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Journal articles on the topic "Commonwealth Public Service"

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Morton, David, and Brad Cook. "Evaluators and the enhanced Commonwealth performance framework." Evaluation Journal of Australasia 18, no. 3 (September 2018): 141–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1035719x18795539.

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The enhanced Commonwealth performance framework was introduced on 1 July 2015 under the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013. It should allow the Australian Parliament and public to understand the proper use of public resources, whether the accountable authorities of Commonwealth entities and companies are achieving their purposes and who is benefitting from Commonwealth activity. Demonstrating the achievement of purposes amounts to demonstrating outcomes and impacts. It requires Commonwealth entities and companies to move past an over-reliance on input- and output-focused performance measures. There is a clear role for evaluators in helping entities make this important adjustment. The opportunities lie in helping a larger cross-section of the Commonwealth public service understand and use the evaluators’ toolbox – for example, program theory and qualitative analysis – to improve the quality of published performance information available to the Commonwealth’s stakeholders. The evaluation community has the opportunity to become a centre of key expertise, and to make a critical contribution to building the capability of ‘performance professionals’ across the public sector.

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Uhr, John. "Public Service Renewal: Clues from the Commonwealth." Australian Journal of Public Administration 56, no. 1 (March 1997): 133–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8500.1997.tb01251.x.

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CAIDEN, G. E. "The Commonwealth Public Service Associations as a Pressure Group." Australian Journal of Politics & History 10, no. 2 (April 7, 2008): 296–322. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8497.1964.tb00763.x.

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Beale, R. D. "STRATEGIES FOR MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENT IN THE COMMONWEALTH PUBLIC SERVICE." Australian Journal of Public Administration 44, no. 4 (December 1985): 376–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8500.1985.tb01029.x.

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KAUL, MOHAN. "Civil Service Reforms: learning from Commonwealth experiences." Public Administration and Development 16, no. 2 (May 1996): 131–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/(sici)1099-162x(199605)16:2<131::aid-pad862>3.0.co;2-b.

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Mulgan, Richard. "Outsourcing and public service values: the Australian experience." International Review of Administrative Sciences 71, no. 1 (March 2005): 55–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0020852305051683.

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With the increasing use of private organizations to provide public services and the corresponding blurring of boundaries between the public and private sectors, can public servants be held to a distinct code of ethics or should public sector ethical standards be applied to private providers? This question is explored in the context of the Australian Commonwealth which has recently codified a set of public service values in legislation and where agencies are being asked to report on the extent to which they require contractors to comply with public service values. Practice is evolving, with most emphasis on values relating to direct service to the public. Public service values dealing with internal organization and employment conditions, including the merit principle, are less likely to be extended to private contractors.

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Parker, Gordon. "Public Mental Health Service Delivery: A Modified Model." Australasian Psychiatry 5, no. 4 (August 1997): 167–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/10398569709108564.

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In the last few years, the Commonwealth and many of the states have worked at developing principles of service delivery for the public mental health sector. Whiteford [1] has described one key initiative, the National Mental Health Policy, with the initial five-year Strategy due to end in mid-1998. The Strategy was developed collaboratively, involving and respecting the views of many of the key groups, and a number of impressive documents and policy decisions have been developed. Many of its central components represent important advances, are non-controversial and are generally accepted, and are presumabl immutable planks that will underpin the next phase of the Strategy – subject to its funding. As for any strategy, there are issues that may benefit from review and revision, and I would like to focus on service models and funding.

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Wipulanusat, Warit, Kriengsak Panuwatwanich, and Rodney Anthony Stewart. "Pathways to workplace innovation and career satisfaction in the public service." International Journal of Organizational Analysis 26, no. 5 (November 5, 2018): 890–914. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijoa-03-2018-1376.

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study the influence of two climates for innovation constructs, namely, leadership and organisational culture, on workplace innovation and career satisfaction. Design/methodology/approach This study used structural equation modelling to test the data from 3,125 engineering professionals in the Australian Public Service (APS). Findings The structural model indicated that leadership for innovation and ambidextrous culture for innovation influenced workplace innovation which, in turn, improved career satisfaction. Moreover, modelling revealed a significant relationship between ambidextrous culture for innovation and career satisfaction. This study also investigated mediation effects and revealed both simple and sequential mediation paths in the model. It was found that improving workplace innovation and career satisfaction through recognition of an engineer’s contribution to their agency would assist in retaining and advancing in-house engineering expertise. Practical implications The structural model could be used to address current shortages of engineering professionals in the Commonwealth of Australia departments. The findings emphasise the importance of Commonwealth departments providing opportunities for their engineers to engage in creative and innovative projects which enhance their professional career. Originality/value This study fills the gap in the innovation literature by exploring the relationships through which socio-psychological factors affect workplace innovation and career satisfaction on the innovation process for engineering professionals in the APS.

