A-Z index
A to Z listing of topics covered in this report
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A B C D E F G H I J L M N O P R S T U V W
A
Aboriginal Australians, see Indigenous employees
accountability and management, (Part 3, Part 4)
accreditation as registered training organisation
Acting Public Service Commissioner
advertising, (Part 2, Appendix F)
Adviceline (employment policy)
agencies
- Agency resource and outcome resource statements
- Independent Selection Advisory Committees
- review of employment actions
- small agencies graduate programme, (Part 2, Part 3)
agency heads, advice and support to
AGIMO (Australian Government Information Management Office)
APS..., see terms starting with Australian Public Service
APS 1-6 programmes, (Part 2 - Output 2.2, Part 2 - Programmes)
APS Code of Conduct, see Code of Conduct
APS Employment Database (APSED)
APS Management Advisory Committee (MAC), (Part 2, Part 3)
APS policy and employment services (Output Group 1)
Asia–Pacific region
- Leading Australia’s Future in Asia, (Part 2 - Output 3, Part 2 - International programmes)
- Pacific Island countries
attendance (unscheduled absences)
Audit Committee, (Part 3, Part 4)
AusAID, (Part 2 - Output 1.3, Part 2 - Enagement, Part 2 - PNG)
AusTender, (Part 3 - Purchasing, Part 3 Exempt contracts)
Australia and New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG), (Part 2 - Output 3, Part 2 - ANZSOG)
Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO)
Australian Government Leadership Networks
Australian National Audit Office access clauses
Australian Public Service, see terms starting with APS...
Australian Public Service Commission, see Public Service Commission
Australian Public Service Commissioner, see Public Service Commissioner
Australian Public Service Statistical Bulletin
B
Better practice and evaluation (Output Group 3), (Part 2 - Summary, Part 2 - Output 3)
Better Practice Group (now the National Business Centre)
breaches of Code of Conduct, see Code of Conduct
Briggs, Lynelle, (Part 1, Part 2 - Highlight, Part 2 - Graduates)
budget outlook, (Part 3, Part 4
C
CAPAM, (Part 2 - Enagement, Part 2 - Highlight)
career development, see Development programmes (Output Group 2)
Career Development Assessment Centre (CDAC)
Career Transition and Support Centre, Part 2 - Output 1.2 , Part 2 - Highlight
classification management, (Part 2, Part 4)
- see also misconduct; whistleblowing reports
- emerging themes in reviews
- review of employment actions
- Code of conduct for ministerial staff
Commission Management Committee
Commonwealth Association for Public Administration and Management (CAPAM), (Part 2 - Enagement, Part 2 - Highlight)
Commonwealth Procurement Guidelines
complaints by former employees, (Part 4 - table, Part 4 - Complaints)
conferences
- annual regional
- internal, for review officers
- National Indigenous APS Employees Conference
- National Public Sector Appeals Conference
- Public Service Commissioners’ Conference
consultancy services, (Part 2 - Output 2.2, Part 2 - Services, Part 3 - Consultants)
Contemporary Government Challenges series, (Part 2 - Programme, Part 2 - Evaluation)
contracts, (Part 3 - Consultants, Part 3 - Exempt contracts)
Corporate governance framework
Council of Australian Governments (COAG) Indigenous Economic Development National Partnership
D
Delivering performance and accountability
Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet Advisory Group
Deputy Public Service Commissioner, (Part 1, Part 2)
Development programmes (Ouptput Group 2)
disability, employment of people with, (Part 2, Appendix H)
E
ecologically sustainable development
efficiency and effectiveness, supporting
employees, see staff
employment
- see also review of employment actions
- disputes, whistleblowing and
- improving employment framework
- Merit Protection Commissioner and, (Part 4, Part 4 - Outcomes)
- pathways to APS employment
- people with disability, (Part 2, Appendix H)
- workforce data
Employment Gazette (APSjobs), (Part 2, Part 3)
enterprise agreement, (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3)
- see also workplace diversity
Ethics Advisory Service, (Part 3, Part 4)
ethics and integrity agenda, (Part 1, Part 4)
- Ethics Group, (Part 1, Part 4)
- Merit Protection Commissioner
evaluation
Evaluation Group (now the Research and Evaluation Group)
- see also Senior Executive Service (SES)
- advice and support to
- corporate committees
- development programmes (Output Group 2), (Part 2 - Output 2.2, Part 2 - Output 2.1)
- Executive Level briefings
- leadership continuity
- leadership development
Executive Level Leadership Network (formerly Leadership Development Network)
expenditure on consultancy services
expertise development programmes
F
Fair Work legislation, (Part 2, Part 3)
