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both chaired by the President. The work of the LDC was not as
heavy through the year, as the Committee deferred work pending the
outcome of the election and the possibility of new policy directions.
However, the Commission did continue to respond to ad hoc requests
for advice from Government, departments and other agencies.
Capability development
The Commission consolidated on the introduction of its project
management guide during the last financial year, as legal and policy
advisers used the project management tools to assist project planning,
monitoring and monthly status reporting.
The implementation of ComplyWith,
an online
application has also proved to be a very useful addition to the Commission’s
risk management tools. This application provides a systematic approach
to determining legislative compliance by identifying the relevant
provisions within those statutes that pertain to our operation as a public
sector organisation, Crown entity, and employer. Online updating of
legislation assists the Commission to determine its level of compliance
assured that it has the latest information available at all tim
The Commission’s firstComplyWith report indicated a high level of
compliance across relevant statutes. A work programme to improve our
compliance under the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992 has
been put in place and a further survey will be undertaken during the
2009/10 year to assess improvements in this area.
The Commission continued to implement the recommendations of the
2007/08 records management review through the year. In particular,
we have established a recordkeeping programme through to 2011.
Tasks this year included:
Updating the filing manager guide, record management policies,
procedures and recordkeeping requirements;
Updating recordkeeping training material for new staff;
Development of a new recordkeeping guide including the updated
framework and a ‘quick guide’ distributed to staff to formalise
procedure; and
Discussions with Archives NZ with regard to older files set aside for
permanent archival with a view to arranging their disposal.
We are currently working on signing up to an existing shared supply
agreement with our current storage supplier, and to add document
destruction to this, as the next step.