State of the service report / Australian Public Service Commission

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Australia. Public Service Commission
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ISBN 0642543801
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Australian Public Service Commission
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Canberra : Australian Public Service Commission, 2002-
Issue
(2001 - 2002)
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The Australian Public Service Commissioner is required, under the Public Service Act 1999, to report to the Agency’s Minister on the state of the Australian Public Service each year, for presentation to the Parliament.The Australian Public Service Commission prepares the State of the Service Report in collaboration with APS agencies. It shows how the APS supports the Australian Government, the Australian Parliament and the Australian people. Reporting on the Commonwealth Public Service commenced from 1902, by the Public Service Commissioner or Board of Commissioners, under the legislation in force at the time. This collection brings together reports on the state of the Australian Public Service from Federation to the present day. These reports form a valuable record of the history and contributions of the Australian Public Service.You can explore the State of the Service Report collection through Trove. Select 'Explore' or 'Search' to start browsing this collection.

Contents

No title 1
APS VALUES 2
STATE OF THE SERVICE REPORT 2001-02 3 , 4
AUSTRALIAN PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION 5
CONTENTS 7 , 8
PREFACE 9
CHAPTER 1: COMMISSIONER’S OVERVIEW 11 , 12 , 13
CHAPTER 2: STATISTICAL SNAPSHOT 15
GROWTH IN THE APS 15
DIVERSITY TRENDS 16
ONGOING AND NON-ONGOING STAFF 16 , 17 , 18 , 19
PART-TIME 19 , 20
CLASSIFICATION STRUCTURES 20
MOBILITY 21
AGE PROFILE 21 , 22 , 23
LENGTH OF SERVICE 23 , 24
ENGAGEMENTS AND SEPARATIONS 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28
SOME OBSERVATIONS 29
CHAPTER 3: VALUES AND CONDUCT 31
EMBEDDING THE VALUES IN AGENCIES 31 , 32 , 33
RELATIONS WITH GOVERNMENT AND THE PARLIAMENT 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 39
RELATIONS WITH THE PUBLIC 40 , 41 , 42 , 43 , 44 , 45 , 46
RELATIONS IN THE WORKPLACE 46 , 47
PERSONAL BEHAVIOUR 47 , 48 , 49
WHISTLEBLOWING 49 , 50 , 51
SENATE INQUIRY INTO THE PUBLIC INTEREST DISCLOSURE BILL 51
SOME OBSERVATIONS 51 , 52
CHAPTER 4: EMPLOYMENT 53
CATEGORIES OF EMPLOYMENT 53 , 54 , 55 , 56 , 57 , 58
MERIT-BASED EMPLOYMENT 58 , 59 , 60 , 61 , 62 , 63
WAGES AND CONDITIONS IN THE APS 63 , 64 , 65 , 66 , 67 , 68 , 69 , 70 , 71
PROVIDING SAFE WORKPLACES 71 , 72 , 73
MACHINERY OF GOVERNMENT CHANGES 73 , 74 , 75
MOVEMENTS BETWEEN THE APS AND OTHER COMMONWEALTH EMPLOYMENT 75
SOME OBSERVATIONS 75
CHAPTER 5: ACHIEVING HIGHER PERFORMANCE 77
PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT 77 , 78 , 79 , 80 , 81 , 82 , 83 , 84 , 85 , 86 , 87 , 88 , 89
LEADERSHIP 89 , 90
DEMOGRAPHY OF THE SES LEADERSHIP GROUP 90 , 91 , 92 , 93 , 94 , 95 , 96 , 97
CAPABILITY DEVELOPMENT 97 , 98 , 99 , 100 , 101 , 102
SOME OBSERVATIONS 102 , 103
CHAPTER 6: ACCOUNTABILITY 105
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT REFORMS 105 , 106 , 107 , 108 , 109 , 110 , 111 , 112 , 113
ACCOUNTABILITY AND CONTRACT MANAGEMENT 113 , 114 , 115 , 116
COMPLIANCE WITH THE AMENDED PRIVACY LEGISLATION 116 , 117
OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL PRIVACY COMMISSIONER AUDITS 117
RECORDKEEPING SYSTEMS 118 , 119 , 120 , 121 , 122 , 123 , 124 , 125
PREVENTING FRAUD 125 , 126
SOME OBSERVATIONS 126 , 127
CHAPTER 7: OUTSOURCED SERVICES 129
REVIEW OF ICT IMPLEMENTATION 129 , 130
MONITORING THE ONGOING IMPLEMENTATION OF OUTSOURCING 131
PROGRESS WITH IMPLEMENTATION 131 , 132 , 133 , 134 , 135
MAJOR ISSUES 135 , 136 , 137 , 138 , 139 , 140 , 141 , 142 , 143 , 144 , 145 , 146 , 147 , 148 , 149 , 150 , 151
SOME OBSERVATIONS 151 , 152 , 153
CHAPTER 8: FUTURE CHALLENGES 155 , 156
LIST OF RESPONDING AGENCIES TO THE AGENCY QUESTIONNAIRE 157 , 158 , 159 , 160
GLOSSARY 161 , 162 , 163 , 164 , 165
APS CODE OF CONDUCT 167 , 168

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