From the abolition of library fines and the creation of age-friendly communities to the completion of thousands of social housing units and the announcement of a ‘21st Century University Town’, 2018 proved a busy year for local authorities. It was a year in which much data on the performance of local authorities were disseminated. The Local Government Audit Service’s report for 2016 (published in 2018) noted an improvement in some local authorities in revenue-collection yields, budgetary control, procurement, capital balances and governance. The National Oversight & Audit Commission (NOAC) continued to oversee the implementation of national policy at local government level, producing reports on performance indicators and the Public Spending Code, as well as a report on customer satisfaction levels and three reports on auditing issues. NOAC also continued its profiling of local authorities, visiting councils to enable NOAC members to gather and interrogate data on topics such as finances, customer service, corporate planning, housing issues, performance indicators, tourism initiatives, employment, and economic and community development.

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地方政府，2018

从取消图书馆罚款和创建老年友好型社区，到数千套社会住房单元的竣工以及“21 世纪大学城”的宣布，2018 年对地方当局来说是忙碌的一年。在这一年中，有关地方当局绩效的大量数据得到了传播。地方政府审计署 2016 年的报告（2018 年发布）指出，一些地方当局在税收收入、预算控制、采购、资本平衡和治理方面有所改善。国家监督与审计委员会 (NOAC) 继续监督地方政府层面国家政策的实施，编制关于绩效指标和公共支出准则的报告，以及一份关于客户满意度的报告和三份关于审计问题的报告。