Special Parliamentary Committee on Public Sector Reform and Service Delivery

Administration Structure

The Curator
2–3 minutes

1. STRATEGY CONCEPT:

Car and Driver principle. We don’t invest and demand the wrong thing from the wrong item.

  • Changing a vehicle or upgrading one is relatively easy (system changes) and relatively short.
  • Changing the driver who won’t relinquish his damaging role, takes years (behavioral changes) usually lengthy given the infection depth. This Committee will prioritize focus on the driver with a long-term view.
  • Vehicle is importable, not the driver. This Committee will adopt short term therapy for current drivers.

2. HIGH LEVEL ADMINSTRATION STRUCTURE OF COMMITTEE:

Committee has divided the whole of the Public Sector into 3 Subcommittees led by 3 Chairmen- 

  1. Internal Security and Armed Forces – Sub-Chair- Hon. Gary Juffa
  2. SEOs and Statutory Authorities – Sub Chair-Hon. Alan Bird
  3. Civil Service – Sub Chair- Hon. Elias Kapavore

Note: The 2018 Auditor General’s Report notes the existence of 1,096 auditable Public Sector Agencies.

3. EXECUTION STRATEGY (Long- and short-term)

Long term strategy 

  • Commence with a diagnostic analysis of the Public Sector based on quality data consolidation.
  • Examine each sector’s historic port folio of investment to determine its expected and actual capabilities.
  • By diagnostic tools develop, adopt, launch benchmarked standards for each Public Sector organization.
  • Develop a 15–20-year Parliamentary driven Public Sector Plan complementing all other existing plans.  
  • Establish a neutral vehicle -free from political manipulation- to keep driving the reforms to full execution.

Short term strategy (to assist LT strategy) :

  • Expose, prosecute, correct by drawing public attention to abhorrent, deviant and unacceptable Public Sector behavior through public and private Committee Inquiries,
  • Public Committee inquiries on select topical issues.
  • Visitation to sites and incidents requiring Committee attention.
  • Workshopping and consultation on select topics.
  • Presenting reports to Parliament accompanied by vigorous debate. 
  • Champion benefits of Public Sector employees. Working conditions including Housing , Insurance etc….

Modus Operandi: 

  • Identify and treat critical core agencies that have the greatest ripple effect first and work through the rest.

Matters addressed to the Committee:  

  • Reports outstanding from a previous SPCPSR&SD from 2012 to 2017, tabled in Parliament by current Committee in October 2020. 
  • Health Management Report, 
  • PNG Law Society and Lawyers Statutory Committee Report, 
  • Late delivery of Teachers leave Fare Report.

 Matters received by the Committee and areas of interest include- 

  • Public Service Command and Control in different levels of Government, 
  • Integrity of the Government Payroll system,
  • Consideration of Auditor Generals Reports to Parliament regarding Provincial and Local Level Government audits, 
  • Cost benefit analysis of Regulatory and Statutory Authorities, 
  • Review of TFF Systems, 
  • The Black Economy, 
  • Public Servants Home Ownership scheme, 
  • Public Servants Life Insurance scheme.
  • Identical and additional issues for Committee consideration will be forthcoming from Prime Minister’s note on to Department of Personal Management and on the Committee’s own volition.