Business of Government: performance reviews, thoughts from the 'digital tsar' and more...

Business of Government: performance reviews, thoughts from the 'digital tsar' and more...
Paula Rebstock (left) and Patsy Reddy (right) gave frank assessments of agency performance when they were 'PIF' reviewers (Image: Governor General)
Jem Traylen
The PIF is dead – long live the PIF!Any public servant (or consultant) wondering why there hasn’t been an agency subjected to a Performance Improvement Framework (PIF) review for the last three years finally has an answer – the Public Service Commission has been beavering away on a shiny new review framework which they’ve just released.The commission said it’s built on the “success” of the previous framework but modernised to reflect the Public Service Act 2020, including a focus on the Māori-Crown rela...

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