digital and social media, it's not surprising that technology is impacting on professional communication practices more than ever before. For a people centric industry such as hospitality, this has a number of interesting and potentially game changing implications.
Technology has been transforming the way business is conducted for many years. For the hospitality industry, technological advances including online booking systems, CRMs, and most notably, social media platforms, are now allowing businesses to develop more convenient and valuable relationships with customers. In an industry that prides itself on customer service and human interaction, however, could technology be creating problems when it comes to communication?
For BMIHMS graduate and current Communications and Training Specialist, Dr. Juvanka Roberts, balance is crucial in an industry so heavily focused on customer service.
"At its core, hospitality is all about service. It's about anticipating the need without needing to ask; about being there and serving your guests – that's what they want and expect from you.
"One of the drawbacks of the use of technology in the hospitality industry today is trying to get that balance between technology and the human factor. I think it's important to find balance and incorporate digital into the business. We need to look at it as an omni-channel experience for the industry and also utilise all of those different channels to communicate with our guests and customers," she says.
Mathew Stephens, Vice President of ehotelier.com and one of BMIHMS' first graduates, agrees that human interaction must remain paramount.
"Communication comes in many forms; the core of our industry is that human interaction that comes with providing service. Now we have disruptive technologies like social media that tend to draw us away from that natural customer service. As hoteliers, it's a challenge to maintain the focus on providing customer service to our guests but also interact with them over digital media," he says.
So how can brands maximise their use of technology to achieve the most effective communication with customers? Mr Stephens believes it's a matter of consistency.
"You've got to understand your product and or service and communicate back to your market through multi channels. Sometimes a guest might call you; then go to your website to look something up; then jump onto social media; then arrive at your property to chat face to face, and they want consistent messaging across all channels. It's about having a strategy and effectively communicating that across all of the different platforms available to you," he says.
Certainly, while brands need to be forthcoming and prepared to open up the lines of communication with guests via platforms such as Facebook and Twitter, most industry professionals agree that there need to be clear guidelines in terms of what is being communicated online, and just how much information hotels are storing on their guests.
" Just because your brand has social media at its disposal doesn't mean that you have to put everything out there. It needs to be about structured communication and knowing who your guests are, so when they come in you can up the ante by using information you've gained from the digital world. For example, they might have contacted you via social media asking whether you have spare chargers; when they arrive, you can have a charger ready for them in their room," Dr Roberts explains.
" It's a current dilemma for the industry, absolutely… how much information can you store on your guests, and how do you use it? Some people are thrilled when they arrive and you've given them the room they had last time and mentioned that they loved. Other times, you could say, " I remember you love orange juice and I've put some in your mini bar", and that might scare the guests and feel like an invasion of privacy. You need to tailor the service to what you know your guests want, but be careful in doing so," Mathew says.
Of course, there are some areas of technology and communication that hoteliers cannot avoid or control. The rapid increase in consumer usage of social media platforms has inevitably led to a shift in the balance of power, and Consumers now have a voice and platform via which they can demand to be heard.
'Social media is very powerful. Word of mouth is extremely strong online, and people are heavily influenced by online reviews. If something negative is said about one of your properties it can be detrimental. You need to be really on the pulse with this. This shift in the balance of power is precisely why hotels need to be so focused on keeping up with what is said about them," Dr Roberts says.
Indeed, Mr Stephens agrees that there is nowhere to hide when it comes to social media – but that hoteliers can use this as an opportunity.
"We can no longer hide behind our glossy sales brochures – with social media, everyone is an advocate or a critic. Certainly it has empowered consumers much more, so we need to be aware of what is being said and how to respond appropriately. I think it's made us much more accountable," he says.
Knowing that technology is here to stay, then, how can industry professionals ensure that it doesn't make hotels impersonal in the future?
Mr Stephens takes the advice of a colleague, Fritz Gubler, on how to stay in touch with customers and best understand their needs.
"Mr Gubler has a theory that all General Managers should have PAs to manage their emails and things so that they can get out onto the floor and meet the guests. This is so important. You really don't know what's going on in your business if you're out the back checking your emails while your guests are checking in. You need to know your product and know in yourself whether you're delivering a good product, so that when you receive a complaint for a guests you are ready with a serious, informed response. This has never been more important, he says.


We are entering our third year as a Lighthouse School at Chase Elementary. Over these past three years, we have been given many opportunities to evaluate our role as teachers and how to best meet the needs of our students. With 1:1 devices, we have been able to customize and personalize instruction to meet the needs of all of our students. We can meet them where they are academically. We felt the next step in better instruction was to get students more involved in their learning. We are doing that this year through individualized goal setting with our students.
