Output 3 relates to the role of the Public Service Commissioner to improve performance through the preparation of the State of the Service Report and to advise on better practice approaches on a range of issues. In this part you will find: Output 3.1: Indigenous employment Output 3.2: Promote better practice Output 3.3: Statistical/information services Output 3.4: Research and evaluation

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Performance review : Better practice and evaluation
Output 3.1: Indigenous employment

Output 3 is derived from the Public Service Commissioner’s statutory role outlined in sections 41 and 44 of the Public Service Act 1999 (the Act). The Better Practice and Evaluation Groups of the Australian Public Service Commission (the Commission) contribute to improved Australian Public Service (APS) performance through preparation of the Commissioner’s State of the Service Report to Parliament and through evaluation and research into current challenges facing the APS. The Groups promote and advise on better practice approaches to agency performance, people management and governance: they provide ongoing support to the Management Advisory Committee and Public Service Commissioners Conferences.

Achievements

During 2006–07 the Commission’s achievements under Output 3 included:

• development and launch of Public calling: the APS Indigenous career ambassadors campaign
• conducting the Drawing together national art competition and exhibition
• hosting the Cross-jurisdictional forum on Indigenous employment in the public sector
• co-ordinating and facilitating the national Indigenous entry level employment intake for APS agencies
• development of Cracking the code, a guide for potential job-seekers looking to work in the APS
• substantial progress towards the development of Better, faster: streamlining recruitment in the APS designed to help agencies streamline and improve their recruitment processes
• winning the UN Public Service Award in the category of ‘Improving transparency, accountability and responsiveness in the Public Service’ for the State of the Service report
• publishing the State of the Service report 2005–06 with a new emphasis on: employee engagement, organisational effectiveness and the effectiveness of the APS in working with the community
• maintaining the APS employment database (APSED), including improving the regularity and integrity of data provided to APSED by implementing the Online Employee Provided Information (OEPI) system to enhance the quality of employee provided data and APSED’s effectiveness as a tool underpinning the Commission’s priorities
• providing secretariat support to the Management Advisory Committee (MAC) for the preparation of the two reports launched in 2006–07: Employment of people with disability in the APS and Reducing red tape in the Australian Public Service and the development of a third report Note for file: a report on recordkeeping in the Australian Public Service
• delivering an evaluation of agencies’ approaches to recruiting, developing and retaining employees with disability in the APS forming the basis of a good practice toolkit, Ability at work: tapping the talent of people with disability
• completing and publishing Handling misconduct: a human resources practitioner’s guide to the reporting and handling of suspected and determined breaches of the APS code of conduct and Summary guide.

Price for Output 3

The total price for Output 3 in 2006–07 was $9.800 million. This was $0.354 million higher than the estimated price of $9.446 million published in the Portfolio Budget Statements 2006–07.