Topic: project future

The Ernst & Young report on reducing the size and cost of the Cayman Islands civil service, it seems, was just a fantasy. Project Future – the government’s ongoing reinterpretation of the EY Report – is shaping up to be something else entirely.

The Cayman Islands government has completed three “projects” as part of an effort to restructure the civil service for better efficiency and lower costs, according to a report issued Friday.

The good news about the Public Authorities Bill is that it aims to make Cayman Islands statutory authorities and government-owned companies operate more like central government.

The partial outsourcing of work done by the government Lands and Survey Department is considered a “viable” option by managers participating in the Project Future civil service reform program.

Recommendations from a September 2014 government consultant’s report by the Ernst & Young accounting firm have been pared down to 57 areas which the civil service intends to “progress,” according to a report released last week.

Last week, the Premier said the Compass Editorial Board was wrong to declare that the EY Report appeared to be going nowhere. Let’s examine what the Progressives’ idea of “progress” really consists of.

The upcoming government budget incorporates aspects of a development agreement between the Cayman Islands public sector and the Dart group of companies, Premier Alden McLaughlin announced Monday.

Since the turn of the century, the Cayman Islands government has produced two especially outstanding reports. Both were commissioned by the government, presumably read by officials, then shelved, shredded, burned and buried.