tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9215006984353817373.post5046533031860908984..comments2024-03-18T09:19:15.881+00:00Comments on 99% is ....... The Barnet Eye: Metpro Scandal - Barnet Council, a model of openness, decency and transparencyRog Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08139705078907584931noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9215006984353817373.post-39718718598877392011-06-17T11:21:33.308+01:002011-06-17T11:21:33.308+01:00One of the moments you missed Rog. The Internal Au...One of the moments you missed Rog. The Internal Audit gave the Treasury Management dept only limited assurance. That would be the department that gambled with £30 million of council money. Apparently they are still not quite sticking to the rules (a priority 2 or significant concern), which was not accepted by Nick Walkley. However, the main problem is that they keep all the Council's bank details on unencrypted laptops which they then take off site.Jaybirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00837834833034746377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9215006984353817373.post-58586867304027971032011-06-17T10:10:45.174+01:002011-06-17T10:10:45.174+01:00Oh Mrs Angry, how wrong you are. I have personally...Oh Mrs Angry, how wrong you are. I have personally taken full responsibilty for the matter and intend to make sure that all of the findings of the committee are dealt with in the appropriate manner. <br /><br />Lord Palmer stated that it was not the role of the Audit committee to deal with disciplinary matters. It is correct that committees should follow their brief. We now need to ensure that whoever is responsible gets their arse into gear.<br /><br />I am sure my fellow bloggers (yourself included) will also take full responsbility. I promise to take full disciplinary action against myself if I fail to persue this matter to the bitter endRog Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08139705078907584931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9215006984353817373.post-66972514128832479032011-06-17T09:39:12.523+01:002011-06-17T09:39:12.523+01:00ahem: as one of the bloggers who stayed the whole ...ahem: as one of the bloggers who stayed the whole FOUR hours and nearly passed out from hunger, and an overdose of council process, I have to comment that you have missed the major point, which is that despite a veneer of decency (thanks to the admirable efforts of Lord Palmer) and a load of hand wringing, NO ONE has taken any responsibility other than in a very vague way, no one is being held to account, and the senior officers who are paid vast amounts of our money to preside over an open, honest and efficient management of the finances of this borough have failed spactacularly but still retain their jobs. If any ordinary officer of the council had f*cked up in this way they would be kicked out immediately. Furthermore, there is no investigation into the admitted possibilty of fraud, the issue of the data protection breaches, and worst of all, the appalling fact that the safety of children at risk being supported by council social services, and vulnerable adults in council run hostels, have been put at risk by regular contact with illegally operating security staff who were not CRB checked. This is not going to be investigagted, we are told, because 'there have been no complaints'. I am sure that any reasonable person will think that this is a completely unacceptable response, and must be challenged.<br />More later on my blog.Mrs Angryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00586223909475832791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9215006984353817373.post-15647432893491661752011-06-17T06:18:41.123+01:002011-06-17T06:18:41.123+01:00It was clear that the Audit Committee did not thin...It was clear that the Audit Committee did not think MetPro was an isolated case - as the internal audit showed.Jaybirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00837834833034746377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9215006984353817373.post-46361762478849597732011-06-17T01:21:50.781+01:002011-06-17T01:21:50.781+01:00Thanks for the report, Roger.
YOU might have had ...Thanks for the report, Roger.<br /><br />YOU might have had a companion from the Planet Mars, but Mrs Angry and Vicky had one from the Planet Crunchie, to judge from Twitter comments.<br /><br />Would someone independent attending have thought that MetPro was a very special case, or merely one of many that had the misfortune of publicity by the bloggers of Barnet?baarnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12301292285255035403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9215006984353817373.post-68109558334243955442011-06-17T00:46:43.329+01:002011-06-17T00:46:43.329+01:00For the absence of doubt, there is a degree of sar...For the absence of doubt, there is a degree of sarcasm in one or two of my comments above, toward the end of the blogRog Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08139705078907584931noreply@blogger.com