14th March 2009, 02:29 AM
Quote:quote:What is coming out is that HERs are underfunded (I know only too well) and unable to undertake the large amount of data on offer - let alone this extra data
That statement is not necessarily a true representation, but they are publicly accountable and any work has to be justified by the results, a question of value. The question is... is the data being provided in a an easily transferable format? If it is... such as that from the PAS... the work required to transfer it is minimal. All a question of compatability.. why we have standards, compliance etc. Not just for fun! By the way all these standards are publicly accessible so no reason why UKDFD could not subscribe to them. We, quite rightly, live in an audit culture.