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ROBINSON, TREVOR J. "CURRENT GOOD PRACTICES AND NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN PUBLIC SERVICE MANAGEMENT: THE COMMONWEALTH PORTFOLIONick Manning Commonwealth Secretariat, London, 1996." Public Administration and Development 17, no. 2 (May 1997): 291. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/(sici)1099-162x(199705)17:2<291::aid-pad930>3.0.co;2-4.

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Brennan, David S., A. John Spencer, and Gary D. Slade. "Service provision among adult public dental service patients: baseline data from the Commonwealth Dental Health Program." Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 21, no. 1 (February 1997): 40–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-842x.1997.tb01652.x.

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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Commonwealth Public Service"

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Pinyoying, Disaya, and n/a. "The Commonwealth Senior Executive Service : an approach to improving the Public Service." University of Canberra. Administrative Studies, 1994. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20061102.161233.

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Laver, John Poynton, and n/a. "The Public Accounts Committee: pursuing probity and effeciency in the Australian Public Service: the origins, work, nature and purpose of the Commonwealth's Public Accounts Committee." University of Canberra. Management, 1997. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20050621.150413.

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The Commonwealth parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) was established in 1913 and to the end of 1995 had produced 397 reports on government expenditure and administration, with almost all its recommendations implemented by government. However despite the Committee's prominence among the instruments parliament has used to oversight the executive, not only does it lack clear legislative authority for major areas of its activities but its specific purpose is not defined in its legislation. Among other things the latter omission renders proper evaluation of the PAC's effectiveness impossible, as objectives are a necessary prerequisite to assessment. This thesis establishes the de facto purpose of the Committee by tracing the development of standing public accounts committees generally, and by analysing the PAC's work as shown by its output of tabled reports. In that development, six evolutionary phases are identified: the PAC's roots in the move to a parliamentary control of the administration of government expenditure in Britain from the 1780s; its genesis in the 1850s with the concept of the standing public accounts committee, to be concerned with regularity and probity in government expenditure; its origins in the establishment of the British standing public accounts committee , in 1861, stressing high standards of government accounting, audit and reporting; its establishment in the Commonwealth, concentrating on information on departmental activities, efficient implementation of government programs and provision of policy advice; its re-establishment in 1951, stressing parliamentary control of government financial administration; and its operations from 1980, pressing for economic fundamentalist change in the public sector. Their output shows that in these phases the committees concerned displayed characteristic standing public accounts committee activism and independence in utilising the wording of their enabling documentation to adapt themselves to changes in their environment by pursuing a corresponding different mix of one or more of the following concurrent immediate aims: ensuring adequate systems of government accounting, audit and reporting; ensuring probity and regularity in departmental expenditure; obtaining and disseminating information on departmental activities; ensuring high standards of departmental administration and management; providing policy advice to executive government; and ensuring economic, efficient and effective government spending. Together these attributes and practices have made the PAC a parliamentary instrument of unequalled flexibility with a single continuing underlying aim - a purpose not concerning the public accounts per se, but directed at achieving high standards of management and administration in government by calling the Commonwealth's public service to account for its expenditure and activities.

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Caligari, Sandra, and n/a. "The application of risk management in the Commonwealth Public Service with specific emphasis on the Australian Customs Service." University of Canberra. Administrative Studies, 1994. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20060623.145630.

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Castleman, Beverley Dawn, and mikewood@deakin edu au. "Changes in the Australian Commonwealth departmental machinery of government: 1928-1982." Deakin University, 1992. http://tux.lib.deakin.edu.au./adt-VDU/public/adt-VDU20050815.095625.

