APPENDIX 6: SUMMARY OF PHILLIS RECOMMENDATIONS
(1) A redefinition of the role and scope
of government communications
(2) A strong central communications structure
(3) Strong, integrated departmental communications
structures
(4) Disband the Government Information and Communication
Service (GICS)
(5) Greater emphasis on regional communication
(6) Recruitment and training to raise professional
standards and maintain Civil Service impartiality
(7) New rules governing the conduct of special advisers
and defining more clearly the boundaries with the Civil Service
(8) Effective implementation of the Freedom of Information
Act 2000
(9) Clearer rules for the release of statistical information
(10) A new approach to briefing the media
(11) Customer-driven online communication
(12) A reappraisal of the relationship between politicians
and the media
For further details of the recommendations of the
Phillis Review, please see our Call for Evidence, reproduced at
Appendix 3.
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