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The
Administrator-General's Department became an Executive
Agency on April 1, 1999, under the Public Sector Modernization
Programme. The Modernization Plan Framework Document (MPFD),
and the Medium Term Financing Plan (MTFP), set out the
environment within which the Department operates. The
Framework Document establishes the basis upon which the
Department, and its Chief Executive Officer (CEO), should
operate and defines how they will relate to the Minister
and Ministry of Justice (Portfolio Ministry), the Ministry
of Finance and Planning, and the Office of the Prime Minister.
In 1995 when the AGD was selected to become an executive
agency, the propelling objective behind the transition
was to improve service delivery. Additionally, as an executive
agency, the Department would continue to be an organization
of government while receiving human resource and financial
delegation. This status would dictate an implementation
of performance management, introduction of performance
based-pay, greater transparency through clearly articulated
operating guidelines and increased accountability through
additional reporting requirements.
A delegation Order from the Governor General gave to the
Administrator-General authority over Human Resource Management.
With HR delegation, the Agency is able to employ competent
staff quickly and directly without central government
intervention. The Minister of Finance has delegated financial
authority to the CEO/A-G, who has been made an accounting
officer.
Today the Ministries are no longer in the day-to-day operations
of the agencies, and hence their attention can be diverted
to other priority areas. In exchange for its increased
autonomy, the Agency is accountable for meeting demanding
performance standards and is asked to submit quarterly
performance reports on a timely basis to different Ministries.
Constant monitoring by an audit committee and the yearly
audited financial and performance reporting requirements
make for improved accountability. Resources made available
from Ministry of Finance are compared to targets achieved.
The Government is now provided with the true cost of running
the Agency.
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