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The Commonwealth departmental machinery of government is changed by using Orders in Council to create, abolish or change the name of departments. Since 1906 governments have utilised a particular form of Order in Council, the Administrative Arrangements Order (AAO), as the means to reallocate functions between departments for administration. After 1928 successive governments from Scullin to Fraser gradually streamlined and increasingly used the formal processes for the executive to change departmental arrangements and the practical role of Parliament, in the process of change, virtually disappeared. From 1929 to 1982, 105 separate departments were brought into being, as new departments or through merger, and 91 were abolished, following the merger of their functions in one way or another with other departments. These figures exclude 6 situations where the change was simply that of name alone. Several hundred less substantial transfers of responsibilities were also made between departments. This dissertation describes, documents and analyses all these changes. The above changes can be distilled down to 79 events termed primary decisions. Measures of the magnitude of change arising from the decisions are developed with 157.25 units of change identified as occurring during the period, most being in the Whitlam and Fraser periods. The reasons for the changes were assessed and classified as occurring for reasons of policy, administrative logic or cabinet comfort. 47.2% of the units of change were attributed to policy, 34.9% to administrative logic, 17% to cabinet comfort. Further conclusions are drawn from more detailed analysis of the change and the reasons for the changes.

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Wills, Jules A., and n/a. "Strategic planning in Commonwealth departments: beyond magaerialism: from bounded rationality to bounded uncertainty." University of Canberra. Administrative Studies, 1991. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20060426.154713.

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Foster, Ian D., and n/a. "The establishment of the Christmas Island Area School: a public policy analysis." University of Canberra. Education, 1990. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20050711.124419.

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In 1974 the Australian Government decided that from 1975 all education on its Territory of Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, would be integrated into a single service. It further decided that all schools would be staffed by Australian teachers from its recent1y established Commonwealth Teaching Service and would implement a curriculum closely reflecting those on the Australian mainland. These were decisive shifts from the previous system of separating the 'Asian' education system from the 'European' (Australian) system. This thesis sets out to find the reasons for these decisions and the expectations, or objectives, of those who made them. The changes to education had many Impacts on the Christmas Island community - both intended or unintended. These impacts are used to assist in evaluations of the policy objectives. The thesis uses the methodology of public policy analysis to examine the links between the government's education policy and its other broader policies regarding the Island. It thus examines operational decisions in the context of strategic considerations. The mid 1970s saw rapid changes in many Australian Government policies. Its new Christmas Island policies were responses to a range of complex, interrelated problems which emerged in the early 1970s - only 15 years after it assumed sovereignty. At the centre of these policy responses was Resettlement. The government's education decisions are examined in the light of the objectives and implications of its Resettlement policy as well as other inputs to the policy problem.

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Buck, Betty Jo. "A study of the effectiveness of public college and university support service programs for students with disabilities in the Commonwealth of Virginia: Do they offer what they purport to offer?" W&M ScholarWorks, 1991. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539618343.

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The implementation of Public Law 94-142 (amended in 1990 by Public Law 101-476) guaranteed individuals with disabilities a quality public education. Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 opened the doors of postsecondary educational institutions to individuals with disabilities wishing to continue their educations past high school. This influx of diverse individuals to colleges/universities has created a need for support service programs to assist, guide, and ensure the success of this population. Postsecondary institutions have responded to this need by creating offices that provide a variety of services to students with disabilities. It was the purpose of this study to examine: (a) the nature of support service programs provided to students with disabilities, (b) the qualifications of administrators of support service programs for students with disabilities, (c) the level of satisfaction of students utilizing support service programs for students with disabilities, and (d) attitudinal and architectural barriers which might be encountered by students with disabilities. Administrators of support service programs for students with disabilities and students with disabilities in public colleges/universities in the Commonwealth of Virginia responded to this study. Data were analyzed using measures of central tendency and analysis of variance. The results of this investigation indicated that support service programs for students with disabilities in public colleges/universities in the Commonwealth of Virginia offer a variety of services. Administrators of support service programs, who responded to this study, identified the various types of services available to students with disabilities on public postsecondary educational institutions in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The majority of student respondents with disabilities utilizing these services were satisfied with support service programs offered to them.

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Nielson, Pam, and n/a. "A comparative analysis of English as a second language programs and services in government school systems in Australian states and territories and the nexus with Commonwealth funding." University of Canberra. Education, 1988. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20060824.132257.

