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DADHC grants management the subject of Audit Office Criticism

by Staff Writers, Mon 25 January 2010

On 17 November 2009, the NSW Auditor-General, Peter Achterstraat, released Volume Six of the Audit Office’s reports to Parliament for 2009.  The report covers the agencies now under the Super Department of Human Services as well as the now Department of Services, Technology and Administration...

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd initiates major Public Service leadership changes

by Staff Writers, Mon 17 August 2009

Last week, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced major changes to senior management in Public Service agencies, with a round of new appointments as Departmental Secretaries and agency Chief Executives.

One of the key changes was the replacement of Defence Secretary Nick Warner, with Dr Ian Watt, formerly Secretary of the Department of Finance and Deregulation.  Warner will move to head the Australian Secret Intelligence Service...

ICT is now core to the delivery of government services

by Staff Writers, Mon 31 August 2009

Reflecting on 200 issues of the medium, Intermedium’s Head of Research Tim Conway concludes that government itself probably still doesn’t recognise how central ICT has become to the delivery of government services.

There’s the (now old) metaphor that internet years are like dog years, moving at seven to eight times that of an earth year. If that’s so, then the medium has spanned more than thirty such ‘years’...

The Human Services Portfolio - 2004-05 to 2007-08

by Research, Mon 12 October 2009

Many suppliers and vendors organise their marketing and sales activities around “portfolios" of agencies or territories.  Typical examples include: Defence, revenue, justice, law and emergency services, intelligence and security, and human services.

The chart above summarises contracts reported by agencies within the Federal Government’s Human Services portfolio.  This covers Centrelink, Medicare, the Department of Human Services, the Child Support Agency, the Commonwealth Rehabilitation...

NSW Human Services to undergo structural reform

by Staff Writers, Tue 25 May 2010

NSW Human Services, the Super Department which contains NSW Housing, Community Services, Ageing, Disability and Home Care and Juvenile Justice, has created a new position of CIO at the Super Department level...

Human Services CIO: We are finally where we want to be with mobile services

by Paris Cowan, Mon 31 May 2010

Speaking at the Sydney CeBIT Conference on Tuesday 25 May 2010, Federal Human Services CIO John Wadeson described the adoption of virtualisation and thin client technology as, “the final outcome on this journey” toward truly mobile service delivery...

Human Services Portfolio gets moving on service delivery reform

by Aleks Vickovich, Thu 24 June 2010

In a sign of things to come, the federal Human Services Portfolio, which includes Centrelink, Medicare Australia and the Department of Human Services, launched a hotline to assist with the seasonal post-budget onslaught of phone enquiries...

New Commissioner Appointed to ATO

by Staff Writers, Mon 30 June 2008

The ATO has a new Second Commission of Taxation with the appointment today of David Butler to fill the position left vacant with the departure of Greg Farr for Defence in November 2007.

David Butler comes from Division Head, Tax Administration and Consumption Taxes Division with the OECD in Paris, a position he has held since November 2006...

Public Servants Unhappy but Loyal

by Staff Writers, Mon 21 April 2008

A recent survey has found that Government employees have mixed feelings about their jobs. They are the most likely to hate their managers, hate their colleagues or be bored at work, yet they are the most likely to say they intend to stay working where they are for at least the next decade.

The annual survey by Seek Ltd Satisfaction and Motivation, found that 28% of Government employees are not happy with the quality of overall management where they work, 17% hate their boss and 7% hate the people they work with...

Vacancy for Corporate Services Position in NSW With IT Responsibility

by Staff Writers, Mon 10 March 2008

NSW Attorney General's Department is advertising for a new Director Corporate Services "to play a pivotal role in the leadership team during a period of significant structural, cultural and technology driven change."

This position is available following the move of Michael Talbot to the position of Assistant Director General, Court and Tribunal Services...


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