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A
Ability at work: tapping the talent of people with disability, 59, 72, 84
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employees, 96, 107
- APS employment and capability strategy for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employees, 60, 61
- Cross-jurisdictional forum on Indigenous employment in the public sector, 59
- employee support, 62–3
- employer support, 63–4
- graduate recruitment, 61
- Horizons—the APS Indigenous mobility scholarship programme, 63
- identified positions, 83
- Indigenous Australian Public Service Employee Networks, 62
- Indigenous Capability Fund, 63
- Indigenous Coordination Centre managers, 61
- Indigenous Employees Career Forum, 62
- Indigenous entry level employment intake for APS agencies, 59
- NAIDOC Week, 107
- National Indigenous Cadetship Project, 61
- partnerships with employers, 64
- policy in practice programme, 41
- Public calling, 59
- SES programmes, 61
- summary of achievements, 4
- workplace support, 62
see also Reconciliation action plan 2007–2010
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander policy in practice, 41, 61
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders
- 1967 referendum commemoration, 64–6
accommodation, 7, 104, 105, 181, 189
accountants, recruitment of, 69
administrative re-arrangements, 27
advertising and market research, 187
advice and support
agency health, 84
agency surveys, 79
Annual procurement plan, 102
ANZSOG see Australian and New Zealand School of Government
APS 1–6 programmes, 49
APS Code of Conduct, 9, 94, 99
see also APS Values; breaches of the Code of Conduct
APS employee surveys, 79–81
APS Employment and Capability Strategy for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employees, 3
APS Employment Database (APSED), 59, 75–6
APS Employment Database Internet Interface (APSEDII), 76
APS Indigenous Employment Strategy, 61
APS induction, 48
APS policy and employment services, 15–35
APS statistical bulletin, 76, 79
APS Values, 94
see also APS Code of Conduct
APSED see APS Employment Database
APSEDII see APS Employment Database Internet Interface
asset management, 102
Audit Committee, 93
Auditor-General, 95
AusAID, 30–1
Austrade, 27
Australia Day Awards, 104, 106
Australian and New Zealand School of Government, 53–5
Australian Bureau of Statistics, 124
Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity, 27
Australian Customs Service, 122, 124
Australian Taxation Office, 124
Australian Trade Commission, 27
Australian Workplace Agreements, 7, 98
B
behavioural change, 84
Bennett v The President, Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, 17
Better, faster: streamlining recruitment in the APS, 59, 68
better practice and evaluation, 59–87
Better Practice Group, 11
breaches of the Code of Conduct, 21, 27, 28, 99, 123–5, 131, 132, 133
budget outlook, 101
Building business capability through workforce planning, 69
C
CAPAM see Commonwealth Association for Public Administration and Management conference
Career Development Assessment Centre (CDAC), 46
caretaker conventions, 8
case studies of Merit Protection Commissioner reviews, 129–33
Certificate of Compliance, 91, 101
circulars, 23
client service surveys, 39
collective agreements, 28, 98–9
Commission Management Committee, 93
Commonwealth Association for Public Administration and Management (CAPAM) conference, 6, 56–7, 58
Commonwealth Disability Strategy, 179–80
Commonwealth Managers Network (COMNET), 70
Commonwealth Ministers' Forum on Public Sector Development, 6, 57
communications technology, 103–4
COMNET see Commonwealth Managers Network
conferences, international, 33
conferences, regional, 43–4
conflict of interest, 130
Connected Government website, 71
consultancy services, 50–1, 102
contracts, 102–3
corporate committees, 93
corporate governance, 92–3, 117
Corporate Group, 11
Corporate Management Forum, 70
Corporate plan 2006-07, 3, 7, 92
court decisions, 95
Cracking the code: how to apply for jobs in the Australian Public Service, 59, 68–9
Crawford School of Economics and Government, 53