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The study investigates the nature and extent of provision of English as a Second Language (ESL) programs and services for students of non-English speaking background (NESB) in government school systems in the six Australian states and two territories and the interrelationship of state/territorial education authority provision and levels of commonwealth funding. The study further examines perceptions of state/territorial service providers of where the onus of responsibility for ESL provision lies. The study is limited to examination of ESL provision at the school level in government education systems only and does not address services for adult NESB learners or provision in the non-government sector. The study is set in the context of the impact of commonwealth immigration policies on the nature of Australia's multicultural society and on the evolution of provision of appropriate programs and services for NESB students in Australian government schools. The major findings to emerge from this study which bear on the issues identified in the literature and which are of significance for the future of ESL service delivery are: · the existence of overall commonality of definition of NESB students and identification of such students for ESL programs on the basis of need, but a degree of variation in procedures used by state and territorial systems which falls short of standard practice and renders comparative measurement of perceived shortfalls in provision difficult; · variation in definition of intensive programs which renders comparison of provision difficult; · strong commonality in overall provision of both programs and services across all schooling sectors, with limited local variation in service delivery; an increasing commitment in all systems to the mainstreaming of ESL provision through language across the curriculum programs aimed at complementing specialist ESL provision by enabling mainstream teachers to accept responsibility for the language needs of NESB learners; · variation in degrees of dependence on commonwealth funding for provision of programs and services ranging from almost total dependence on commonwealth funding in two systems to significant local education authority provision in four systems; · commonality of opinion among local service providers of the commonwealth's responsibility for some degree of funding of ESL provision, but variations in perceptions of the extent of the commonwealth's responsibility in this area; · commonality of experience of initial identification of need at the local level, but dependence on commonwealth intervention to approach adequate provision to meet identified need; · a degree of tension between on the one hand, recognition of individual differences among systems and the concomitant need, or desire, for state/territorial autonomy in service delivery; and on the other hand, recognition of commonality of purpose and provision and the concomitant need for some standardisation of practice in the interests of efficiency and accountability of service delivery. The study concludes with an examination of the implications of these findings for policy for future ESL service delivery.

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Monro, Dugald. "The results of federalism an examination of housing and disability services /." Connect to full text, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/493.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Sydney, 2002.
Title from title screen (viewed 15 April 2008). Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy to the Discipline of Government and International Relations, School of Economics and Politics, Faculty of Economics and Business. Degree awarded 2002; thesis submitted 2001. Includes bibliographical references. Also available in print form.

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Lucas, D. Pulane. "Disruptive Transformations in Health Care: Technological Innovation and the Acute Care General Hospital." VCU Scholars Compass, 2013. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/2996.

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Advances in medical technology have altered the need for certain types of surgery to be performed in traditional inpatient hospital settings. Less invasive surgical procedures allow a growing number of medical treatments to take place on an outpatient basis. Hospitals face growing competition from ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs). The competitive threats posed by ASCs are important, given that inpatient surgery has been the cornerstone of hospital services for over a century. Additional research is needed to understand how surgical volume shifts between and within acute care general hospitals (ACGHs) and ASCs. This study investigates how medical technology within the hospital industry is changing medical services delivery. The main purposes of this study are to (1) test Clayton M. Christensen’s theory of disruptive innovation in health care, and (2) examine the effects of disruptive innovation on appendectomy, cholecystectomy, and bariatric surgery (ACBS) utilization. Disruptive innovation theory contends that advanced technology combined with innovative business models—located outside of traditional product markets or delivery systems—will produce simplified, quality products and services at lower costs with broader accessibility. Consequently, new markets will emerge, and conventional industry leaders will experience a loss of market share to “non-traditional” new entrants into the marketplace. The underlying assumption of this work is that ASCs (innovative business models) have adopted laparoscopy (innovative technology) and their unification has initiated disruptive innovation within the hospital industry. The disruptive effects have spawned shifts in surgical volumes from open to laparoscopic procedures, from inpatient to ambulatory settings, and from hospitals to ASCs. The research hypothesizes that: (1) there will be larger increases in the percentage of laparoscopic ACBS performed than open ACBS procedures; (2) ambulatory ACBS will experience larger percent increases than inpatient ACBS procedures; and (3) ASCs will experience larger percent increases than ACGHs. The study tracks the utilization of open, laparoscopic, inpatient and ambulatory ACBS. The research questions that guide the inquiry are: 1. How has ACBS utilization changed over this time? 2. Do ACGHs and ASCs differ in the utilization of ACBS? 3. How do states differ in the utilization of ACBS? 4. Do study findings support disruptive innovation theory in the hospital industry? The quantitative study employs a panel design using hospital discharge data from 2004 and 2009. The unit of analysis is the facility. The sampling frame is comprised of ACGHs and ASCs in Florida and Wisconsin. The study employs exploratory and confirmatory data analysis. This work finds that disruptive innovation theory is an effective model for assessing the hospital industry. The model provides a useful framework for analyzing the interplay between ACGHs and ASCs. While study findings did not support the stated hypotheses, the impact of government interventions into the competitive marketplace supports the claims of disruptive innovation theory. Regulations that intervened in the hospital industry facilitated interactions between ASCs and ACGHs, reducing the number of ASCs performing ACBS and altering the trajectory of ACBS volume by shifting surgeries from ASCs to ACGHs.

