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PERFORMANCE INDICATORS. THIS INSTRUMENT WILL BE BASED ON THE

DIRECTIONS I HAVE PREVIOUSLY ISSUED TO AGENCIES WHICH HAVE SEEN A

DRAMATIC IMPROVEMENT IN THE QUALITY OF REPORTS BEING SUBMITTED

TO THE ASSEMBLY.

THE TIMING OF PRESENTATION OF REPORTS TO THE ASSEMBLY WILL ALSO BE

DETERMINED BY INSTRUMENT TO ENSURE THAT REPORTS ARE BOTH TIMELY

AND LINKED TO THE BUDGET CYCLE.

THE FINAL MAJOR ELEMENT OF THE BILL IS THE SCHEME OF CONSOLIDATION.

THE REPORTS OF MANY PUBLIC BODIES WILL EITHER BE SUBSUMED INTO, OR

ANNEXED TO DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS. THIS SHOULD NOT ONLY REDUCE

THE COST OF REPORTING, BUT WILL MEAN THAT INFORMATION ON RELATED

UNITS CAN BE FOUND IN, OR ATTACHED TO, A SINGLE REPORT. SOME

REPORTS, SUCH AS THAT OF THE AUDITORGENERAL AND THE OMBUDSMAN,

WILL REMAIN SEPARATE TO ENSURE THEIR INDEPENDENCE FROM THE

EXECUTIVE IS PRESERVED.

MADAM SPEAKER, IN CONCLUSION, THIS ANNUAL REPORTING LEGISLATION IS

A CONTINUATION OF THE IMPROVEMENT IN THE ACCOUNTABILITY OF THE

A.C.T. PUBLIC SERVICE THAT HAS OCCURRED SINCE THE ADVENT OF

SELF-GOVERNMENT.

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