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A private company which is funded by companies which are contracted by the government to provide rail service. As a taxpayer subsidised body, they should have a
by blocking_io 14y ago
A private company which is funded by companies which are contracted by the government to provide rail service. As a taxpayer subsidised body, they should have a greater degree of accountability.
- JasonFruit 14y agoBy that logic, every contractor hired mainly by government would have to behave like a public organization. I don't think that leads to sensible conclusions, and it's redolent of after-the-fact justification.
- SideburnsOfDoom 14y ago> By that logic, every contractor hired mainly by government would have to behave like a public organization. You say that like it's a bad thing. In fact, on major criticism of outsourcing and privatisation is that it becomes way to shelter dubious activities from Freedom-Of-Information requests that would apply if the work was done by a public organization.
- blocking_io 14y agoNot so. NRE's raison d'être is to provide information to the public about train services funded by the public. There is no aspect of it's purpose that is not connected to taxpayer funding.