PSR Annual Report 2008-09

• Contents
• Letter of Transmittal
• Director’s Report
• 1. Agency overview
• 2. Report on performance
• 3. Case descriptions
• 4. Management and accountability
  • Structure and organisation
  • Corporate governance
  • Audit Committee
  • Management Committee
  • Planning
  • Fraud control
  • Ethical standards
  • SES remuneration
  • External scrutiny
  • Management of human resources
  • Commonwealth Disability Strategy
  • Finance
  • Purchasing
  • Asset management
  • Consultants
  • Australian National Audit Office access clauses
  • Exempt contracts
  • Advertising and market research
  • Grants programs
  • Ecologically sustainable development and environmental performance
  • Publications
• Appendix 1 PSR’s resource statement and outcome summary, 2008–09
• Appendix 2 Financial statements
• Appendix 3 Freedom of information statement
• Glossary and indexes

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4. Management and accountability

Consultants

During 2008–09 PSR entered into one new consultancy contract, involving a contract price of $70,000 and total actual expenditure of $52,914 (see Table 12). Selection of the consultant and approval of expenditure complied with PSR’s Chief Executive Instructions and the requirements of the Commonwealth Procurement Guidelines.

Table 12: Consultancy contracts let in 2008–09

Consultant name	Descriptions	Contract price	Selection process	Justification
Cordelta	ICT and case management system review	$70,000*	Select tender	Requirement for specialist expertise not available in PSR

Note: ICT = information and communications technology; * GST inclusive

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