In our 4th and 5th grade math classes we are having the students look at the data from their MAP assessment taken this fall, past unit assessments, upcoming unit tests, and PARCC skills to determine where each student excels and where he or she has an area of need. After looking at the data, the students set a goal for themselves. For example, "My goal is to improve my understanding of number operations by practicing fractions." Once the goal is set the students are given multiple opportunities to practice in their identified area of need. During small group rotations, students are able to use digital math programs to play games and view reteach videos that support their area of need and collect data. We then use the data generated from their math practice games and videos to meet with the students again to do a goal check-up every couple of weeks to see how students are doing working towards their goals. We have found that when students take more ownership in their learning, there is more internalized motivation. When the motivation is internalized then it leads to deeper and longer lasting understanding.


Meet Lesser-Known Gorgeous Daughter of Bollywood's Biggest And Legendary Villain Amrish Puri, She Chose a Different Path For Life!
Meet Lesser-Known Gorgeous Daughter of Bollywood's Biggest And Legendary Villain Amrish Puri, She Chose a Different Path For Life!
From Ja Simran Jee Le Apni Zindagi to Mogambo Khush Hua, actor Amrish Puri's contribution to Indian cinema is commendable. He is the legendary actor of Bollywood whose dialogues as rememberable villains on screen are fresh and alive even today. Artist like Amrish is born once a century, we are all acquainted with his performances in the films. His popularity was not limited to India, he was famous in abroad too.
He looked so natural in the negative roles. It was like, in reality, he is a bully or a donor who is threatening the actor and his family. In 1987 film, Mr. India, along with the protagonist Anil Kapoor, antagonist Amrish Puri was also equally appreciated for their performances. His dialogue "Mogambo Khush Hua" became a household entity for expressing happiness afterward. And to Western audiences, he is best known as Mola Ram in Steven Spielberg's Hollywood film Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984).
Amrish Puri was born in Jalandhar Punjab in the year 1932. He worked in more than 400 films. He passed away at age 72 and Bollywood lost his great gem. But today we are going tell you about his daughter who instead of acting, as like of her father, chose a different path for life. Friends, today we will talk about his daughter Namrata Puri, who is far away from the Bollywood world. Recently, her photographs became viral on the social media.
Namrata Puri is far from Bollywood and she does her life very simply. She is a software engineer. In this picture she looks beautiful, this picture became viral on social media.
Despite being a big and established artist, her simplicity is amazing. She also has a daughter. Namrata never wanted to become an actor, so she pursued a bachelor degree in software engineering and masters afterward. It seems she is very studious.


For the past month or so, we've been focusing on improving our existing functionality and usability of Map Mavin. These changes are small but mighty! So for this Map Mavin Methods I will highlight some of my favorite system changes and improvements from the past month.
You might notice that the map cards in the Maps tab have a new look and feel. We took the action buttons out of the dropdown menu and gave them their own icons at the bottom of each card, giving you one less button to press. We did the same with the Data Catalog cards as well.
In the attribute table, we've improved and revamped the features there by adding a drop down menu that includes SQL and simple searches, download selected and select by location. Select by location lets you select features and their attributes by drawing a polygon on the map and capturing all the elements in the polygon. You can then flip a switch to view only the selected features and their attributes.
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We also brought back simple searches, so you can search an attribute table without using SQL. Once you have all the features and their attributes selected, by any means, you can download the selected items to a GeoJSON file.
We've also added a Point Density mapping feature. Now, you can create a heat map based on the proximity of points to each other, not just on the values in a selected attribute column.
Our ArcGIS-to-Map Mavin plugin got an upgrade as well. You can now export geodatabase attachments form ArcGIS to your Map Mavin account. Check it out, and as always, send us your feedback!
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TuneVille Entertainment have invited the Ghazal sensation Tauseef Akhtar to recreate the maestro's magic in Dubai on April 12. Tauseef Akhtar performed Jagjit Singh's most famous ghazals in his inimitable andaaz along with his expert musicians from Mumbai. He also sang Tappe – Mahiya to celebrate Baisakhi Day. Chief Guest was Mr. Vashu Shroff, Chairman, Regal Group and India Club. Many dignitaries were present. Nadeem Saifi (Nadeem Shravan duo) made a surprise visit, with whom, Tauseef Akhtar was also known to have assisted Nadeem Shravan for innumerable hit films and also lend his voice to some super hits like the famous "Chaand Tare Phool Shabnam" from Tumse Achcha Kaun Hai movie that has 10Million views on YouTube. Venue was the worldclass auditorium located at New World Pvt School in Al Tawar in Dubai.
