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Contents

2010 Annual Assembly of Standards Committees 'A place for standards' - On-line booking now open for this year's Assembly.

Stakeholder Tracker 2009 - 'A qualitative assessment of advice and guidance' - New research into satisfaction of members and officers in local government on our performance and a look at their attitudes towards the ethical environment.

A REMINDER:  Please send us your hearing decision notices - Authorities are required to send us a copy of their hearing decision notices.

Adjudication Panel for England becomes known as First-tier Tribunal (Local Government Standards in England) - An update on the changes to the powers and procedures of the Adjudication Panel for England.

Our risk based approach - An article on the development of our risk based approach and what this might mean in practice

Social networking: an effective medium of communication but not without risk - Key messages from a session at the recent Cllr' 10 event on social networking sites.

New online guides on our website - An announcement on our increased range of online guides.

Standards committees can take a lead from 'notable practice' - New notable practice research highlighting examples and case studies.

Impartial and objective investigators - A reminder that monitoring officers use impartial and objective investigators.

Have your say - Current popular topics on our online forum.

Delay on the new Code of Conduct - An announcement that parliamentary approval of the new Code of Conduct for Members has been delayed until after the general election.