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Books on the topic "Commonwealth Public Service"

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Lalla, Kenneth R. The public service and service commissions: Commonwealth Caribbean. Curepe, Trinidad and Tobago: [s.n., 2006.

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Sutton, Paul K. Modernizing the state: Public sector reform in the Commonwealth Caribbean. Kingston, Jamaica: Ian Randle Publishers, 2006.

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Raine, Mary. Parliamentary broadcasts as a public service: A survey across the commonwealth countries. [New Delhi: United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, 2003.

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Sutton, Paul K. Modernizing the state: Public sector reform in the Commonwealth Caribbean. Kingston, Jamaica: Ian Randle Publishers, 2006.

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Massachusetts. General Court. Joint Committee on Public Service. The use of consultant services by the Commonwealth: Report of the Joint Committee on Public Service. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Joint Committee on Public Service, 1987.

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Kentucky. Laws affecting public utilities in the Commonwealth of Kentucky: Annotated. 2nd ed. Charlottesville, VA: LexisNexis, 2007.

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Kentucky. Laws affecting public utilities in the Commonwealth of Kentucky: Annotated. 2nd ed. Charlottesville, VA: LexisNexis, 2007.

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Australia. Parliament. Senate. Standing Committee on Community Affairs. Evaluation of Commonwealth funded programs: Report of the Senate Standing Committee on Community Affairs. Canberra: Commonwealth of Australia, 1994.

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African Association for Public Administration and Management (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) and Institute of Public Administration of Canada, eds. Enhancing the performance of the African public service commissions: Report of the workshop held at the Commonwealth Resort Munyonyo, Kampala, Uganda, 7-11 April 2008. Nairobi]: AAPAM, 2008.

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Australia. Parliament. Joint Committee of Public Accounts. Selection and development of senior managers in the commonwealth public service: Response to report 202 : finance minute on the Committee's 202nd report. Canberra: Australian Govt. Pub. Service, 1986.

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Book chapters on the topic "Commonwealth Public Service"

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Fiadjoe, Albert, and Justice Michael de la Bastide. "The Public Service." In Commonwealth Caribbean Public Law, 185–201. Routledge-Cavendish, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003070689-11.

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Fiadjoe, Albert, and Justice Michael de la Bastide. "The Public Service." In Commonwealth Caribbean Public Law, 185–201. Routledge-Cavendish, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781003070689-11.

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"THE PUBLIC SERVICE." In Commonwealth Caribbean Public Law, 223–38. Routledge-Cavendish, 1998. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781843141129-16.

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Dauber, Noah. "The Private and the Public." In State and Commonwealth. Princeton University Press, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.23943/princeton/9780691170305.003.0005.

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This chapter examines Sir Francis Bacon's notion of the public and the private by offering a reading of his Essays and Aphorismi de Jure Gentium Maiore Sive de Fontibus Justiciae et Juris. Bacon was skeptical that a vision of state and commonwealth that placed its hopes in social distance and an exemplary class could really deliver the public-minded service and broader contentment needed. What he saw was envy, competitive behavior of the wrong sort, emulation, and idleness. His theory of the commonwealth was a reflection on how social and political organization could transform and channel these competitive behaviors. The chapter also considers Bacon's argument that the ideal type of behavior required true talent and the capacity to actually accomplish things; those who sought office to serve others, even if not from the nobility, were no less public-minded and their motivations no more private.

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Halligan, John. "The Australian Public Service: new agendas and reform." In The Rudd Government: Australian Commonwealth Administration 2007–2010. ANU Press, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.22459/rg.12.2010.03.

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Webb, Thomas E. "Privacy International and others v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and others [2021] EWCA Civ 330, Court of Appeal (also known as the Third Direction case)." In Essential Cases: Public Law. Oxford University Press, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/he/9780191948909.003.0030.

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Essential Cases: Public Law provides a bridge between course textbooks and key case judgments. This case document summarizes the facts and decision in Privacy International and others v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and others [2021] EWCA Civ 330, Court of Appeal. The case (also known as the Third Direction case) concerned whether the security service (MI5) was able to authorize its agents to commit criminality in the course of their work, and whether such authorization could grant immunity to said agents from criminal prosecution. The case has, in substance, been superseded by the passage of the Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Act 2021, but it nonetheless raises more fundamental questions about the relationship between the rule of law and national security. The document also includes supporting commentary and questions from the author, Thomas Webb.

