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<span style="font-weight: bold"> Confirmed : Parliamentary Committee Targets Tardy Public Bodies ( Gleaner )...</span>
PUBLIC BODIES that continue to flout the law by refusing to file annual reports to Gordon House on a timely basis are to be hauled before Parliament's Public Administration and Appropriations Committee (PAAC).Agitated by the continued disregard for the stipulated rules, Ronald Thwaites, member of parliament for Central Kingston, called the reporting by some public bodies tardy and an embarrassment to the country.Addressing the House of Representatives on Tuesday, he suggested that strong action should be taken against those public entities that continue to violate the law.Supporting the concerns raised by Thwaites, Prime Minister Bruce Golding recommended that board chairmen of non-conforming public bodies should be brought before the PAAC to account for the tardiness in reporting.Golding told his parliamentary colleagues that Cabinet had been discussing a new framework for the governance of public bodies. He said the deliberations focused on "the composition of boards, how they are appointed, the criteria for appointment, what obligations are to be placed on them and what sanctions are to be imposed".He said the matter would be brought to Parliament after Cabinet talks on the matter were concluded.The prime minister said he had written to the chairmen of public bodies urging them to conform to the requirement of submitting annual reports on time.In a ministry paper on the reporting status for statutory agencies and public bodies, it was revealed that an alarming 23 per cent of the total number of government entities had no record of tabling annual reports in Parliament.For the reporting period 2008-2009, the document showed that there were 156 public bodies.The report shows that 21 per cent, or 32 public agencies, had been found wanting in failing to submit outstanding annual reports for a year.For the period 2008-2009, at least 14 government agencies, or nine per cent of public bodies, had not filed outstanding annual reports for a two-year period.
<span style="font-weight: bold"> Confirmed : Parliamentary Committee Targets Tardy Public Bodies ( Gleaner )...</span>
PUBLIC BODIES that continue to flout the law by refusing to file annual reports to Gordon House on a timely basis are to be hauled before Parliament's Public Administration and Appropriations Committee (PAAC).Agitated by the continued disregard for the stipulated rules, Ronald Thwaites, member of parliament for Central Kingston, called the reporting by some public bodies tardy and an embarrassment to the country.Addressing the House of Representatives on Tuesday, he suggested that strong action should be taken against those public entities that continue to violate the law.Supporting the concerns raised by Thwaites, Prime Minister Bruce Golding recommended that board chairmen of non-conforming public bodies should be brought before the PAAC to account for the tardiness in reporting.Golding told his parliamentary colleagues that Cabinet had been discussing a new framework for the governance of public bodies. He said the deliberations focused on "the composition of boards, how they are appointed, the criteria for appointment, what obligations are to be placed on them and what sanctions are to be imposed".He said the matter would be brought to Parliament after Cabinet talks on the matter were concluded.The prime minister said he had written to the chairmen of public bodies urging them to conform to the requirement of submitting annual reports on time.In a ministry paper on the reporting status for statutory agencies and public bodies, it was revealed that an alarming 23 per cent of the total number of government entities had no record of tabling annual reports in Parliament.For the reporting period 2008-2009, the document showed that there were 156 public bodies.The report shows that 21 per cent, or 32 public agencies, had been found wanting in failing to submit outstanding annual reports for a year.For the period 2008-2009, at least 14 government agencies, or nine per cent of public bodies, had not filed outstanding annual reports for a two-year period.