CRS Australia, 124
D
declarations of personal interests, 15, 21
Defence, Department of, 122, 124
delegations from overseas, 33
delegations to outsiders, 27
development programmes, 37–58
disclosure of information, 15, 17
Drawing together, 4
E
Ecologically Sustainable Development, 189
employee life cycle, 70
Employment and Workplace Relations, Department of, 28
Employment of people with disability in the APS, 6, 85
Employment Policy Adviceline, 21–2
employment services, 24–8
energy management, 189
Enhanced Cooperation Program, 31
Environment and Water Resources, Department of, 27
Equal Employment and Opportunity groups, 107, 193, 194
Evaluation Group, 11
evaluations, 5
- ability at work, 83–4
- changing behaviour, 84
- handling misconduct, 83
- identified positions, 83
- remuneration policies, 83
Executive, 92
Executive Fellows Programme, 54
Executive leadership dimensions, 45
Executive Level programmes, 46, 50
Executive Masters of Public Administration, 54, 97
expertise development programmes, 40–1
external scrutiny, 95
F
fee-for-service, 28
Fiji, 15
financial performance, 6, 14, 99–102
financial statements, 137–78
Fostering an attendance culture—a guide for APS agencies, 69
fraud control, 94
Fraud control plan 2006-07, 94
Freedom of Information requests, 183–6
- exempt contracts, 102
G
Getting connected, 71
good practice guides, 15
good practice workshops, 15, 32
governance policies and practices, 18–19
Governing through collaboration: managing better through others, 55
government appropriations, 100
Government Skills Australia Public Sector Industry Advisory Committee, 184
graduate development, 49
A guide to official conduct for APS employees and agency heads, 21
H
Handling misconduct, 59
Health and Ageing, Department of, 124
health indicators, corporate, 84
Horizons—the APS Indigenous mobility scholarship programme, 63
HR capability development programme, 71
HR Directors Forum, 70
I
IAPSEN see Indigenous Australian Public Service Employee Networks
identified positions, 83
Immigration and Citizenship, Department of, 122, 124
Implementation of programme and policy initiatives: making implementation matter, 44–5
Implementing machinery of government changes: a good practice guide, 5, 15, 19–20
Independent Selection Advisory Committees (ISACs), 28, 126–7, 128
Indigenous Australian Public Service Employee Networks (IAPSEN), 62
Indigenous Capability Fund, 63
Indigenous Employees Career Forum, 62
Indonesia, assistance to civil service reform in, 5, 15, 31
induction, 48
information management, 103–4
information technology, 6–7, 91, 103–4
Information Technology Advisory Committee, 93
Information technology strategic plan 2006-09, 103
Integrated Leadership System, 39, 45
internal audit, 94
International day of people with disAbility, 72
International Women's Day, 74
interstate training programmes, 51
ISACs see Independent Selection Advisory Committees
L
LAFIA see Leading Australia's Future in Asia
leadership, learning and development strategy, 39
Leadership Development Network, 45–6
Leadership mastery, 39
Leading across boundaries, 39
Leading Australia's Future in Asia, 52–3
learning and development, 37–58, 96–7
programmes outside Canberra, 51
letter of transmittal
library, 104
Lifting and raising the bar, 73
M
MAC see Management Advisory Committee
Management Advisory Committee, 6, 25, 68, 85–6
Managing and sustaining the APS workforce, 86
market research see advertising and market research
marriage bar, removal of, 73
Mastering your financial environment, 41
merit principle, 130
Merit Protection Commissioner, 95
- corporate governance, 117
- employment-related services, 128
- Freedom of Information, 183–6
- functions, 115
- investigation of complaints by former APS employees, 126
- organisational structure, 116
- presentations, 18, 114
- review case studies, 129–33
- review of performance, 119
- review of timeliness targets, 114 (see also timeliness of reviews)
- reviews, 121–33
- secondary reviews, 132
merit protection services, 34–5
Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Public Service, 17