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Morphet, Janice. "Outsourcing Central Government Services." In Outsourcing in the UK, 103–18. Policy Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/policypress/9781529209600.003.0007.

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This chapter discusses the requirements on central government to liberalise services as part of the implementation of the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), which provided an opportunity to distance the civil service from the more difficult and public-facing elements of its roles. It explains how privatising the delivery of services enabled the introduction of performance management and cost-cutting. It also recounts how governments had no particular interest in asylum or immigration policy as most of the post-war immigration to the UK had been from Commonwealth countries to meet employment shortfalls in UK public services. The chapter then details how the central government implemented public service liberalisation through the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) and anticipated GATS by prioritising nationalised industries and local government. It clarifies how the use of agencification and privatisation allowed the reformulation of pay bands leading to cost reductions in the front-line delivery services.

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Mann, Joseph Arthur. "Supporting the Monarchy and the Church of England during the Restoration." In Printed Musical Propaganda in Early Modern England, 139–84. Liverpool University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.3828/liverpool/9781949979237.003.0004.

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With rebellion and regicide an ever-present worry for the newly-restored monarchy and the new king Charles II, public opinion could not be ignored. Charles II was welcomed back to his kingdom with a mix of enthusiasm and relief, but his Church of England faced a more difficult restoration. After being outlawed for a decade, it faced the difficulties inherent in reconstituting the institution itself. It faced the challenge of countering the sentiments against it that had been spread during the Commonwealth. It also needed to establish religious harmony in a populace fractured into numerous denominations than it was before the war. Chapter three reveals how music was consistently pressed into service to maintain a favorable public opinion of Charles II and later James II and in the 1660s to support the restoration of the Church of England. It shows how musical propaganda was used to tout Charles II’s lack-luster victories over the Dutch as masterful triumphs, paint him as a benevolent father-figure to his people, and even give him a fictional victory over Oliver Cromwell. While these tactics recurred during the reign of James II, they were ultimately unable to overcome the public distaste for his Catholicism.

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Gonitashvili, Valeria. "The Role of the Constitution in Establishing Legality in the State." In Advances in Human Services and Public Health, 231–39. IGI Global, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-4543-3.ch011.

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Constitution (from lat. constitutio – “device, establishment, addition”) is the basic law of the state, a special normative legal act that has the highest legal force. The constitution defines the foundations of the political, legal, and economic systems of the state. The constitution is the founding document of the state, which sets out the main goals of the creation of the state. In the vast majority of countries, the constitution is adopted by a constituent assembly or by referendum. The constitution is given the following legal designation: a normative legal act of the highest legal force of the state (or state-territorial commonwealth in interstate associations), fixing the foundations of the political, economic, and legal systems of this state or commonwealth, the foundations of the legal status of the state and the individual, their rights and obligations.

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Cardoso, Edna, Ilda Novo, Nuno Moreira, Pedro Silva, Álvaro Silva, and Vanda Pires. "Clusters analysis applied to drought and forest fires in mainland Portugal (NUT III regions) from 1980 to 2019." In Advances in Forest Fire Research 2022, 1054–61. Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.14195/978-989-26-2298-9_159.

