Parliament of Australia:Senate:Committees:Finance and Public Administration Committee:Departmental and agency contracts

<< Return to previous page | Senate Finance and Public Administration Committee

Note: This page contains links to PDF files. For more information, see the web page on Accessing files.

Departmental and agency contracts: Second report on the operation of the Senate order for the production of lists of departmental and agency contracts (2003–06)

27 February 2007

View the report as a single document - (PDF 638KB)

View the report as separate downloadable parts:


Membership of Committee	(PDF 87KB)

Recommendations	(PDF 94KB)

Chapter 1 - Background	(PDF 170KB)
Second report Committee approach Report structure Development of the order Requirements of the order Government responses Report on the first year of operation of the order Summary of progress

Chapter 2 - Developments related to the order since 2002	(PDF 138KB)
Introduction Government response to the 2002 report Amendments to the order Procurement and confidentiality guidelines ASIO and ASIS

Chapter 3 - Compliance and other trends since 2002	(PDF 143KB)
Trends in compliance Internal controls Internal reporting and monitoring Guidance on confidentiality criteria Training

Chapter 4 - Mechanisms for improving compliance and transparency	(PDF 173KB)
Verification of compliance Referral to the Auditor-General Annual reports Rationalising reporting regimes - a single reporting mechanism?

Chapter 5 - Conclusion and recommendations	(PDF 176KB)
A new framework? Improving compliance - internal measures Improving external scrutiny and oversight Agencies covered under the order Ongoing Committee role

Appendix 1 - Witnesses at public hearings	(PDF 125KB)

Appendix 2 - Senate Order (20 June 2001)	(PDF 107KB)

Appendix 3 - Senate Order (27 September 2001)	(PDF 108KB)

Appendix 4 - Senate Order (18 June 2003)	(PDF 109KB)

Appendix 5 - Senate Order (26 June 2003)	(PDF 108KB)

Appendix 6 - Senate Order (4 December 2003)	(PDF 108KB)

Appendix 7 - Process chart dealing with confidentiality of information in contracts	(PDF 355KB)

For further information, contact:

Committee Secretary
Senate Standing Committee on Finance and Public Administration
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia

Phone: +61 2 6277 3530

Fax: +61 2 6277 5809

Email: fpa.sen@aph.gov.au