While it is based at DCMS and is answerable to the department's most senior civil servant, the permanent secretary Jonathan Stephens, Olympics Minister Jowell, based in the Cabinet Office, is ultimately in charge. Olympic Programme Support Unit This has recently been moved from the headquarters of the ODA and now sits within the GOE. It is responsible for the financial monitoring of the project, in particular the construction work being done by the ODA. The Funders’ Committee Headed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling, this body is made up of ministers in charge of departments which will be heavily impacted by Olympic spending. They control the purse strings for the...
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