The government hardly learns from the experiences gained from major recovery operations, such as those for the benefits scandal and the earthquake damage in Groningen. When setting up a recovery process, it continually reinvents the wheel. The government also doesn’t pay sufficient attention to what victims actually need, concluded National Ombudsman Reinier van Zutphen after studying 10 recovery operations.
The Dutch government received fierce criticism during the parliamentary inquiry into the benefits scandal and its fraud policy this week. The National Ombudsman, the Dutch Data Protection Authority, and the Council of State all had no good word to say about the government’s fraud approach while speaking with the parliamentary committee of inquiry.
Topic 2: SMCC: When fuel clause GEBE will be corrected?
Topic 3: SMCC: Snail pace of NRPB rebuilding back better stronger homes
Topic 4: SMAPP: Cuts in (semi)public remuneration now in legislation violating human rights
Topic 5: SMAPP: Unlawful proceedings of PM Silveria Jacobs and COM to please the Dutch
Topic 1: SMCC: NV GEBE discriminates among its customers.
NO RELIEF: PAYMENT PLAN OR DISCONNECTION. NV GEBE announced in a press release published on Tuesday Feb. 2, 2021, that after months of suspended disconnection of its electricity and water services, the company will be resuming its monthly standard course of action to collect outstanding funds. During the early part of 2020, and several times thereafter, NV GEBE halted the disconnection of services to allow the financial recovery of its customers who were experiencing economic difficulties due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. “We fully recognize that the pandemic continues to be a time of hardship