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Performance audit reports
Our performance audit work contributes to improved public sector administration and accountability through objective reporting on the performance of Australian Government programs and entities.
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This page lists completed performance audit reports. View all performance audits in-progress.
Published: Wednesday 6 December 2017
Monitoring the Impact of Australian Government School Funding
The objective of the audit was to assess the arrangements established by the Department of Education and Training to monitor the impact of Australian Government school funding.
Department of Education and Training
Please direct enquiries relating to reports through our contact page.
Published: Thursday 1 June 2017
Corporate Planning in the Australian Public Sector 2016–17
The objective of the audit was to assess the selected entities' progress in implementing the corporate planning requirements under the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 and related PGPA Rule 2014.
This audit assessed corporate plans for the 2016–17 reporting period, and complements the report published in August 2016 which assessed corporate plans for the 2015–16 reporting period.
Comcare; Department of Education and Training; Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet; National Library of Australia
Published: Thursday 11 May 2017
Apprenticeship Training – alternative delivery pilots
The objective of the audit was to assess whether the Department of Education and Training established the Apprenticeship Training – alternative delivery pilots program in accordance with the Commonwealth Grants and Rules Guidelines.
Published: Thursday 27 April 2017
Strengthening Australia's Tourism Industry
The objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness to date of the implementation of the Tourism 2020 strategy by the Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade) and Tourism Australia.
Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade); Tourism Australia
Published: Tuesday 20 December 2016
Administration of the VET FEE-HELP Scheme
The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the design and administration of the VET FEE-HELP scheme.
Department of Education and Training; Australian Skills Quality Authority; Australian Competition and Consumer Commission;
Published: Wednesday 9 November 2016
The Shared Services Centre
The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Employment and the Department of Education and Training's administration of the Shared Services Centre to achieve efficiencies and deliver value to its customers.
Department of Employment; Department of Education and Training
Administration of Higher Education Loan Program Debt and Repayments
The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the administration of the Higher Education Loan Program (HELP) debts and repayments.
Australian Taxation Office (ATO); Department of Education and Training
Published: Wednesday 8 July 2015
Procurement Initiatives to Support Outcomes for Indigenous Australians
The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the administration of procurement initiatives to support opportunities for Indigenous Australians.
Department of Defence; Australian Taxation Office; Department of Human Services; Department of Employment; Department of Industry and Science; and Department of Education and Training
Administration of the Australian Apprenticeships Incentives Program
The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the (former) Department of Industry's administration of the Australian Apprenticeships Incentives Program.
Published: Thursday 20 October 2011
Indigenous Secondary Student Accommodation Initiatives
The audit objective was to assess the extent to which DEEWR and FaHCSIA have effectively managed the planning and consultation phases for the IBF program and the IBHP program. The audit scope included consideration of the issues likely to affect the ongoing operation and sustainability of the facilities.
Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations; Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs; Aboriginal Hostels Limited; Northern Territory Department of Education and Training
Published: Thursday 15 September 2011
Fair Work Education and Information Program
The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of DEEWR's administration of FWEIP. The three high level criteria that were used to make this assessment were the appropriateness of DEEWR's:
program planning and design;
selection and engagement of providers; and
program monitoring, reporting and evaluation.
Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
Published: Thursday 8 September 2011
Development and Implementation of Key Performance Indicators to Support the Outcomes and Programs Framework
The objective of this audit was to assess how effectively entities had developed and implemented appropriate KPIs to support stated program objectives.
Australian Customs and Border Protection Service; National Film and Sound Archive; Fair Work Australia; Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism
Published: Tuesday 12 July 2011
The Australian Defence Force's Mechanisms for Learning from Operational Activities
The objective of the audit is to assess the effectiveness of the ADF's mechanisms for learning from its military operations and exercises. In particular, the audit focused on the systems and processes the ADF uses for identifying and acting on lessons, and for evaluating performance. The ANAO also examined the manner in which information on lessons is shared within the ADF, with other relevant government agencies, and with international organisations. Reporting to Parliament was also considered.
AusAID's Management of Tertiary Training Assistance
The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of AusAID's management of tertiary training assistance.
