Title Contract management in the Australian Public Service / Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit, Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia

Published Canberra : The Committee, [2000] ©2000

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W'PONDS	KM 331 K1 Aus/Rep	2000/379	AVAILABLE

Description <xv>, 120 pages ; 25 cm regular print Series Report / Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit ; 379 Australia. Parliament. Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit. Report ; 379 Report (Australia. Parliament. Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit) ; 379 Summary The Committee terms of reference are: - The adequacy of contract specifications including the design and framing of the initial contract documentation; - the adequacy of mechanisms for ensuring management accountability and facilitating parliamentary scrutiny of contracts, incuding the method by which the Auditor-General is given access to the accounts of contracters; - quality assurance and performance monitoring of contracts - adequacy of documentation of contract deletions, side agreements, and amendments; - risk allocation and risk management; - levels of accreditation and expertise of contract management personnel; and - the extent to which corporate memory is being preseved in agencies to a level sufficient to protect Commonwealth interests Analysis Contracting out Federal issue Management Public Service Public service Notes 'October 2000' Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Also available on the Internet at: http://www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/jpaa/contracts/contents.htm Commonwealth of Australia 2000 Subject Contracting out -- Australia -- Management. Government business enterprises -- Australia. Government liability -- Australia. Government purchasing -- Australia. Public contracts -- Australia -- Management. Author Charles, Bob, 1936- ISBN 0642453357

Other Titles Report 379 : Contract management in the Australian Public Service

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