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PS News   UPDATE
 Independent News for the Australian Public Service. Edition Number 218. Updated to Tuesday, 25 May 2010
THIS WEEK'S UPDATE ONLINE NOW:  http://www.psnews.com.au/APS.htmlhttp://www.psnews.com.au/APS.html

MAIN NEWS STORIES

Focus on staff in APS reforms
  Moran outlines measures ...more...
APS Values to be revalued
   APSC to revise core standards ...more...
Google caught in privacy net
   Watchdog to investigate data capture ...more...
Auditor’s audit not out of the ordinary
  ANAO passes IT probe ...more...
Mobile phone study leads to hang-ups
  Agency issues warning on use ...more...
  Draft procurement guide to pay up
  Comment called on Indigenous rules ...more...
PS research uncovers subjective objectives
  Staff putting agency ahead of APS ...more...
Ombudsmen complain over name game
  Peak body calls to honour tradition ...more...
Correct weight for measurement plan
  National system to launch 1 July ...more...
Agencies join forces to get their hoax up
  Warning on phone scammers ...more...
PLUS MUCH MORE...

PS FEATURES

NAPLAN and the States: an intriguing result
  by Dahle Suggett
Give the National Congress a chance
  by Mick Gooda
Is innovation a process?
  by Tim Kastelle

INTERNATIONAL

PS stories from United Kingdom, Bahrain, Zambia, Fiji, Canada, Namibia, Nigeria ...plus much more...

CAREERS CENTRE

  A selection of the more interesting Public Service jobs plus links to every PS vacancy in the land ...access here...

CONFERENCES

  More of the best and most valuable PS-related conferences and special events ...access here...
 

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

The advantages of sitting pretty
  by Jane Keighley
Communicating with different personality types
  by Gavan Podbury
Nudging your colleagues
  by Craig Thomler

TALKING POINT

Plain sailing:
  Cigarette banned from dressing to kill

  by Professor Simon Chapman ...more...

PS-sssst...!

   Another behind-the-news look at what�s really happening in the PS ...more...

OUT OF HOURS

Travel, Wine & Dine, At The Movies, Motoring...plus much more...
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