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Public Service and Administration
National Youth Development Agency & Centre for Public Service Innovation on their 1st quarter 2015/16 performance
18 Aug 2015
The Centre for Public Service Innovation (CPSI) presented their first quarter performance report, indicating that 68% of targets had been achieved and 17% of their total annual budget allocation had been spent. Some of the targets had been only partially achieved due to a delay in acquiring funding for pilot ...
Public Service and Administration
Government 30 Day Payment Compliance to service providers: public hearings
14 Aug 2015
Representatives of four small businesses gave the Committee an insight into the challenges they faced in obtaining payment from government departments within the prescribed 30-day deadline. The Public Service Commission and the Department of Performance Management and Evaluation then gave details of the legal requirements and the steps which were ...
Public Service and Administration
50% of women & 2% of people with disabilities employment by departments: DPSA monitoring report
12 Aug 2015
The Department of Public Services and Administration (DPSA) reported that the 2015 targets for the representation of women and persons with disabilities in the public sector had not been met. The targets were 50% and 2% respectively. The reasons for the lack of representation were not clear, but the DPSA ...
Public Service and Administration
Interviews of candidates for position of Public Service Commission chairperson
14 Jul 2015
The Sub-Committee of the Portfolio Committee on Public Service and Administration met to interview candidates for the position of the Public Service Commission Chairperson and this follows the end of the term of the current National Commissioner of Public Service Commission (PSC). The Committee thereafter deliberated in a closed meeting ...
Public Service and Administration
Reviewed National Youth Policy: DPME; Success & Challenges of Solomon Mahlangu Scholarship programme & Second Chance Matric Re-Write Program: NYDA briefings
10 Jun 2015
The Portfolio Committee on Public Service and Administration was briefed by the Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME) on the reviewed National Youth Policy (NYP) for the 2015- 2020 period. The research undertaken by the Department showed that a common emphasis had been placed upon the issues of access ...
Public Service and Administration
Overview on financial misconduct & disciplinary cases in public sector, Relationship with stakeholders & challenges facing provincial offices: Public Service Commission briefings
27 May 2015
The Public Service Commission (PSC) briefed the Committee on the status quo regarding its effectiveness, capacity and relationship with various stakeholders, and the challenges hindering its efficiency in all of the provinces. There was also a briefing by the PSC on financial misconduct and non-compliance with Treasury regulations and disciplinary ...
Public Service and Administration
Committee Reports on DePME & Public Service & Administration budget & Oversight report on Thusong Service Centres & National Development Agency
30 Apr 2015
The Committee met briefly to discuss and adopt the Draft Committee Reports on Budget Votes 8 and 10, for, respectively, the Department of Performance Monitoring and Evaluation and the Department of Public Service and Administration CHECK.
The Committee formally adopted that Report, with the DA Members recording that they were ...
Public Service and Administration
Department of Performance Monitoring and Evaluation & National Youth Development Agency on Annual Performance Plans, Strategic Plans and Budget, with Minister
15 Apr 2015
The Portfolio Committee on Public Service and Administration was briefed by the Minister of the Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation in The Presidency, Mr Jeff Radebe.
The Minister said that the mandate of the Department, formed in October 2014, was to develop a long-term approach to government’s monitoring mechanism, ...
Public Service and Administration
Auditor-General findings on DPSA, DPME & their entities annual performance plans and audits
15 Apr 2015
The Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA) provided the Committee with a broad overview of its expectations for the public service. In considering the annual performance plans for 2015/16, the main thrust was to ensure goals were measurable, reliable, achievable, realistic and cost effective. When dealing with performance monitoring, the ...
Public Service and Administration
Incapacity leave and ill-health retirement: briefing by Departments of Public Service and Administration, Health, Correctional Services
11 Mar 2015
The Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA) told the Committee that it had developed the public service Policy and Procedure on Incapacity Leave and Ill-Health Retirement (PILIR) to deal with challenges that had been raised by the Public Service Commission. It had been implemented in a phased approach with ...