1001.0 - Annual Report - ABS Annual Report, 2005-06  
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Section 1 - Compliance Index

COMPLIANCE INDEX

Report SectionRequirement description
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General Details
 Letter of transmittal
 Glossary
 Contact details
 Internet home page address and Internet address for report

Review by the Australian Statistician
 Review by the Australian Statistician

ABS Overview
 Overview description of the ABS
 Role and operation of the ABS
 Organisational structure
 Outcome and output structure
 Where outcome and output structures differ from PBS format, details of variation and reasons for change
n/a

Report on Performance
 Review of performance during the year in relation to outputs and contribution to outcomes
 Actual performance in relation to performance targets set out in PBS/PAES
 Where performance targets differ from the PBS/PAES, + details of both former and new targets, and reasons for the change
n/a
 Narrative discussion and analysis of performance
Chapter 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17
 Performance against service charter customer service standards, complaints data, and the ABS' response to complaints
Chapter 10 and 13
 Social justice and equity impacts
 Discussion and analysis of the ABS' financial performance
Chapter 1 and 2
 Summary resource tables by outcomes

Corporate Governance
 Statement of the main corporate governance practices in place
 Names of the senior executive and their responsibilities
 Senior management committees and their roles
 Corporate and operational planning and associated performance reporting and review
 Approach adopted to identifying areas of significant financial or operational risk and arrangements in place to manage risks
 Certification of fraud measures in place

External Scrutiny
 Significant developments in external scrutiny
 Judicial decisions and decisions of administrative tribunals
 Reports by the Auditor General, a Parliamentary Committee or the Commonwealth Ombudsman

Management of Human Resources
 Assessment of effectiveness in managing and developing human resources to achieve ABS objectives
 Training and development undertaken
 Occupational health and safety performance
 Statistics on staffing
 Certified Agreements and Australian Workplace Agreements
 Performance pay

Exempt Contracts
 Contracts exempt from Purchasing and Disposal Gazette

Purchasing
 Assessment of purchasing against core policies and principles

Assets Management
 Assessment of effectiveness of assets management

Consultants and Competitive Tendering and Contracting
 Number of consultancy services contracts let and total expenditure on consultancy services
 Competitive tendering and contracting contracts let and outcomes
 Absence of contractual provisions allowing access by the Auditor General

Commonwealth Disability Strategy
 Report on performance in implementing the Commonwealth Disability Strategy

Financial Statements
 Financial statements

Other Information
 Occupational health and safety
 Freedom of information
 Advertising and market research
 Ecologically sustainable development and environmental performance

Other
 Discretionary grants
Chapter 2 and 19
 Correction of material errors in previous annual report
n/a





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