I am the first to acknowledge that the Australian Public Service Commission has a hard job to do and does do some great work - for example, the work being done around capability development and the work undertaken by the Human Capital Research and Evaluation group.

However,…

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I have been informed that development sessions dealing with employment matters and psychiatric referrals are in the process of being delivered to selected staff (closed sessions), within the Taxation Office by a psychiatrist they have chosen to engage for this purpose.

In view of the issues associated with compulsory psychiatric referrals I have submitted a formal Freedom of Information request to the Taxation Office.

Below is the text of the email I have just…

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From O'Reilly radar

 

The president of France hailed the work of Internet innovators as historic, and noted that the level of responsibility that rests with the leaders of today's digital companies as "undoubtedly the highest ever given to individuals who do not work in the public sector or in government."

 

"The free Internet today marks the difference between a dictatorship and a democracy," said Sarkozy, noting "those who have tried to close…

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Hot on the heals of the Gov 2.0 Taskforce Report the Canberra Times has published a piece indicating the culture of the public service is stifling creativity.



The fact that this message is coming from quite a few sources suggests that this is a real problem. That being said, it has to be acknowledged… Continue