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The Australian Fire Danger Rating System (AFDRS) was launched on 1 September 2022, bringing a generational change to the way that Australia calculates and communicates fire danger. Its focus is improved public safety and reduced impacts of bushfires though: â€¢ Improving the science behind fire danger predictions. â€¢ Improving the way that fire danger is communicated. â€¢ Providing government and industry with better decision-making tools. â€¢ Reducing future costs associated with bushfire impacts. The previous fire danger rating system was introduced in the 1960â€™s by Australiaâ€™s first full-time bushfire researcher, Alan McArthur, based on extensive experimental fires. While useful, the system included only two fire behaviour models (dry sclerophyll forest and grassland), was not easily updateable and fires were being experienced that increasingly exceeded its design parameters. In July 2014, Senior Officers and Ministers agreed that the development of a new system was a national priority. The new system was developed by the New South Wales Rural Fire Service in collaboration with the Bureau of Meteorology, all Australian states and territories and the Commonwealth government. Program management and system implementation were coordinated by AFAC (Australiaâ€™s National Council for Fire and Emergency Services). The new AFDRS uses contemporary fire behaviour science, makes better use of available data and uses software infrastructure that can be continuously improved. The AFDRS starts with eight fire behaviour models representing a representative range of Australian vegetation types, it captures current fuel information, uses satellite data, integrates weather from the Bureau of Meteorology and calculates fire danger down to a 1.5km by 1.5-kilometer grid. These calculations are linked to tools that assist fire operational decision-making via a Fire Behaviour Index that is calibrated to operational implications for fire management. A separate arm of the project developed a public-facing Fire Danger Rating framework, guided by one of Australiaâ€™s largest social research projects. The research found that, while fire danger signage was well recognised, few acted on fire danger ratings to plan their activities. Focus groups and subsequent surveys found that the community preferred a simplified public-facing system where each fire danger rating had a distinct call to action. The implementation of the new system required an enormous effort from all levels of government across all States and Territories as well as the Commonwealth. It required updates to legislation, policy, procedures, web pages and other IT infrastructure, as well as replacement of physical signage. However, as a result, Australia has a significantly new way of calculating and communicating fire danger, that is continuously improvable and which will bring benefits for decades to come.

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Conference papers on the topic "Commonwealth Public Service"

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Manzar, Osama, and Saurabh Srivastava. "Developing Indigenous Women Leaders through Digital Mentorship: Experiences from the GOAL Program, India." In Tenth Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning. Commonwealth of Learning, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.56059/pcf10.4544.

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Critical social and organisational skills are increasingly becoming a desired quality in most of the service sector jobs in India. Personality development, self-improvement and public speaking are now marketed in urban India through several educational enterprises that charge an exorbitant amount of money from the customers. People from rural and marginalised backgrounds often lack the sophistication and confidence to compete with their privileged counterparts in urban India despite having technical and vocational skills. Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF) initiated the program Going Online as Leaders (GOAL) —to connect urban volunteers with rural women online to provide them guidance and support in digital skills to bridge the information gap. Initially, the program connected four women from the rural indigenous community with 25 skilled urban women, the program is now expanded to— states. Data comparing the baseline and end-line survey of the program shows that the number of those who want to pursue higher education has doubled. Also, at 26 per cent, the largest number of mentees wanted to work towards establishing digital connectivity and engagement in their communities, a nine per cent increase from registration. Remarkably, there was a 44 per cent rise in mentees who want to do social work showing their aspiration to be the change-makers in their community. // The programme‘s provision of smartphones is a transformative experience for mentees. None of the mentees interviewed had owned a phone prior to GOAL, while their brothers and fathers did. Mentees described that interacting with mentors had enabled them to speak ‘my mind‘, ‘not be shy' and ‘dream big'. They started using WhatsApp, Facebook and YouTube to connect with the larger world. They browse the internet avidly for information, supplement studies, and learn crafts. They also download apps for English translations to karaoke singing. Music, films and serials are routinely sourced online. Mentors have taught them to use technology safely and responsibly. Mentors and trainers observe that the mentees’ ‘quality of conversations’ has improved sharply and that they have learnt to think about themselves’. The GOAL program was adopted by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India and is now being replicated in several states. Using the GOAL program as an example, the presentation will demonstrate how digital technology, with planned programs can bridge the geographical inequalities in accessing education and acquiring skills.

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Ibrahim, Marzia, and Anusha Sharma. "The National Coalition on the Education Emergency - Building Macro-Resilience in Response to the Pandemic." In Tenth Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning. Commonwealth of Learning, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.56059/pcf10.7438.

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The pandemic has caused the near collapse of the already weak Indian public education system. Prolonged school closures along with caste, gender, and economic marginalisation are forcing children to endure malnutrition, physical and mental health challenges, child labour, and early marriages, in addition to learning deprivation. The system’s response has not reached the grassroots. NGOs across the country provide services at the ground level, but national-level coordination is insufficient. This paper studies the National Coalition on the Education Emergency (NCEE), established by individuals and groups from across India, as a case of building macro-resilience, emphasising principles of equity, universal access, humane education, decentralised decision-making, and public investment. Through a critical examination of the work done by the NCEE on curating curricular resources (OERs), conducting and compiling research studies, developing policy tracking tools, networking with partners and collaborators, creating larger awareness, social mobilisation, advocacy and interacting with governments to inform their programs and policies, the paper will discuss challenges in the Indian education system and the attempts to address them within a federal state structure. It looks at why an integrated nationwide response to the crisis is necessary.