Faulkner, Senator the Hon. John
fee-for-service employment-related matters, (Part 2, Part 3, Part 4)
- see also Independent Selection Advisory Committees
fee-for-service functions, Merit Protection Commissioner
female participation in the workforce, (Part 2, Part 3, Appendix H)
Fin@nceJobs recruitment campaign
Focus on people series: foundations for APS leaders
Four Countries – Leading across Boundaries programmes, (Part 2 - Output 2.3, Part 2 - Programme)
funding and financial reporting
G
Gershon Review, (Part 2, Part 3)
- see also Merit Protection Commissioner
- see also Research and evaluation (Output 3.4)
Government Skills Australia Public Sector Industry Advisory Committee
graduate development, (Part 2, Part 3)
H
Handling misconduct—a human resources practitioner’s guide
harassment cases, (Part 4 - table, Part 4 - breaches of the Code, Part 4 - Whistleblowing)
health and lifestyle programme
human resource management, see people management
I
ICT, see information and communications technology (ICT)
Independent Selection Advisory Committees, (Part 4 - Focus, Part 4 - ISAC's)
Indigenous APS Employees Network (IAPSEN)
Indigenous employees, (Part 2, Part 3, Appendix H)
Indigenous employment strategy kit
Indonesia, (Part 2 - Output 1.3, Part 2 - Indonesia)
induction programmes, (Part 2 - Output 2.2, Part 2 - Programmes)
information and communications technology (ICT)
- Gershon Review, (Part 2, Part 3)
- ICT infrastructure support services
information services, see Statistical/information services (Output 3.3)
Information Technology Advisory Committee, (Part 3, Part 4)
innovation and engagement, fostering
Integrated Leadership System (ILS)
integrity agenda, see ethics and integrity agenda
international assistance and organisations
international engagement activities
International Women’s Day, (Part 2 - Networks, Part 2 - IWD)
internet use, see online media protocols; websites
IT misuse, (Part 4 - breaches of Code, Part 4 - themes)
J
job seeker website <APSjobs.gov.au>, (Part 2 - Output 1.2, Part 2 - APSjobs, Part 3)
L
Leadership, Learning and Development Panel
Leadership Development Network (now Executive Level Leadership Network)
leadership programmes, (Part 2, Part 3)
- see also Development programmes (Output Group 2)
leadership responsibilities, higher sanctions and
Leading across boundaries, (Part 2 - Outcome 3, Part 2 - Programme)
Leading Australia’s future in alliance with the United States of America
Leading Australia’s Future in Asia (LAFIA), (Part 2 - Output 3, Part 2 - International programmes)
- see also Development programmes (Output Group 2)
lifestyle and health programme
M
machinery of government changes
male participation in the workforce
Management Advisory Committee (MAC), (Part 2 - Output 3.4, Part 2 - MAC)
McGregor, Carmel
- see also Public Service Commissioner
- review
Merit and transparency: Merit-based selection of APS agency heads and APS statutory office holders
Merit Protection Commission, outcomes
Merit Protection Commissioner, (Part 1, Part 1 - Structure)
- annual report
- Annwyn Godwin
- focus this year
- freedom of information and
- letter of transmittal
- outlook for next year
- performance review
- policy and advice services to
- role, function and structure, (Part 4, Part 4 - Role)
- work with Public Service Commissioner, (Part 4 - Focus, Part 4 - structure)
merit-based selection, (Part 2, Part 4)
Minister, advice and support to
misconduct
- see also Code of Conduct
- publication on handling of
- responses to allegations of
Moran, Terry AO, (Part 1, Part 2)
N
National and international programmes (Output 2.3)
National Business Centre (previously Better Practice Group)
National Indigenous APS Employees Conference
National Leadership and Programmes Centre (previously Programmes Group)
National Public Sector Appeals Conference
New Directions: Ministers’ Views
newsletter (SESnotes), (Part 2, Part 4)
O
occupational groups, by location
Occupational Health and Safety
Occupational Health and Safety Committee
OECD Public Governance Committee
online employment portal (APSjobs), (Part 2, Part 3)
organisational capability, see Better practice and evaluation (Output Group 3)
orientation programmes, (Part 2 - Output 2.2, Part 2 - Programmes)
outcomes
- see also performance review
- Merit Protection Commissioner, (Part 4 - Outcomes, Part 4 - Review)
- outcome resource statements
- outcome statements
outputs, Merit Protection Commissioner
P
Papua New Guinea (PNG), (Part 2 - table, Part 2 - PNG)
participation rates in corporate learning and development activities
partnerships in Indigenous recruitment
- Focus on people series: foundations for APS leaders
- improving
- primary reviews
- Promote better practice (Output 3.2)
- publications on
people with disability (Part 2, Appendix H)
performance review, (Part 2, Part 3)
- see also outcomes
