MoG change reporting ‘inconsistent and incomplete’ by David Donaldson | 0 comments Unlike the Commonwealth, Victoria has no framework for consistently calculating the costs and benefits of MoG changes. This must be addressed, says a parliamentary report. Still, there was praise for VPS' efficiency.
Gill Callister’s anti-corruption war plan to impact entire VPS by Harley Dennett | 0 comments An ambitious anti-corruption reform agenda been announced on the final day of high-profile corruption hearings into the Victorian Education Department. The Secretaries Board has flagged a whole-of-government rollout.
Ultranet inquiry: claims of Education Department corruption by David Donaldson | 0 comments The Victorian Education Department's failed Ultranet software system may have cost four times the original budgeted amount following flawed tendering. And staff failed to declare conflicts of interest, IBAC heard yesterday.
Eccles: $3m Victorian MoG change efficiency ‘remarkable’ by David Donaldson | 0 comments Scrutiny of Victoria's post-election machinery of government changes offers a peek into the thinking of departmental secretaries and the reasoning behind the changes.
Richard Bolt: culture and systems key to stopping corruption by David Donaldson | 0 comments PART TWO: Victorian super-secretary Richard Bolt explains how departments can inoculate themselves against corruption. He tells The Mandarin running a mega-department is challenging but "stimulating".
Richard Bolt on the road to mega-department secretary by David Donaldson | 1 comment INTERVIEW: The head of Victoria's DEDJTR came to the public service via a qualification in electrical engineering, political activism and a stint with the Democrats. Educate yourself as widely as you can, he says.