Australian Agency for International Development
Effective Cross-Agency Agreements
The audit objective was to assess whether agreements between Australian Government (Commonwealth) agencies reflect sound administrative practices. To meet this objective, the audit reviewed current government policy and a range of better practice guidelines, conducted interviews with agencies and examined cross-agency agreements, to formulate suitable audit criteria and subsequently develop better practice principles.
Attorney-General's
Published: Wednesday 6 August 2008
Tourism Australia
The objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness of Tourism Australia's governance arrangements, the management of its marketing contracts, and whether outcomes are being achieved. The audit reviewed Tourism Australia's:
procurement processes for selecting service providers;
management of service provider contracts; and
governance framework including planning, performance management and reporting.
Published: Thursday 4 October 2007
Australian Apprenticeships
The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of DEST's administration of its role in Australian Apprenticeships. To achieve this, the ANAO assessed DEST's performance to determine if DEST:
monitored whether Australian Apprenticeships was achieving its objectives;
effectively managed the Australian Apprenticeships Incentives Programme; and
effectively managed its contracts with Australian Apprenticeships Centres.
Department of Education, Science and Training
Published: Thursday 19 July 2007
Australian Technical Colleges Programme
The audit objective was to form an opinion on the effectiveness of DEST's planning, assessment, and Funding Agreements management for the Australian Technical Colleges programme. At the time of the audit fieldwork (prior to the 2007–08 Budget) the Government had announced the establishment of 21 of the then target of 25 colleges. After fieldwork was completed the Government announced its intention to fund an additional three colleges in three new regions.
The criteria for this audit were designed to test whether DEST's management of the programme complied with its plans, procedures and guidelines, with the Act, and better practices for grants administration. For these purposes, the ANAO focused on DEST's:
planning for the implementation of the programme;
assessment of proposals to establish and operate the colleges; and
management of the Funding Agreements.
Published: Wednesday 18 July 2007
Electronic Travel Authority Follow-up Audit
The objective of this audit is to examine DIAC's implementation of the nine recommendations made in the earlier audit. The audit has also taken into account changed circumstances since the original audit. These include a heightened security environment after 11 September 2001 and the results of other relevant ANAO performance audit and financial statement work. The audit also examined ETA decision-making processes to gain assurance about its robustness in a changing risk environment. This issue came to attention in recent audits of visa management processes.
Department of Immigration and Citizenship
Published: Wednesday 20 June 2007
Management of the Pharmaceutical Partnerships Program
The objective of this audit was to assess the Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources' management of the Pharmaceuticals Partnerships Program. The audit focused on how the department:
promoted the Program and assessed applications for funding;
managed the funding agreements; and
managed the Program's governance arrangements.
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The Senate Order for the Departmental and Agency Contracts
The objectives of the audit were to assess agency performance in relation to compiling their Internet contract listings as required by the Senate Order and the appropriateness of the use of confidentiality provisions in Commonwealth contracts. The audit involved a review in seven agencies of the processes used to compile their Internet contract listings and the use of confidentiality provisions in contracts.
Published: Tuesday 13 June 2006
Internet Security in Australian Government Agencies
The audit objective was to form an opinion on the adequacy of a select group of Australian Government agencies' management of Internet security, including following-up on agencies' implementation of recommendations from the ANAO's 2001 audit. The agencies audited were Australian Customs Service (ACS), Australian Federal Police (AFP), Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA), Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR), Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources (DITR) and Medicare Australia. Factors considered in selecting agencies were agency size based on funding levels, whether the agency was included in ANAO's 2001 audit (ACS, ARPANSA, and DEWR), whether the agency's ICT was managed in-house or outsourced, and the nature of the agency's website (that is, general or restricted access).
across agencies
Published: Tuesday 31 January 2006
Management of Net Appropriation Agreements
The objective of this performance audit was to assess agencies' financial management of, and accountability for, the use of net appropriation agreements to increase available appropriations.
Published: Monday 30 January 2006
Reporting of Expenditure on Consultants
Parliamentary Committees, particularly Senate Estimates Committees, have for many years taken an interest in the use of consultants by Australian government agencies. In this context, and having regard to the extent of expenditure by FMA Act agencies on consultants, the objective of this audit was to assess the accuracy and completeness of Australian government agencies' reporting of expenditure on consultants.
across agency
Cross Portfolio Audit of Green Office Procurement
The objective of the audit was to assess and report on the progress being made by agencies subject to the Financial Management & Accountability Act 1997 and entities subject to the Commonwealth Authorities & Companies Act 1997: in realising value for money from the procurement process, with a specific focus on buildings, services and products using whole of life cycle assessments; and in the consideration and management of environmental impacts in specifications and contracts. The emphasis of the audit was on green office procurement and sustainable business practices and the value for money within this context. As such, the audit report provides a status report on the implementation of ESD within the office environment of the Australian Government. The audit used a survey approach in conjunction with selected audit investigations to obtain information across 71 agencies and entities selected on the basis of materiality in procurement and coverage across large, medium and small organisations. The agencies selected represented approximately 35 per cent of all government bodies and over 95 per cent of all procurement spending noted on the Department of Finance and Administration (Finance) database on contracts.
