Public service
Alternative labels
APS
Australian public service
Civil service
Working paper
The OECD Framework for digital talent and skills in the public sector
This paper presents the OECD Framework for Digital Talent and Skills in the Public Sector, which highlights the need to create the right working environment, secure the right skills, and evolve the right workforce to support a progression from e-government to digital government.
Discussion paper
Finding the right skills for the civil service
This paper examines the skills that the civil service has and those it needs to meet the demands of government in the coming years. It considers how the civil service workforce is managed, and reviews progress made in recent years.
Briefing paper
Chinese-Australians in the Australian Public Service
Chinese–Australian communities are invaluable sources of China-related expertise, yet they are under-represented in the country’s public service roles. This paper argues that a better harnessing of the skills and knowledge of the Chinese–Australian community would have substantial benefits for Australian policy-making in one of its most important bilateral relationships.
Guide
Long-term Insights Briefings: high-level overview
This guide sets out the requirements on departmental chief executives to develop a Long-term Insights Briefings and recommendations for how these briefings should best be developed.
Report
Enhancing public sector policy capability for a COVID world
This paper is a contribution to a program of work – involving similar discussions among a wide cross-section of participants from multiple industry sectors – on national resilience in light of COVID-19. It is one of the products of the National Resilience Project being co-led by Global Access Partners (GAP) and the Institute for Integrated...