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Durbarry, Anjusha, and Romeela Mohee. "A Phase-Wise Approach to Build Resilience in the Higher Education Sector: A Small Island State Perspective." In Tenth Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning. Commonwealth of Learning, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.56059/pcf10.3788.

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Covid-19 lockdown disrupted the Higher Education sector across the globe. As the apex regulator for the sector in Mauritius, the Higher Education Commission assessed the state of higher education during the lockdown period including student experience. Participants from both public and private Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), shared insights on the challenges emerging from the pandemic, measures undertaken in response thereto and the new approaches to be adopted to make higher education more resilient in future similar circumstances. A phased reform process was proposed with the aim to create a resilient higher education system capable of withstanding any future disruptions. A study conducted in October 2021 to map the phased reform process revealed that Higher Education Institutions have a contingency plan to face any renewed outbreaks, consolidated their new teaching and learning approaches and improved their student support services. The data revealed 45% of institutions had upgraded their infrastructure and logistics to be able to deliver online/blended modes of teaching and learning. This study provides a unique insight into building resilience in the Higher Education sector in small island states and the framework may be transferable to other contexts.

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Hassan, Moshood Ayinde. "Designing Life Long Learning Frameworks for Graduates Employability in Nigeria." In Tenth Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning. Commonwealth of Learning, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.56059/pcf10.9676.

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Economic downturn in Nigeria is worsened by the arrival of Covid-19 in the early 2020. By the time economic activities resumed, inflation had skyrocketed. Life became difficult for the generality of the people. Many people including tertiary institutions students are developing shortcuts in the name of spiritual activities. Continuing in this direction portends danger in the future. Therefore, this study entitled: Designing lifelong frameworks for graduates’ employability in Nigeria is embarked upon. The purpose of the study is to emplace lifelong learning frameworks that would encourage graduates in embarking on sustainable and legal jobs after leaving the school. The population of the study comprised final year students from some selected Universities in Nigeria. The study employed research design of survey type, using appropriate statistics for analysis. Focus group discussion also be used to elicit information from the respondents. Findings revealed that respondents disagreed with the view that obtaining degree programme could serve as foundation for building future career. Some students from public university reported that whenever they were given research to conduct, they hardly receive guidance on how to go about it. It is recommended that employers of labour and training brokers should make appropriate use of lifelong learning frame works that will be beneficial when training programme is organised.

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Kieba, Max, Massoud Tahamtani, Shane Ayers, Herb Wilhite, and Rick Pevarski. "Virginia Pilot Project for Incorporating GPS Technology to Enhance One-Call Damage Prevention." In 2008 7th International Pipeline Conference. ASMEDC, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/ipc2008-64058.

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Excavation continues to be a leading cause of damage to underground facilities in the United States. Excavation damage was cited as the cause in 20% of the significant pipeline incidents in 2007. Effective damage prevention programs are necessary to protect underground facilities and to ensure public health and safety, environmental protection and continuity of vital services. Central to all damage prevention efforts is effective communication of accurate and timely information among excavators, one-call centers and underground facility operators. In 2005, the Commonwealth of Virginia, federal government, industry and other key stakeholders in the U.S. initiated a pilot project to enhance the one-call damage prevention process through the use of global positioning system (GPS) technology. Virginia was chosen as the location for the Project due to its mature, active and inclusive damage prevention program. Additionally, coincident with the implementation of the Pilot Project, Virginia’s one-call center developed and implemented enhanced mapping capabilities that complemented the Project technology. Certainly, the potential for application of the technology in all states was a driving consideration throughout the Project. Phase I of the Virginia Pilot Project, completed in December 2007, focused on improving the locational accuracy of facility locate requests submitted by excavators to the one-call center. This was achieved by the development and use of electronic white-lining. The Project Team combined existing cell phone, Internet and GPS receiver technologies with the development of specific software applications and enhanced one-call processes. Project data indicate significant improvements were achieved in one-call process costs and efficiencies. These improvements enhance the benefits of such programs to all stakeholders and significantly improve underground facility safety. This paper describes the results from Phase I and the minimum requirements for implementing the technology. The results will be shared and promoted nationwide to encourage other one-call centers to consider incorporating the processes. The paper also describes the status of subsequent, related phases of the Pilot Project. Phase II will involve the application of GPS technology to locating instruments and the development of electronic locator manifests. Phase III will involve the integration of GPS and mapping technologies on excavating equipment. Finally, the paper describes the relevance to other damage prevention programs in the U.S. and other countries.

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