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Footnotes

Chapter 2 APS Reform Initiatives

[1] PM&C Submission 1, p. 2 and Mr Sedgwick, APSC, Committee Hansard, Canberra, pp. 2-3.

[2] Mr Sedgwick, APSC, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 20 June 2012, pp. 2-3.

[3] See PM&C website for full Blueprint, available at: http://www.dPM&C.gov.au/publications/aga_reform/aga_reform_blueprint/index.cfm.

[4] According to PM&C, Submission 3, p. [5], [t]he newsletter contains information on current and emerging trends in implementation and delivery, and aims to extend and promote networks of policy implementation expertise across the APS.

[5] PM&C, Submission 3, p. [5].

[6] PM&C, Submission3, p. [6].

[7] PM&C, Submission3, p. [6].

[8] See http://www.finance.gov.au/gateway/risk-potential-assessment-tool.html - the Risk Potential Assessment Tool assists agencies to determine and communicate the potential risk of a proposal to ministers before seeking Cabinet’s agreement.

[9] PM&C, Submission3, p. [6].

[10] PM&C, Submission3, p. [6].

[11] PM&C, Submission3, p. [6].

[12] PM&C, Submission3, p. [6].

[13] PM&C, Submission3, p. [6].

[14] APSC, ‘Capability Reviews’, www.apsc.gov.au/aps-reform/capability-reviews, viewed 18 June 2012.

[15] ANAO, www.anao.gov.au/About-us.

[16] Finance, ‘About the Department’, http://www.finance.gov.au/about-the-department/budget-group.html, viewed 18 June 2012.

[17] APSC, ‘Capability Reviews’, www.apsc.gov.au/aps-reform/capability-reviews, viewed 18 June 2012.

[18] APSC, Submission 2, p. [8].

[19] APSC, Submission 2, p. [8].

[20] APSC, Submission 2, p. [6].

[21] Mr Sedgwick, APSC, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 20 June 2012, p. 3.

[22] Mr Sedgwick, APSC, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 20 June 2012, p. 3.

[23] Dr Watt, PM&C, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 20 June 2012, p. 4.

[24] APSC, Submission 2, p. [6].

[25] Dr Watt, PM&C, and Mr Sedgwick, APSC, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 20 June 2012, p. 5.

[26] Mr Sedgwick, APSC, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 20 June 2012, p. 5.

[27] Mr Sedgwick, APSC, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 20 June 2012, p. 5.

[28] Mr Sedgwick, APSC, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 20 June 2012, p. 2.

[29] Mr Sedgwick, APSC, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 20 June 2012, p. 6.

[30] PM&C, Submission 3, p. [1].

[31] PM&C, Submission 3, p. [1].

[32] PM&C, Submission 1, pp. 5-6.

[33] PM&C, Submission 3, p. [7].

[34] PM&C, Submission 3, p. [7].

[35] PM&C, Submission 3, p. [7].

Chapter 3 The State of the Service

[1] APSC, 2010-11 State of the Service Report, p. xiii.

[2] APSC, 2010-11 State of the Service Report, p. xiii.

[3] see http://www.apsc.gov.au/publications-and-media/parliamentary-reports/state-of-the-service/state-of-the-service-2010/at-a-glance.

[4] APSC, State of the Service 2010-11, pp. 177-178.

[5] APSC, State of the Service 2010-11, p. 165.

[6] Mr Sedgwick, APSC, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 20 June 2012, p. 6.

[7] Mr Sedgwick, APSC, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 20 June 2012, p. 6.

[8] APSC State of the Service 2010-11, p. 8.

[9] APSC, Submission 2, pp. [1-2].

[10] PM&C, Submission 1, p. [5].

[11] APSC, State of the Service 2010-11, p. 65.

[12] APSC, Submission 2, p. [4].

[13] APSC, Submission 2, p. [4].

[14] Senator the Hon Penny Wong, Minister for Finance and Deregulation, 29 Nov 2011, http://www.financeminister.gov.au/media/2011/mr_pw25311.html.

[15] Dr Helgeby, Finance, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 20 June 2012, p. 4.

[16] Mr Sedgwick, APSC, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 20 June 2012, p. 4.

[17] Mr Sedgwick, APSC, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 20 June 2012, p. 6.

Chapter 4 APS Annual Report Requirements

[1] ANAO, Report No 7 2010-11, Performance Audit on Senate Order Compliance, pp.17-18 and p.20.

[2] See http://www.finance.gov.au/publications/finance-circulars/2008/10.html.

[3] See www.austender.gov.au. AusTender is the centralised publication of Australian Government contracts awarded.

[4] For details of the JCPAA Review of Auditor-General’s Reports Nos 24-32 (2011-12) see http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/House_of_Representatives_Committees?url=jcpaa/auditgen5_12/index.htm.

Appendix C – Blueprint status

[1] PMC, Submission 3.