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Annual Report 2007-08
Table of Contents
Letter of transmittal
How to use this report
Section 1 - Overview
This section contains a review of the year by the Department's
Secretary and an overview of the Department and its Ministerial
arrangements, contact details, organisational structure, portfolio
agencies, and its outcome and output structure.
Secretary's overview
Departmental overview
Ministerial arrangements
Department contact details
Departmental structure
Outcome and output structure
Section 2 - Performance Review
This section provides a report on the Department's performance
against its outcome and output. Performance is measured against the
success measures in the Department's 200708 Portfolio Budget
Statements (PBS) and Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements
(PAES).
Overview
Broadband and the digital economy
Telecommunications and postal services
Broadcasting and the switchover to digital television
Timeliness of the delivery of Parliamentary reports, questions from
Parliament and correspondence
Client satisfaction and consultation
Section 3 - Management and accountability
This section reports on the Department's management practices
including its governance arrangements, management of human
resources, information technology and facilities, legal services,
financial management and asset management.
Corporate governance
Corporate planning and reporting
Parliamentary liaison and coordination
Business iprovement
Procurement
Management of human resources
Media and communications
Information, technology and facilities
Legal services
External scrutiny
Financial management
Section 4 - Appendices
Appendix 1 - Portfolio agency contact details
Appendix 2 - Resources for Outcome 1 Department of Broadband,
Communications and the Digital Economy (DBCDE)
Appendix 3 - Performance information index
Appendix 4 - Table of figures
Appendix 5 - Parliamentary Committees
Appendix 6 - External scrutiny
Appendix 7 - Legislation and statutory instruments
Appendix 8 - Staffing statistics
Appendix 9 - Freedom of information
Appendix 10 - Advertising and market research
Appendix 11 - Discretionary grants
Appendix 12 - Ecologically Sustainable Development (ESD) and
Environmental Performance
Appendix 13 - Report on performance in implementing the
Commonwealth Disability Strategy
Appendix 14 - Financial performance
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Section 5 - Financial Statements
This section contains the Department's audited financial statements for 2007-08.
Section 6 - Other Information
This section contains a list of acronyms, glossary of terms,
corrections to the 2006-07 Annual Report and an index to assist the
reader.
Glossary of terms
Glossary of acronyms
Corrections to the 2006-07 Annual Report
Compliance index
ISSN 1443-8275
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For further information about this report contact:
Manager
Corporate Planning and Reporting
Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy
GPO Box 2154
Canberra ACT 2601
Telephone: 02 6271 1000
Fax: 02 6271 1901
Email: dbcde.mail@dbcde.gov.au
Internet: www.dbcde.gov.au
Acknowledgements
Annual report team: Jon Sims, Emma Davis, Niki Theodoropoulos, Isabelle Nicoll, and Melanie Conn. The staff photos were taken by Paul Moger.
Special thanks to the departmental staff involved in contributing, coordinating and clearing material, as well as the following specialist contractors:
Professional writer: Jeneen and John McLeod
Design: MA@D Communications
Printing: Blue Star Print