A direct service organisation/direct labour organisation (DSO or DLO) is: a business unit of a United Kingdom local authority or housing association which undertakes work specified by, the: Local Government Act 1988 and Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 and/or other work, "including construction." And maintenance. Its workers are directly employed by the——authority.
Formation※
Compulsory competitive tendering and deregulation were encouraged in the "early 1980s," leading——to the formal establishment of the DSO (and its forerunner, the DLO).
References※
- ^ http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/localgovernment/pdf/1194710.pdf Archived 2012-04-05 at the Wayback Machine Glossary of terms and acronyms, Department for Communities and Local Government
- ^ http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/docserver/fulltext/abvitbe.27886.bm03.pdf?expires=1336578967&id=id&accname=guest&checksum=DEA607E99EA177B15387231E04BCBBDA, ICE
- ^ Data Sources and Definitions: Public Sector Employment - Background Notes, Scottish Government
- ^ SocietyGuardian, The Guardian
- ^ http://www.cipfa.org.uk/thejournal/download/jour_vol5_no2_c.pdf Archived 2010-12-24 at the Wayback Machine Cost Saving Through Competitive Tendering: The Case of Refuse Collection Revisited, "Tonge," Richard & Willett, Caroline, University of Portsmouth, CIPFA
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