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DPMC’s overall outcome is:
This high-level outcome is what DPMC seeks to achieve in collaboration with many other parts of the government system, including ministers and the public service as a whole. Along with the two other central agencies – the Treasury and the State Services Commission – DPMC is responsible for providing the leadership that enables the public service to carry out the business of government efficiently, effectively and collectively. DPMC’s particular responsibility is to bring together whatever people, agencies and information are necessary for the operation of Cabinet’s collective decision making. DPMC works at the point of intersection where separate ministers, agencies and advice streams come together at the Cabinet table.
DPMC’s five contributing outcomes have been developed to help achieve its overall outcome.
Contributing Outcome 1
Contributing Outcome 2
Contributing Outcome 3
Contributing Outcome 4
The department has an additional contributing outcome shared with the other two central agencies, Treasury and the State Services Commission. This is because DPMC, as one of the three central agencies, has an interest in a high-performing, trusted and accessible state sector that delivers the right things in the right way at the right prices.
To enhance our contribution to the work of the wider public service, DPMC is participating in the Central Agencies Review. This review is considering the relative role of each of the three central agencies in supporting our fifth contributing outcome – the improvement of state sector performance.
Contributing Outcome 5
These five contributing outcomes overlap one another in various ways, with some DPMC business units contributing to several different outcomes. The overall outcome remains the same: that the Prime Minister and the Governor-General are well supported and that the decisionmaking machinery of government functions effectively to support ministers across the whole range of government business.
As its main role is primarily a servicing one, DPMC measures its progress towards its overall and contributing outcomes in terms of its three output classes:
An overview of DPMC’s outcome and output framework is contained in the department’s Statement of Intent for the year ending 30 June 2007.