- evaluating and reporting on APS performance
- Merit Protection Commission, (Part 4 - Outomes, Part 4 - Review)
- outputs and contribution to outcomes 2008–09
- performance bonuses
- performance management review cases, (Part 4 - table, Part 4 - Breaches of the Code)
- ratings disputed
- summary 2008–09
- see people management placements
Policy Group (now the Workforce Policy Group)
primary reviews, (Part 3, Part 4 - Review actions, Part 4 - table)
Principal Adviser, Review and Legal, (Part 4 - Focus, Part 4 - Management)
procedural concerns, in Code of Conduct decisions
procurement (Commonwealth Procurement Guidelines)
programme delivery
- APS 1-6 programmes, (Part 2 - Output 2.2, Part 2 - Programmes)
- Executive Level programmes, (Part 2 - Output 2.2, Part 2 - Programmes)
- non-SES employees
Programme delivery (Ouptput 2.2)
Programmes Group (now the National Leadership and Programmes Centre)
Promote better practice (Output 3.2)
protocols for online media participation
public administration, research and advice on
Public Calling: APS Indigenous Careers campaign
public interest whistleblowers, see whistleblowing reports
Public Sector Management Programme (PSM), (Part 2 - Output 2.3, Part 2 - PSM)
Public Service Commission
- Group functions
- Open Day
- overview
- staff, see staff
- staff made available to Merit Protection Commissioner
Public Service Commissioner, (Part 1, Part 1 - Structure)
- CAPAM and, (Part 2 - Forums, Part 2 - Highlight)
- Carmel McGregor
- freedom of information and
- Lynelle Briggs, (Part 1, Part 2 - Highlight, Part 2 - Graduates)
- review
- whistleblowing cases and
- work with Merit Protection Commissioner, (Part 4 - Focus, Part 4 - structure)
Public Service Commissioners’ Conference (PSCC)
Public Service Gazette, see APSjobs
- Contemporary Government Challenges series
- Ethics Advisory Service
- on human resource management
- Research and evaluation (Output 3.4)
purchasing (Commonwealth Procurement Guidelines)
R
R v Tjanara Goreng-Goreng [2008] ACTSC
recruitment
reform, see public sector reform
Registered Training Organisation (RTO) status, (Part 2 - Output 2.2, Part 2)
remuneration, see salaries
Report on performance under the Commonwealth Disability Strategy
reports, see publications
Research and Evaluation Group (previously Evaluation Group)
Research and evaluation (Output 3.4)
review of a Code of Conduct investigation
- agency, (Part 4 - table, Part 4 - Review of promotion)
- breaches of Code of Conduct
- emerging themes
- Merit Protection Commissioner, (Part 4 - Outcomes, Part 4 - Role)
- non-Code of Conduct reviews
- tackling difficult issues early
- timeliness
- workload, (Part 4 - table, Part 4 - table)
Roles and responsibilities of Australian Government statutory office agency heads
S
secondary reviews, (Part 4 - review actions, Part 4 - table)
selection processes, fee-for-service
Senior Executive Service (SES)
- see also Executive
- advisory service
- breakfast seminar series
- development programmes (Output Group 2), (Part 2 - Output 2.2, Part 2 - Programmes)
- leadership continuity
- leadership development
- orientation programme, (Part 2 - Output 2.2, Part 2 - Programme)
- programmes and forums
- staffing, (Part 2, Part 3, Appendix H)
- terms and conditions
SES notes (newsletter), (Part 2, Part 4)
small agencies graduate programme, (Part 2, Part 3)
staff
- see also Executive; Indigenous employees; programme delivery
- Focus on people series: foundations for APS leaders
- participation rates in learning and development
- recruitment and retention, (Part 2 - Fee for service, Part 2)
- redeployment
- staffing profile, (Part 3, Appendix H)
State of the Service 2007–08: at a glance pamphlet
State of the Service employee survey results 2007–08
State of the Service Report, (Part 2 - Briefings, Part 2 - Output 3, Part 2 - APSED, Part 2 - Evaluation)
Statistical/information services (Output 3.3)
statutory office holders, see agency heads
subordinate legislation, review of
support, see advice and support
T
Tjanara Goreng-Goreng, R v [2008] ACTSC
Torres Strait Islanders, see Indigenous employees
training and development activities, see Development programmes (Output Group 2)
U
union agreements, (Part 1, Part 3)
V
W
wages, see salaries
‘way we do business’, continuous improvement in
websites
- see also online media protocols
- APSED II
- publications and feedback on
- recruitment
whistleblowing reports, (Part 2, Part 4)
- see also Code of Conduct
- merit protection and
- Merit Protection Commissioner, (Part 4 - Outcomes, Part 4 - Role)
whole-of-government initiatives, (Part 2 - Whole of - government, Part 2 - Achievements)
women, see female participation in the workforce
Workforce Policy Group (previously Policy Group)
workplace agreements, see enterprise agreement
- see also equal employment opportunity
