Better Public Services: a window of opportunity
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https://doi.org/10.26686/pq.v8i3.4420Keywords:
Better Public Services (BPS), reform the state sector, Better Public Services Advisory Group (BPSAG), Review of the Centre, Public Finance Act, State Services Commissioner, efficient and effective management of public resources, ‘managing for outcomes’ (MFO)Abstract
Led by an advisory group, Better Public Services is the government’s programme to reform the state sector to provide high-quality, flexible and cost-effective public services. The advisory group was established May 2011 and reported December 2011, with the report released March 2012 (Better Public Services Advisory Group (BPSAG), 2011). It comprised eight members: (then) Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet chief executive, Maarten Wevers (chair); Watercare Services Ltd (Auckland) chief executive Mark Ford; Air New Zealand group general manager, people and technical operations, Vanessa Stoddart; Wise Group chief executive Jacqui Graham; the state services commissioner, Iain Rennie; State Services Commission deputy commissioner Sandi Beatie; secretary to the Treasury Gabriel Makhlouf; Victoria University School of Government professor Peter Hughes
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