Ontario Ombudsman Paul Dubé announced an investigation into the city of Brampton’s procurement practices this week. The announcement marks the Ombudsman’s first systemic investigation relating to a municipality, since the Ombudsman’s mandate was expanded to include the province’s municipalities as of 1 January 2016.

A poorly targeted and disproportionate public transport fare enforcement system unfairly punishes many travellers in an attempt to snare a small number of recidivist evaders, according to an investigation by the Victorian Ombudsman Deborah Glass.

Irish Ombudsman Peter Tyndall appeared in the second episode in the “How to be an Active Citizen” series on 22 May 2016. The Ombudsman’s appearance on RTE Radio is accessible online.

The Public Services Ombudsman for Wales has issued a “special report” against a Welsh Health Board for the first time ever after it failed to carry out recommendations it previously agreed to.

A report by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman highlights the devastating impact of service failures and poor complaints handling across the public sector. It reveals that too many people who complain to the NHS are not getting the answers they deserve when things go wrong. This latest snapshot of investigations by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman shows the devastating consequences families suffer when complaints are not resolved locally.

“The vote of the parliament is a political pressure on the independence of this institution”, says Lora Vidovic, Ombudswoman of Croatia.

International Ombudsman Institute (IOI) President John R. Walters visited the Control Yuan on the morning of May 18, 2016, delivering a speech on the development of African ombudsman institutions and the challenges that they face.

The Anti-corruption and Civil Right Commission (ACRC) published the “ACRC Korea Annual Report 2015”, a collection of the ACRC’s performance and major policies of the year 2015. The Annual Report contains all efforts undertaken by the ACRC to fight corruption and protect the rights of the people over last year.