Strasbourg, 04/07/2001 (Agence Europe) - European Ombudsman, Jacob Söderman, has decided to open an own-initiative inquiry into the functioning of the Directorate for Resources of the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) at Ispra, Italy. The Ombudsman, which gives the European Commission until 31 October to respond, calls on it to examine whether there is a need for more effective advice and guidance to staff or for changes to the administrative framework at the Joint Research...