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(2) (a) Funding provided for 7 officers (1 x SOG B, 4 x SOG C, 1 x ASO 6,1 x ASO 4) and these positions were staffed.
(b) Seven positions are funded (1 x SOG B, 2 x SOG C, 3 x ASO 6 (one funded by the Housing Trust), .1 x ASO 4). The occupant of the SOG B position has recently transferred to a Commonwealth agency and action is in hand to temporarily fill the position while substantive recruitment action takes place. Recruitment action is proceeding to fill two vacant ASO 6 positions, and the classification of the third is under review. The occupant of the ASO 4 position recently applied for and was granted permission to work part-time. Additional resources to assist in policy development work are used from the workforce policy area of Employment Policy Branch.
(3) A review of the fraud control function in late 1992 concluded that the ACTGS-wide fraud control activity be strongly linked to overall management improvement initiatives through a central unit in the agency responsible for public sector management and reform. Hence the Unit has been retained in OPSM. It has, however, been integrated with another area to provide an opportunity for fraud control policy development to be carried out by officers skilled in policy formulation, whilst the conduct of investigations can be undertaken by officers appropriately trained and experienced. In this way it is intended to achieve a better use of resources and a closer working relationship with broader workforce policy and management improvement initiatives.
(4) There is no policy to downgrade the investigation of fraud and mismanagement in the ACTGS. One of the purposes of the review conducted in late 1992 was to raise the importance of fraud control with senior agency management and to ensure that the most appropriate arrangements were in place given the resources available. The Government Services Board subsequently reaffirmed that the ACTGS would continue to be well served by a central Investigations Unit responsive to the fraud prevention, detection and investigation needs of Agencies. During 1992, both the DPP and the Privacy Commissioner examined the operations of the Investigations Unit and generally commented favourably on the manner in which the Unit carried out its duties.
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