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Letter of transmittal
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Mandatory
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iii, v
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Table of contents
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Mandatory
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vii-viii
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Index
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Mandatory
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275–280
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Glossary
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Mandatory
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265–266
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Contact officer(s)
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Mandatory
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Inside front cover
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Internet home page address and internet address for report
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Mandatory
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Inside front cover
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Review by Secretary
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Review by Departmental secretary
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Mandatory
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5–8
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Summary of significant issues and developments
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Suggested
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5–8, 23–25
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Overview of department’s performance
and financial results
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Suggested
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23–75
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Outlook for following year
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Suggested
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7
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Significant issues and developments
—portfolio
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Portfolio departments—suggested
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Not applicable
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Departmental overview
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Role and functions
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Mandatory
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11–15
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Organisational structure
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Mandatory
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15–17
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Outcome and programe structure
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Mandatory
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11
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Where outcome and programme structures differ from PB Statements/PAES or other portfolio statements accompanying any other additional appropriation bills (other portfolio statements), details of variation and reasons for change
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Mandatory
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Not applicable
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Portfolio structure
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Portfolio departments–mandatory
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Not applicable
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Report on performance
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Review of performance during the year
in relation to programs and contribution to outcomes
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Mandatory
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23–155
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Actual performance in relation to deliverables and KPIs set out in PB Statements/PAES or other portfolio statements
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Mandatory
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23–75, 116–124
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Where performance targets differ from the PBS/PAES, details of both former and new targets, and reasons for the change
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Mandatory
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Not applicable
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Narrative discussion and analysis of performance
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Mandatory
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23–155
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Trend information
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Mandatory
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23–155
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Significant changes in nature of principal functions/services
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Suggested
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60
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Performance of purchaser/provider arrangements
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If applicable, suggested
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Not applicable
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Factors, events or trends influencing departmental performance
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Suggested
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23–155
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Contribution of risk management in achieving objectives
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Suggested
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134–135
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Performance against service charter customer service standards, complaints data, and the department’s response to complaints
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If applicable, mandatory
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70–71, 74–75, 120, 123–124
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Discussion and analysis of the department’s financial performance
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Mandatory
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23– 24, 89–90, 125
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Discussion of any significant changes in financial results from the prior year, from budget or anticipated to have a significant impact on future operations.
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Mandatory
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23–24, 89– 90,
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Agency resource statement and summary resource tables by outcomes
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Mandatory
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26–27,
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Management and accountability
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Corporate governance
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Agency heads are required to certify that their agency complies with the ‘Commonwealth Fraud Control Guidelines’.
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Mandatory
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iii, 135
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Statement of the main corporate governance practices in place
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Mandatory
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85, 129–139
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Names of the senior executive and their responsibilities
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Suggested
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18 – 19
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Senior management committees and their roles
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Suggested
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85, 130–133,
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Corporate and operational plans and associated performance reporting and review
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Suggested
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134, 136–137
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Internal audit arrangements including approach adopted to identifying areas of significant financial or operational risk and arrangements to manage those risks
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Suggested
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133, 134
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Policy and practices on the establishment and maintenance of appropriate ethical standards
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Suggested
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138–139
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How nature and amount of remuneration for SES officers is determined
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Suggested
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147
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External scrutiny
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Significant developments in external scrutiny
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Mandatory
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139–140
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Judicial decisions and decisions of administrative tribunals and by the Australian Information Commissioner
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Mandatory
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139
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Reports by the Auditor-General, a Parliamentary Committee. the Commonwealth Ombudsman or an agency capability review
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Mandatory
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140
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Management of human resources
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Assessment of effectiveness in managing and developing human resources to achieve departmental objectives
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Mandatory
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113–115, 141–145
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Workforce planning, staff retention and turnover
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Suggested
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113–115, 141–145
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Impact and features of enterprise or collective agreements, individual flexibility arrangements (IFAs), determinations, common law contracts and Australian Workplace Agreements (AWAs)
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Suggested
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146–147
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Training and development undertaken and its impact
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Suggested
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148–149
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Work health and safety performance
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Suggested
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151–152
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Productivity gains
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Suggested
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23, 61–62, 111–112, 152–153
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Statistics on staffing
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Mandatory
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141–145,
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Enterprise or collective agreements, IFAs, determinations, common law contracts and AWAs
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Mandatory
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146–147
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Performance pay
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Mandatory
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148
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Assets management
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Assessment of effectiveness of assets management
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If applicable, mandatory
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153
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Purchasing
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Assessment of purchasing against core policies and principles
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Mandatory
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153–155
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Consultants
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The annual report must include a summary statement detailing the number of new consultancy services contracts let during the year; the total actual expenditure on all new consultancy contracts let during the year (inclusive of GST); the number of ongoing consultancy contracts that were active in the reporting year; and the total actual expenditure in the reporting year on the ongoing consultancy contracts (inclusive of GST). The annual report must include a statement noting that information on contracts and consultancies is available through the AusTender website.
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Mandatory
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154–155
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Australian National Audit Office
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Absence of provisions in contracts allowing access by the Auditor-General
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Mandatory
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155
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Contracts exempted from publication in AusTender
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Mandatory
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155
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Financial statements
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Financial statements
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Mandatory
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157–239
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Other mandatory information
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Work health and safety (Schedule 2, Part 4 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011)
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Mandatory
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151–152
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Advertising and Market Research (Section 311A of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918) and statement on advertising campaigns
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Mandatory
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256
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Ecologically sustainable development and environmental performance (Section 516A of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999)
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Mandatory
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42–44, 243–255
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Compliance with the agency’s obligations under the Carer Recognition Act 2010
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If applicable, mandatory
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Not applicable
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Grant programs
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Mandatory
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Not applicable
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Disability reporting – explicit and transparent reference to agency-level information available through other reporting mechanisms
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Mandatory
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258
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Information Publication Scheme statement
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Mandatory
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139
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Correction of material errors in previous annual report
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If applicable, mandatory
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259
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Agency Resource Statements and Resources for Outcomes
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Mandatory
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26–27
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List of requirements
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Mandatory
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270–274
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