Public expectations are high and trust is in short supply: Peter Woolcott Wednesday February 12, 2020 By The Mandarin Features The APS Commissioner's speech delivered to the APS-Wide Conference in Canberra in February 2020. … Read more
Finance selects tech solution for whole-of-government ERP Tuesday February 11, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Communications & Technology The shared service hubs are located in Services Australia, the ATO, Treasury, Finance, Industry, and Foreign Affairs. Read more
APS leaders warned about conflicts of interest in procurement Tuesday December 3, 2019 By Stephen Easton Federal Australian Public Service leaders have been formally reminded they are expected to fully comply with the rules around managing potential and actual conflicts of interest… Read more
Premium Columnists APS State of the Service: a welcome return to a quality report despite some pre-Thodey verbal gymnastics Thursday November 28, 2019 By Verona Burgess Editors' Picks Thankfully, the State of the Service Report for 2018-19 bears no resemblance to the embarrassing, stripped-back version of the previous few years, which barely paid… Read more
If he could turn back time: Andrew Colvin's tips on change management, in hindsight Tuesday July 30, 2019 By Stephen Easton Features If Andrew Colvin could turn back time, the Australian Federal Police commissioner would not have wasted so time much time battling the minority of staff… Read more
Phil Gaetjens promoted to head of PM&C, Dr Steven Kennedy to lead Treasury Thursday July 25, 2019 By Stephen Easton Federal Treasury secretary Phil Gaetjens will lead the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet from September, and be replaced by the secretary of the Department… Read more
Federal government’s new Transparency Portal set to transform APS reporting Thursday March 14, 2019 By Stephen Easton Communications & Technology The Australian Public Service is expected to complete the long-discussed shift to online planning and performance reporting by the end of 2019, which could see… Read more
Huxtable: shared services can work; the APS can't afford for it to fail Wednesday October 11, 2017 By Stephen Easton Features Department of Finance secretary Rosemary Huxtable is confident that shared services can reduce administrative costs and support modernisation of the Australian Public Service, based on… Read more
Tom Burton: Canberra clones itself Friday September 8, 2017 By Tom Burton Features There is sameness about the top end of the Australian Public Service this week's mandarin changes continue to propagate. Read more
