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		<title>Shared Services in the Public Sector</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tim Manning]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2012 09:58:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The use of Shared Services in the public sector has been a hot topic in 2012.  Promoted heavily since Gershon&#8217;s Public Sector Efficiency Review in 2004, as a means to reducing costs, the NAO published a very critical report in March 2012 on the sharing of services in central government.  There has also been the very [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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