Published: Tuesday 15 November 2005
Administration of the R&D Start Program
The objective of the audit was to assess the Commonwealth's administration of the grants component of the R&D Start program. Lessons for the new Commercial Ready program have been identified in the audit. Accordingly, recommendations arising from this audit are directed, when appropriate, to the Commercial Ready program. As most financial assistance is in the form of grants, the loans component of the program was excluded from the audit.
Department of Industry Tourism and Resources; Industry Research and Development Board
Published: Friday 26 August 2005
Management of the Personnel Management Key Solution (PMKeyS) Implementation Project
The objective of the audit was to assess the Project's planning and approval processes and the Project's contract and project management. The audit addresses the scope of the delivered system, the expectations of end-users, and the system's ability to meet their capability requirements. The ANAO's ability to audit Project expenditure was limited by an absence of reliable financial records and documentation. As a result, the ANAO is unable to provide a high level of assurance over Defence's own reporting of aggregate expenditure of $63.4 million for this Project. Defence was however able to validate and attribute vendor expenditure across a limited sample of Resource and Output Management and Accounting Network (ROMAN) The ROMAN system is Defence's core financial management information system. transactions, selected at random by the ANAO. The Project's ROMAN financial record has not been used to validate Project expenditure reporting throughout the Project.
Purchasing Procedures and Practices
The objective of the audit was to assess whether purchases of goods and services are conducted in accordance with relevant legislation, Government policies and guidelines, and sound purchasing principles and practices. The audit at each entity covered the internal control framework for purchasing and purchase transactions during 2002-03 and 2003-04 and, where applicable, was based on the CPGs current at that time. The audit examined all aspects of the purchasing process from the initial requirement for purchase through to the delivery of the supply and payment. It included an examination of aselection of individual purchases at each audited entity.
Australian National University; Australian Research Council; CRS Australia; The Department of Finance and Administration
Published: Thursday 23 June 2005
The objective of the audit was to consider the status of workforce planning by APS agencies against the background of the ANAO's 2001 Better Practice Guide Planning for the Workforce of the Future, in light of there commendations made in the MAC Organisational Renewal 2001 and the Senate Finance and Public Administration References Committee report Recruitmentand Training in the Australian Public Service 2003. Workforce planning was defined as a continuous process of shaping the workforce to ensure it is capable of delivering organisational objectives now and in the future.
Published: Monday 20 June 2005
Legal Services Arrangements in the Australian Public Service
The objectives of the Australian National Audit Office's (ANAO) performance audit were to: examine the efficiency and effectiveness of agencies' procurement and management of legal services arrangements; determine adherence to Australian Government policy requirements; examine the effectiveness of the OLSC's monitoring of agencies' compliance with Government policy requirements; examine the OLSC's role in assisting agencies to comply with Government policy.
Internationalisation of Australian Education and Training
The objective of the audit was to assess the administrative effectiveness of DEST's support for the Australian education and training export industry, including its regulatory and associated roles, and how it monitors and reports on its performance in undertaking these roles.
Department of Education Science and Training
Published: Thursday 10 March 2005
Management of Business Support Service Contracts
The objectives of this audit were to examine the management of business support service contracts in selected agencies to: assess the effectiveness of business support service contract management in the transition, ongoing management and monitoring and succession planning stages of the contract management lifecycle; and identify examples of better practice and opportunities for improvement for individual agencies and Australian Government agencies more broadly.
Australian Industrial Registry; ComSuper; Family Court of Australia; IP Australia; Department of Finance and Administration
Superannuation Payments for Independent Contractors working for the Australian Government
This audit is the first time that the ANAO has looked at superannuation payments to independent contractors. The audit examined whether Commonwealth organisations were identifying contracts that were wholly or principally for the labour of the contractor and meeting statutory superannuation obligations under the Superannuation (Productivity Benefit) Act 1988.
