Why Choose Three Single-Tier Councils?
Three councils were preferred for housing growth, place identity and reported savings, weighed against transition, service-continuity and legal risks.
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Public decisions, templates, and articles shared for discovery. Each log sets out what was decided, the options that were on the table, and the trade-offs between them.
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Where and how to add AI-grade package substrate capacity for the 2028 demand window
Reconstructs a component manufacturer’s choice of how to expand FC-BGA substrate capacity for AI accelerators ahead of a forecast 2027 to 2028 shortage. It compares domestic, overseas, phased and glas...
The U.S.-China AI Incident Dialogue as a Decision Governance Case
The United States and China have agreed to establish a formal dialogue on AI risks and a communication channel for AI-related incidents. The decision is a governance response to a class of risks in which neither state can independently control outcomes and where the value of communication may be greatest before the parties agree on substantive rules.
How to pursue cancellation of disputed year-end appropriations: release, standard rescission, pocket rescission, or next-year appropriations
Reconstructs a national executive’s decision, five days before the fiscal year ended, to cancel about USD 810 million in enacted appropriations through an end-of-year pocket rescission. It examines th...
Formulary decision on a new medicine at the margin of cost effectiveness
An NHS integrated care board's medicines committee decides whether to list a new medicine, restrict it to a subgroup, defer pending a better price, or decline. The log states the displaced health expl...
Adopting a mechanism for allocating critical care capacity during a surge
A four-site hospital group decides, in ordinary conditions and in advance, what mechanism would allocate critical care capacity if demand exceeded it. The log is about the mechanism rather than the cl...
Allocating a reduced irrigation licence across a growing season
An arable farming enterprise whose abstraction licence has been cut by 30 per cent decides how to spread the remaining water across four crops. The log shows why a proportional cut is the most expensi...
Stage gate decision on a major capital project business case
A public-sector infrastructure body's investment committee decides what to do with a capital business case at a stage gate: approve it, approve it with conditions, return it for rework, or reject it. ...
Automate, assist or retain manual assessment of a benefits caseload
A public body with a growing backlog decides whether to automate entitlement assessments, use a system to assist caseworkers, or leave the work manual. The log shows a legal position under the UK GDPR...
Automate, assist or retain manual visual inspection on a finishing line
A vehicle component manufacturer decides whether machine vision should replace, support or leave alone the inspectors who check every part before despatch. The log shows why a single accuracy figure i...
Treating ransomware risk to core banking services
A UK retail bank decides how to treat ransomware risk to its important business services: accept, mitigate, transfer through cyber insurance, or mitigate with an isolated recovery environment. Insuran...
Treating flood risk at a regional distribution centre
A wholesale distributor decides how to treat flood risk at a centre that flooded once and now sits in a higher risk band than when it was acquired. The log works through the four standard treatments —...
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