Appendix 1 – Compliance Statement
The ACT Public Service State of the Service Report 2016 must comply with the 2015 Annual Report Directions (the Directions). The Directions are found at the ACT Legislation Register: http://www.legislation.act.gov.au/ni/annual/2015.asp.
The Compliance Statement indicates the subsections, under the five Parts of the Directions that are applicable to the Commissioner for Public Administration and the location of information that satisfies these requirements.
Part 1 Directions Overview
The requirements under Part 1 of the Directions relate to the purpose, timing and distribution, and records keeping of annual reports. The ACT Public Service State of the Service Report 2016 complies with all subsections of Part 1 under the Directions.
In compliance with section 13 Feedback, Part 1 of the Directions, contact details for the Commissioner for Public Administration are provided within the ACT Public Service State of the Service Report 2016 to provide readers with the opportunity to provide feedback.
Part 2 Agency Annual Report Requirements
The requirements within Part 2 of the Directions are mandatory for all agencies, however, due to the functions and/or structure of the Commissioner’s Office, the Commissioner does not report against the following sections of the Directions:
- B.4 Risk Management;
- B.5 Internal Audit;
- B.6 Fraud Prevention;
- B.7 Work Health and Safety;
- B.8 Human Resources Management (with the exception of learning and development programs and activities);
- B.9 Ecologically Sustainable Development; and
- C. Financial Management Reporting.
The information that satisfies the remainder of the requirements of Part 2 is found in the ACT Public Service State of the Service Report 2016 as follows:
- A. Transmittal Certificate, see page 4
- B. Organisational Overview and Performance, inclusive of subsections B.1, B.2, B.3, see pages 8 - 31.
Part 3 Reporting by Exception
The Commissioner for Public Administration has nil information to report by exception under Part 3 of the Directions for the 2015-16 reporting period.
Part 4 Agency Specific Annual Report Requirements
The Commissioner for Public Administration has nil information for agency specific annual report requirements under Part 4 of the Directions for the 2015-16 reporting period.
Part 5 Whole of Government Annual Reporting
All subsections of Part 5 of the Directions apply to the Commissioner for Public Administration. Consistent with the Directions, the information satisfying these requirements is reported in the one place for all ACT Public Service directorates, as follows:
- Q. Community Engagement and Support, see the 2015-16 annual report of Chief Minister, Treasury and Economic Development Directorate;
- R. Justice and Community Safety, including all subsections R.1 – R.4, see the 2015-16 annual report of the Justice and Community Safety Directorate; and
- T. Territory Records, see the 2015-16 annual report of Chief Minister, Treasury and Economic, Development Directorate.
Subsection O of Part 5 of the Directions requires the Commissioner for Public Administration to produce an annual report on the State of the Service. The information that satisfies the requirements of subsection O is found in the ACT Public Service State of the Service Report 2016 as follows:
- O.1 Culture and Behaviour, see pages 57 – 60;
- O.2 Public Interest Disclosures, see pages 17 – 18; and
- O.3 Workforce Profile, see pages 36 – 84.
ACT Public Service Directorate annual reports are found at the following web address: http://www.cmd.act.gov.au/open_government/report/annual_reports.