Published: Tuesday 19 October 2004
Research Project Management Follow-Up Audit
The ANAO Audit Report No. 51 of 2001/02, Research Project Management, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, assessed the effectiveness of CSIRO in administering research projects to deliver required results. The audit made nine recommendations designed to improve project management in CSIRO. The purpose of this follow-up audit was to assess the extent to which CSIRO has implemented the recommendations of the previous audit and of the JCPAA.
Published: Monday 31 May 2004
The Use and Management of HRIS in the Australian Public Service
The audit objective was to provide independent assurance to the Parliament on the effectiveness of Australian Public Service organisations in the use and management of the HRIS to satisfy mandatory reporting requirements, as well as provide meaningful information to management. The audit also considered the use of employee self service facilities offered by the HRIS, which has the capacity to provide staff with access to their personal information, reduce manual processing and streamline processing.
Australian Sports Commission; Australian Securities and Investments Commission; Attorney-General's Department; Department of Education, Science and Training
Published: Saturday 31 January 2004
Agency Management of Special Accounts
A Special Account is a mechanism used to record amounts in the Consolidated Revenue Fund that are set aside for specified purposes. A total of $3.40 billion was reported as held in Special Accounts as of 30 June 2003, with $10.33 billion reported as credited to Special Accounts in 2002-03 and $10.06 billion in reported payments (debits) from these Accounts. The audit examined the establishment, management and abolition of Special Accounts by Commonwealth agencies, as well as compliance with legal requirements
Published: Tuesday 4 November 2003
Annual Performance Reporting
Annual Performance Reporting, No 11 2003-04 The audit reviewed the 2001-02 annual reports of the departments of : Communications, Technology and the Arts; Education, Science and Training; Employment and Workplace Relations; Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs and the Australian Customs Service. The objectives of this audit were to determine whether agencies had: established a sound annual reporting performance information framework; developed arrangements to ensure performance information is accurate and coherent; and appropriately analysed performance information in their annual reports.
Administration of the Automotive Competitiveness and Investment Scheme
The objective of the audit was to assess the Commonwealth's administration of the Automotive Competitiveness and Investment Scheme (ACIS) . The audit reviewed program governance, scheme promotion and registration, management of credit allocations, and compliance processes.
Department of Industry Tourism and Resources; Australian Customs Service
R&D Tax Concession
The audit assessed DITR's and the ATO's administration of the R&D Tax Concession including review processes for registration and subsequent expenditure claims, by eligible companies. In particular, the audit focussed on measuring performance, risk management, and information systems including security and data integrity.
Australian Taxation Office; Department of Industry Tourism and Resources
Published: Wednesday 19 March 2003
Management of e-Business in the Department of Education,Science and Training
The objective of the audit was to determine whether DEST has effective governance practices for its IT and e- Business; has adequate systems in place to measure the efficiency and effectiveness of its IT and e-Business; implements and maintains appropriate quality standards within its IT and e-Business systems; and implements proper controls, including risk management, to achieve maximum benefits from its IT and e- Business. The audit examined education and training services provided, or managed, by DEST via IT or the Internet.
Published: Monday 21 October 2002
Management of the Innovation Investment Fund Program
The IIF program is designed to redress the low level of provision in Australia of high risk venture capital for small new technology - based companies commercialising research and development. The objective of the audit was to determine whether the IIF program was being effectively managed by the Industry Research and Development (IR&D) Board and the Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources to achieve the program objectives. The audit focused on corporate governance arrangements for program administration, the selection process to award licences, the safeguards to protect the Commonwealth's financial interests, management of licence agreements, and program performance management. The audit also examined program results to date from available data.
Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources; Industry Research and Development Board
Research Project Management
The objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness of CSIRO in administering research projects to deliver required results. In particular, the audit examined:
structures for project management in CSIRO;
the alignment of project with strategic objectives;
the adequacy of project planning; and
CSIRO's approach to assessing project outcomes.
Indigenous Education Strategies
To improve educational outcomes for Indigenous Australians, two main forms of assistance administered by the Commonwealth, namely the Indigenous Education Strategic Initiatives Programme (IESIP) and the Indigenous Education Direct Assistance programmes (IEDA), are currently available. The objective of the audit was to assess whether the department had efficiently and effectively managed the development and implementation of the IESIP agreements for the 2001 to 2004 quadrennium.
Developing Policy Advice
The audit reviewed the policy advising functions of the Departments of Education, Training and Youth Affairs, Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business, and Family and Community Services. The objective of the audit was to determine whether departmental quality management systems for policy advising were appropriate and the advice provided met expected standards for policy outputs.
