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The government is increasingly focusing on the longer-term effectiveness of its activities, and so government and departmental activity has shifted from a concentration solely on outputs to a reporting framework that also emphasises outcomes.
Outcomes can provide a strong signal of where the government is heading over the medium to long term. They can be seen as a “progress report” on the effects of government interventions that allows the government to measure (in broad terms) whether it is achieving its aims and where it needs to put in greater effort.
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 – 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.
Four contributing outcomes have been developed by the DPMC to help
achieve its overall outcome. They are:
These 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 decision-making machinery of government functions
effectively to support ministers across the whole range of government business.