By: Russ
NAO to study Ofcom’s merger
As everyone probably knows, Ofcom was created in 2002-2003 through the merger of five existing regulators in the media and communications sector. While this is not terribly unique in the overall scheme of things, public sector mergers will increase in the future as the UK comes to grips with how it manages public regulatory schemes that were often created and amended in a piecemeal fashion over the years.
Anyway, the National Audit Office (NAO) has announced it will study Ofcom’s merger, asking three questions:
1. Can the success of the Ofcom merger be measured?
2. Is there good practice that can be drawn from the planning process?
3. Is there good practice that can be drawn from the implementation process?
The NAO say they will hold a conference on this issue in Autumn 2006.
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