Department of Education Training and Youth Affairs; Department of Employment Workplace Relations and Small Business; Department of Family and Community Services
Published: Friday 22 December 2000
Program Administration in Training and Youth Division - Business Process Reengineering
The audit was undertaken in the Training and Youth Division TYD) of the Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs. The objective of the audit was to determine whether the application of Business Processing Reengineering(BPR) principles would identify improvements to the business processes of the TYD. The TYD was used in this audit to illustrate the application of BPR as a tool for agencies to identify efficiencies and enhance program effectiveness.
Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs
Program Management in the Training and Youth Division of the Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs
The objective of the audit was to examine program management in the Training and Youth Division of the Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs. In broad terms, the audit focused on the management frameworks at both Divisional and program level. Three of the Division's programs were selected for more detailed review as follows:
Workplace English Language and Literacy;
Literacy and Numeracy; and
Support for New Apprentices.
Follow-up audit of Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs (DETYA) International Services
The objective of the follow-up audit was to review the effectiveness of the DETYA International Services (DIS) cost recovery operational model. The initial audit of DIS was undertaken in 1997-98 (Audit Report No.35).
Fraud Control Arrangements in Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs
The audit reviewed fraud control arrangements in the Department of Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs. The objective of this audit was to establish whether the Department had developed a sound fraud control framework by examining the arrangements for: · policy and planning; · performance assessment; · quality assurance; and · training and awareness raising.
Establishment and Operation of Green Corps
The objective of the audit was to examine the effectiveness and efficiency of the administrative arrangements for the establishment and operation of the Green Corps program. Green Corps is a voluntary program for young Australians between 17 and 20 years old to receive accredited training in a range of skills such as bush regeneration and habitat protection. The program is delivered through a contractual arrangement. It was introduced in 1996 with a program allocation of $41.7 million over three years. The focus of the audit was on the Department of Education, Training and Youth Affair's administration of the program, including the management of the contract.
Published: Friday 15 January 1999
Use and Operation of Performance Information in the Service Level Agreements
The audit reviewed the use and operation of performance information in service level agreements between Centrelink and three agencies; the Department of Social Security, the Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs and the Department of Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business. The objective of the audit was to establish whether the performance assessment framework specified in the agreements enabled the adequate assessment of achievements under purchaser/provider arrangements entered into by DSS, DEETYA and Centrelink.
Department of Education Training and Youth Affairs; Centrelink; Department of Social Security
Getting Over the Line: Selected Commonwealth Bodies' Management of the Year 2000 Problem.
The audit reviewed six budget-funded agencies (Australian Customs Service, Australian Taxation Office, Centrelink, Department of Defence, Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs, and Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs) and two off-budget entities (Airservices Australia and Reserve Bank of Australia). The ANAO also examined the Office for Government Online's (OGO, formerly the Office of Government Information Technology, or OGIT) whole-of-government coordination of the Commonwealth's Year 2000 efforts.
Australian Customs Service; Australian Taxation Office; Centrelink; Department of Defence; Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs; Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs
Published: Monday 7 September 1998
Management of the Implementation of the New Employment Services Market
The objective of the audit was to determine the extent to which the new employment services market had been implemented effectively and efficiently in accordance with announced Government policy and timeframe.
Published: Monday 2 March 1998
DEETYA International Services
The objective of the audit was to examine the operations of DEETYA International Services with a view to identifying the administrative issues and difficulties experienced by DEETYA in establishing a commercial entity and its subsequent operation within the framework of the Australian Public Service.
Department of Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs
Matters Relevant to a Contract with South Pacific Cruise Lines Ltd
The objective of the audit was to review the efficiency, economy and administrative effectiveness of departmental activities leading to the letting of the contract with SPCL and its subsequent administration. This included, among other things, an examination of action taken to protect the Commonwealth's interests and the adequacy of relevant departmental guidelines and processes. A primary aim of the audit was to identify the facts of the particular case, including any administrative inadequacies that led to unnecessary financial exposure for the Commonwealth and less than satisfactory outcomes. In particular, the audit aimed to identify elements of better practice that could be followed under similar circumstances or programs in the future.
AUSTUDY
The objectives of the audit were to:
review the implementation arrangements in relation to the transfer of the delivery of AUSTUDY to Centrelink and its subsequent inclusion as part of the Youth Allowance; and
to form an opinion on the efficiency and effectiveness of the front-end processing aspects of AUSTUDY applications.
