The Agency should ensure coordination and collaboration with Member States and the Union institutions and enhance cooperation between stakeholders in Europe, in particular by involving in its activities competent national and Union bodies and high-level private sector experts in relevant areas, in particular providers of electronic communications networks and services, network equipment man ...[+++]ufacturers and software vendors, taking into account that network and information systems comprise combinations of hardware, software and services.

My read of it, and my read of the public sector accounting standards, is that this bill adds a bit more to the definition of what an entity is, and it adds to the definition of what an entity or a government business enterprise is beyond what is articulated in the public sector accounting principles.

In our survey we did look at a number of issues for example, whether the legislative auditor attends public accounts committee meetings and acts as a source of expert advice to the committee.

52. Appreciates the Commission's efforts to keep to the timetable laid down by the legislation in force, while recognising that it is extremely tight, given the experience in several Member States which have embarked upon a similar process of modernising public-sector accounts; suggests, therefore, adopting a phased approach which focuses first of all on eliminating any significant security weaknesses and accounting discrepancies, secondly on ensuring that the 2005 accounts will be presented on an accrual basis, and lastly that a coherent and integrated system is put in place to support the new architecture;

Participants at the first meeting of the group include three European Commissioners: Erkki Liikanen (Enterprise and Information Society), Pascal Lamy (Trade), and Philippe Busquin (Research), Ministers from four EU Member States: Nicole Fontaine (France), Antonio Marzano (Italy), Georg W. Adamowitsch (Germany) and Maria Ventura (Portugal), Concepció Ferrer, Member of the European Parliament, and representatives from industry, retailers, distributors, European trade associations, trade unions and local textile and clothing associations.

From personal experience I know that PWGSC wants to carry out work on behalf of government departments and agencies; it enjoys carrying out work in direct competition with private consulting firms; it seems to relish the idea of removing scarce consulting fees from the private sector by carrying out the work in-house by government, for government.