Sanitizable signatures allow for controlled modification of signed data. The essential security requirements are accountability, privacy and unlinkability. Unlinkability is a strong notion of privacy. Namely, it makes it hard to link two sanitized messages that were derived from the same message-signature pair. In this work, we strengthen the standard unlinkability definition by Brzuska et al. ...

Much recent policing reform has been concerned with strengthening organisational and individual accountability through complaints, discipline systems and external oversight. Civil litigation against police has largely been ignored as an accountability measure.This research aimed to broaden the understanding of police litigation in Australia, and determine the implications for its use as an acco...

The theme of this conference, ‘New Days, New Ways’ is very appropriate and timely given the nature of the challenges currently facing the Australian Public Service (APS). It could be argued that the APS has been steadily evolving towards a more private sector orientation over the last decade or so more so recently as a consequence of the momentum of the National Competition Policy reforms See I...

Since the early 1990s, Malawi has tried to undertake economic reforms, including the restructuring of the public sector, even as it embraced democratic reforms. Paucity of human and financial resources has made the process difficult and drawn out. However, towards the end of the 1990s, the reforms began to bear fruit. Notably, the efficiency of the civil service improved, while the government c...

Background In today’s local health systems in lowand middle-income countries, district health management teams, together with local authorities, bear the responsibility for health sector performance. This infers not only a responsibility for coordination of the multiple actors in pluralistic health systems and the organisation of services and programmes, but also for ensuring accountability tow...

| In most commercial and legal transactions, the ability to hold individuals or organizations accountable for transactions is important. Hence, electronic protocols that implement commercial transactions must be designed to provide adequate accountability assurances for transacting parties. Without such assurances, electronic transactions can be susceptible to disputes. Currently, protocol desi...

In face of pressure from politicians and constituents public agencies have to collaborate with each other to offer a one-stop shop. The emphasis shifts from vertical to horizontal coordination and integration, which requires the making of commitments between public agencies and the fulfillment of these commitments. Consequently accountability shifts from hierarchical to commitment-based account...

This study analyzed ethical and unethical behaviors in the Chinese public sector, and tested hypotheses concerning the main predictors of such behaviors, as well as other contingent factors related to organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) and unethical pro-organizational behavior (UPB). We investigated three specific issues. First, we examined whether ethical leadership and ethical environm...

BACKGROUND Accountability in global health is a commonly invoked though less commonly questioned concept. Critically reflecting on the concept and how it is put into practice, this paper focuses on the who, what, how, and where of accountability, mapping its defining features and considering them with respect to real-world circumstances. Changing dynamics in global health cooperation - such as ...

Unless developing countries embrace a corporate governance perspective, privatization is unlikely to provide the benefits of improved performance with accountability. This article introduces the concept of governance chains that can constrain the grabbing hands of public and private actors by providing information and accountability mechanisms to help investors monitor managers. Empirical data ...