Lib Dems call for data guardians in public and private sector to protect information rights (Computer Weekly)Lib Dems call for data guardians in public and private sector to protect information rights The Liberal...

Public Sector Bank employees Protest Bank Mergers & Outsourcing (Nasdaq)(RTTNews) - A section of employees of public sector banks, barring State Bank of India (SBI) and Reserve Bank, are on a strike today protesting the move to merge State Bank of Saurashtra with its parent SBI. Meanwhile, Grade III employees of the Reserve Bank also struck work in protest against outsourcing of operations by the RBI.

Cost of public sector sicknote culture hits £5.2bn a year as each worker takes off 9.8 days (Daily Mail)The ‘sicknote culture’ in the public sector is costing the taxpayer a record £5.2billion a year in lost working days.

Small public sector agencies lose staff (AAP via Yahoo!7 News)Small public sector agencies, such as the Australian War Memorial, are losing staff to bigger government organisations, a parliamentary committee has heard.

UK July Public Sector Current Budget Surplus Declines (INO News)(RTTNews) - UK's public sector current budget surplus decreased GBP1.9 billion in July from the previous year to GBP6.6 billion, a report from the Office for National Statistics, or ONS showed Wednesday.

(AFX UK Focus) 2008-08-20 10:34 Opsec Security sees delays in some orders, monitoring slowing consumer demand (Interactive Investor)LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Opsec Security Group Plc. said at its annual general meeting on Wednesday that there have been delays in the receipt of expected orders from a number of overseas public sector organisations.

How public sector sicknote culture costs taxpayers a staggering £5.2bn every year (Daily Mail)The 'sicknote culture' in the public sector is costing the taxpayer a record £5.2billion a year as huge numbers of workers take days off.