Aspects of Corporate Governance
The objectives of the audit were to determine the administrative changes made by the Australian Tourist Commission (ATC) to implement the recommendations of recent administrative reviews and to identify how well the ATC is meeting its statutory objectives. The criteria used in conducting the audit included administrative improvements resulting from the ATC's response to recent reviews and the extent to which strategies and performance information address its statutory objectives.
Australian Tourist Commission
External Funds Generation
The objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness of the action taken by the Australian Institute of Marine Science in response to the recommendations contained in 'External Funds Generation', Audit Report No.48, 1991-92.
Published: Thursday 8 August 1996
Administration of the Australian National Training Authority
The objective of the audit was to examine the effectiveness of the management and control framework established by the Australian National Training Authority to assist its administration and achievement of its objectives. The ANAO's investigation was limited to an analysis of ANTA's internal administrative framework. The audit work focused on key components of the framework: planning, monitoring, and financial and control frameworks.
Published: Friday 17 May 1996
Procurement of Training Services
The audit examined whether training services purchased by the Department for labour market programs provided value for money.
CES Case Management
This audit reviewed the efficiency and administrative effectiveness of case management in the Department of Employment, Education and Training (DEET) to identify good practices and any areas in need of improvement.
Department of Employment, Education and Training


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Cramer's lightning round: This one's always a bridesmaid, never a bride
Published Mon, Apr 15 2019 7:03 PM EDT
It's that time again! "Mad Money" host Jim Cramer rings the lightning round bell, which means he's giving his answers to callers' stock questions at rapid speed.
3Pea International Inc.: "Well, that's about as speculative as it gets. That's a payment processor that's a niche payment processor, but you said it's speculative, so therefore I'm gonna say [buy]."
Oracle Corp.: "Oracle is just an inexpensive stock that needs a catalyst. That didn't shock me. I mean they got a cloud business … but it's not like Amazon's. It's just not."
Walmart Inc.: "Yes. I would buy it even right here. It's very inexpensive and no one's championing it, except for me."
Nektar Therapeutics: "No a great company. People just want it for bid because 'cause of oncology. I don't think it has it. I'm gonna say [don't buy]."
Toll Brothers Inc.: "I like the homebuilders. … I think that [D. R.] Hortons is a little better than Toll, and so is Lennar, but Toll's good. "
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd.: "I think [CEO] Frank Del Rio has told us a compelling story from day 1, and I would stick with Frank. Stick with Norwegian."
Bluebird Bio Inc.: "That one's always a bridesmaid, never a bride. You know what, I gotta tell you it's a great spec, if you want to do that — I'll leave it as a spec."
Broadcom Inc.: "I still wanna buy it 'cause it's still inexpensive. I wish it would come down, my charitable trust wanted to buy it. We never got the chance."
WATCH: Cramer's lightning round
Lennar Corp
D.R. Horton Inc
bluebird bio Inc
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd


I never quite realized the gravity of experiencing a tradition until I lost someone I loved. At first, having a baby made the traditions around the holidays much better and more exciting. I decided that we would be a decorate-for-Christmas-the-day-after-Thanksgiving family and that the kids would get Christmas p.j.s and that I'd always participate in my girlfriends' cookie competition. These fun little nuances are a way to bookmark chapters in my life – to slow down the racing speed of my calendar and to give me something fun to look forward to.
Once my father passed away, I realized what traditions can really do for you – transport you. Honor parts of you that you tuck away and only glance at occasionally with misty eyes. Tap you into your innate senses and help your life have a line of cohesiveness. A common thread that only your heart knows the path for.
Even memories of people I haven't lost (thank the Lord, my mom is still here) have more weight and mean something. They take you to a time and place, usually more simple. With its own happiness – a version different than the one you have today, because we grow and change and so does our happy. With the introduction of true sadness, happiness changes as well. It gets bigger.
When it comes to creating your own traditions, think about what you love – usually earmarked by a special occasion or season. And then decide it's something you'll do each year, or keep trying something fun and new until the right event sticks. Most traditions are built that way – you just keep doing what worked last year, until all of a sudden you have seven photos of you pulling a turkey out of the oven and kissing it. Yes, that's a personal favorite of mine.
Article and images by Bailey Van Tassel. You can view more content by Bailey on her blog baileyvantassel.com and on her Instagram here.
Bailey Van Tassel is a writer and urban farmer, raising babies and veggies in Orange County, CA with her husband and mini golden doodle. You can follow along with her at baileyvantassel.com.