5.5. Organisational Restructuring 5.5.1 An organisational restructuring proposal was submitted to the former Minister of Correctional Services in 2011/12. According to the 2011/12 annual report the proposed restructuring is aimed at addressing "serious functional misalignments", the accounting officer's "unmanageable span of command" and to correctly align strategic and operations management functions. Though it is not clear whether the proposal had been approved, the phased implementation of the restructuring commenced at the most senior level on 1 June 2012. The most notable change in the DCS structure is the creation of a chief operations officer (COO) post. The COO reports directly to the National Commissioner, and is responsible for the management of the six regions. The Committee had agreed that the initial meeting should be postponed to allow the newly appointed Minister opportunity to study the structure. At the time of reporting no indication had yet been received that the DCS was ready to present the structure to the Committee.