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RCAHMW
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales.
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Following the formation of English Heritage to cover historic environment functions in England, it was decided to take a fresh look at the Royal Commissions. Management consultants were engaged by the government to examine value for money. As far as Wales was concerned, in 1988 their report stated that "Our strong impression of RCAHMW is that the best has become the enemy of the good. It is inward-looking, rather with the aura of an old-fashioned university department, it has not recognised the need for good management practices and the Commission has not fully recognised the value of integrating non-inventory activities into its priorities ... If RCAHMW is to represent good value for money, there needs to be major re-orientation of effort." This report was accepted by the government.