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PS News   UPDATE
 Independent News for the Australian Public Service. Edition Number 219. Updated to Tuesday, 1 June 2010
THIS WEEK'S UPDATE ONLINE NOW:  http://www.psnews.com.au/APS.html

MAIN NEWS STORIES

PS innovation is new way ahead
   MAC uncovers untapped potential ...more...
New IT principles boot relationship
   PS to work with industry ...more...
Bureau has numbers for Census trial
   Dress rehearsal for 2011 project ...more...
Small Agencies big in fraud concerns
   Auditor finds controls lacking ...more...
Projects speed up for efficiency drive
   IT initiatives for APS announced ...more...
  High value placed on industry values
   Sometimes better than APS Values ...more...
Workplace watchdog puts bosses to work
   Joint effort to educate business ...more...
Cross-Agency deals at the crossroads
   Audit finds agreements inconsistent ...more...
Centrelink links to Medicare
   Joint office sites identified ...more...
Medal pins hopes on Queen’s approval
   New police award nears completion ...more...
PLUS MUCH MORE...

PS FEATURES

Reading unwritten rules and
implementing change

   by Charles Boulton
Innovative myth busting
   by John Steen
The importance of PS travel professionals
   by Elizabeth Montgomery

INTERNATIONAL

PS stories from United Kingdom, South Africa, Papua New Guinea, Ireland ...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

Dressing to impress: should we bother?
   by Joni Johnston
Law of triviality isn’t so trivial
   by Professor Cary Cooper
Look out for snakes in suits
   by Blair McPherson

TALKING POINT

Logging in:
  How Facebook changed my life

   by Cassandra Golds ...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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