Minister for Administrative Efficiency (Indonesia), 31
ministerial briefings, 17
Ministerial conversations series, 43
misconduct, handling of, 83
N
NAIDOC Week, 107
National Aboriginal and Islander Day Observance Committee Week, 107
National Health and Medical Research Council, 27
National Indigenous Cadetship Project, 61
New leadership horizons, 40
Note for file: a report on recordkeeping in the Australian Public Service, 86
O
occupational health and safety, 181
Occupational Health and Safety Committee, 93, 181
OEPI see Online Employee Provided Information
Online Employee Provided Information, 59, 76
output pricing, 14, 15, 37, 59
outputs structure
- APS policy and employment services, 15–35
- better practice and evaluation, 59–87
- development programmes, 37–58
- Merit Protection Commissioner, 109–33
P
Pacific human resource managers' network, 15, 31
Pacific Islands scholarship for governance programme, 15, 30–1, 32
Pacific nations, 5, 15, 30–3, 53
Pacific Public Sector Leadership Programme, 15, 31
partnerships
- Indigenous employment, 64
A passion for policy—essays in public sector reform, 55
people management, 69–70
people with a disability, 70, 71–2, 83–4
performance assessment, 27
performance bonuses, 27
performance information
- advice and support, 16
- Indigenous employment, 60
- leadership services, 38–9
- Merit Protection Commission, 119–20
- national and international programmes, 52–3
- programme delivery, 47
- promote better practice, 67
- research and evaluation, 77–8
- statistical/information services, 75
- summary table, 14
performance management, 99
Preparing to appear before parliamentary committees, 40–1
Prime Minister, 27
Prime Minister and Cabinet, Department of, 9
priorities, 3
Programme management, 41
Programmes Group, 11
promotions, 130
Public calling: APS Indigenous career ambassadors, 59, 63
Public Sector Management Program, 55
Public Sector Management Program Board of Management, 184
Public sector training package, 55–6
Public Service Act 1999, 9
Public Service Gazette, 15, 25, 26
Public Service Regulation 2.1, 17
publications and circulars, 23
purchasing procedures, 101–2
R
Reconciliation action plan 2007–2010, 7, 91, 106
recordkeeping, 86
red tape see Reducing red tape in the APS
Reducing red tape in the APS, 6, 85–6
regional networks, 70–1
regional offices, 43
Regional Services Group, 11
Regulatory environment programme, 41
remunerations policies, 83
research on APS performance, 79–81
Respect: promoting a culture free from harassment and bullying in the APS, 15
reviews
reviews by Merit Protection Commissioner
- breaches of the Code of Conduct, 123–5
- primary reviews, 125
- promotion and engagement, 122–3
- secondary reviews, 125–6
risk management, 94
S
salaries and remuneration, 83, 98, 99
Samoa, 15
security, 104
Security Committee, 93
Senior Executive Service
SES Band 3 forums, 40
SES breakfast seminars, 41–2
SES expertise development programmes, 37, 40
SES HR Roundtable, 70
SES orientation, 48
SES residential programmes, 37, 39, 40
see also Executive leadership dimensions
SES snapshots, 42
SES updates, 42
SES virtual team, 21
Sharpening the focus—managing performance in the APS, 69
speeches and presentations
staff development, 96–7
State of the Service report 2005–06, 4, 5, 59, 79–82
structure of the Commission, 10–11, 92
Study encouragement scheme, 97
succession management, 27
T
Tertiary to work careers fair, 69
timeliness of reviews, 120
Tourism and Resources, Department of, 124
traineeship recruitment, 96
Transforming leadership, 40
Turned up and tuned in—a manager's guide to maximising staff attendance, 69
U
United Nations Public Service Award, 5, 59, 80
Us Government mob—making our mark, 61
V
valedictory lectures, 44
Veterans' Affairs, Department of, 124
visits by overseas delegations, 33
Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP), 91
W
Walworth v Merit Protection Commissioner & Anor, 95, 114, 124–5
'wicked' problems, 84
work placements, 15
workforce planning, 6, 68, 95–6
workplace diversity, 71, 106–7
Workplace Relations Committee, 93
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