CIPFA Networks has published the first issue of Networks News, a quarterly magazine that brings together analysis and comment from CIPFA’s expert advisers on a wide range of current public service topics. Subscribers can access it free of charge via any CIPFA Networks’ website.

The CIPFA One Public Estate Conference will give you the latest insights into managing public buildings more effectively to deliver more for less, don't miss out on this important event book your place for Thursday 26th May.

On 20 October 2010, Chancellor George Osborne set out the Government's spending plans for the next four years.This briefing paper from CIPFA Networks highlights some of the key points from the spending review and provides some focused analysis of their implications for local public services.

These workshops will help practitioners ensure that their approach to performance management focuses on outcomes. They will provide an insight into the main factors that will help to deliver planned outcomes and provide key tips on how to manage and account for different stakeholder perspectives.

This detailed guide, produced by CIPFA's Performance Improvement Network, aims to help practitioners improve their approach to recording, protecting, sharing and using data. It includes a range of useful tips and good practice examples.

CIPFA's Performance Improvement Network is running workshops on practical tender evaluation in late May and early June. These events will cover recent legal developments in this area, as well as provide delegates with a framework for evaluating tenders.

CIPFA's Children's Services Advisory Network has produced a guide to show how local authorities and their partners can reduce the number of young people who are not in education, employment or training (NEET) in their areas.

CIPFA's Performance Improvement Network will be holding a major conference on Total Place on 17 March in London. The event will look at how Total Place could lead to transformed local services and improved efficiency and effectiveness, and features a range of high-profile influential speakers.

CIPFA's Performance and Policy Networks are running a series of workshops on the EU's new 'Remedies' directive in November. This directive will have a significant impact on public procurement and commissioning and the events are aimed at all officers working in this field.

This guide, which was produced by the CIPFA Performance Improvement Network, provides a range of tips, hints and good practice examples to show how authorities can reduce CO2 emissions – both corporately and from within their local areas. It is therefore relevant to National Indicators 185 and 186.

CIPFA's Children's Services Advisory Network has launched a new website - www.cipfanetworks.net/csan. The new design incorporates all of the documentation from the old site, whilst also having improved navigation and extra features such as a discussion forum and archive of e-newsletters.

During March, CIPFA Networks will run a series of special seminars on the implications of Comprehensive Area Assessment for local public services. The events will take place in Birmingham, London and York. Also, the Performance Improvement Network has produced a briefing paper on the new framework

This collection of articles, put together by CIPFA PIN, sets out some of the issues that organisations will need to consider when developing their strategies for dealing with the recession. They come ahead of a special seminar on Coping with the Credit Crunch, which will be held on 26 Feb in London

CIPFA Networks held an important groundbreaking Pensions Conference on Wednesday 5th November 2008, at the Royal Mint in London. The event was sponsored by Invesco Perpetual and Hyman Robertson and nearly 100 delegates attended. Bob Summers Chair of the CIPFA Pensions Panel, chaired the conference.

CIPFA's Performance Improvement Network will be running workshops on lean thinking in London and York on 26 and 27 November. The events will build on similar workshops held in 2006 and 2007 by investigating the extent to which lean and systems approaches complement activity based costing.