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UN mission to Mali: shortcomings in training, materiel and maintenance
Mission pressure is a risk to the readiness of the armed forces Lack of equipment, inadequate training, spare parts that don’t...
Refugee crisis: Netherlands Court of Audit analyses the facts and figures
An audit of the refugee crisis by the Netherlands Court of Audit has shown that the Dublin agreements are not being respected....
Early application for long-term care does not increase likelihood of access
The likelihood of someone receiving care under the Long-Term Care Act (WLZ) is not affected by the municipality in which he or...
Modest improvement in air quality but minister could have done better
Eight national traffic measures in the National Air Quality Cooperation Programme (NSL) have reduced the emission of harmful...
Ministers provide too little information on results of policy
On the 18th anniversary of Accountability Day, the third Wednesday in May, the Netherlands Court of Audit concluded that it was...
Government’s improvements in accounting system lack ambition
In a letter to the House of Representatives of 5 April 2018, the Netherlands Court of Audit states that the government’s...
Boundless growth of digital economy creates need for tighter tax supervision
With web-based international sales of goods and services now growing at an explosive rate, is the EU doing enough to keep track...
Letter from the Netherlands Court of Audit on the 2012 Haiti audit
The Netherlands Court of Audit has written to the House of Representatives to explain the role it played in the 2012 audit of...
House of Representatives: strengthen audit institutions’ position to audit banking supervision
On 13 February 2018, the Dutch House of Representatives voted in favour of a motion calling on the government to work in Europe...
Promised quality boost in higher education not yet complete
When the student grant system was replaced with a loan system, research universities and universities of applied science...