Professional Services Review Annual Report 2004–05

• Contents
• Letter of Transmittal
• Director’s report
• 2004–05 Key events at a glance
• 1. Agency overview
• 2. Report on performance
• 3. Management and accountability
  • Structure and organisation chart
  • Audit Committee
  • Management Committee
  • Risk management
  • External scrutiny
  • Management of human resources
  • Training and development
  • Ethical standards
  • Certified Agreement and Australian Workplace Agreements
  • Performance pay
  • Occupational health and safety
  • Workplace diversity
  • Industrial democracy
  • Commonwealth Disability Strategy
  • Finance
  • Purchasing
  • Asset management
  • Consultants and competitive tendering and contracting
  • Ecologically sustainable development and environmental performance
  • Information technology
  • Publications
• Appendixes
• Glossary

3. Management and accountability

Purchasing

For most of the year, PSR purchased services such as payment of accounts, personnel functions, library, registry, training and coverage for programs including workplace diversity, occupational health and safety and industrial democracy, through a memorandum of understanding with the Department of Health and Ageing. An agreed annual fee is paid for these services. PSR adopts the Department of Health and Ageing’s purchasing policies and participates in joint purchasing arrangements for such things as travel, banking and office supplies.