Public law accountability of outsourced government services

当政府官员做出影响个人利益的决定时--例如是否发放社会保障金或签证--官员必须合法、公平和理性地行事。如果他们不这样做，就有办法通过行政法对受影响的个人进行审查和补救。但越来越多的政府服务被外包，审查机制也失去了。该项目将分析不同外包背景下的行政审查和补救的最佳做法。它将产生关于补救机制的运作和有效性的新知识。这将提高外包决策的透明度、公正性和问责性，从而使决策者和社会受益。

When government officials make decisions that affect a person's interests - eg whether to grant a social security payment or visa - the official must act lawfully, fairly and rationally. If they do not, there are means of review and redress for the affected individual via administrative law. But increasingly, government service delivery is outsourced and review mechanisms are lost. This project will analyse best practice approaches to administrative review and redress in different outsourcing contexts. It will generate new knowledge about the operation and effectiveness of redress mechanisms. This will benefit policy-makers and the community by enhancing transparency, fairness and accountability in outsourced decision-making.