Annual Report - COMPLETE - Australian Crime Commission

Awards and honours
The ACC regularly presented awards and honours to staff in 2003–04 which:
• reward outstanding performance;
• provide visible evidence of the important role played by individuals and teams in
meeting the ACC corporate goals; and
• contribute to a more productive and satisfying work environment.
Managers are also encouraged to use informal mechanisms to recognise good
performance.
Human Resource initiatives – the outlook for 2004–05
In 2004–05, as part of the ACC’s new Performance Development Scheme, it is
projected that all staff will commit to a performance development process that involves
development and adherence to quarterly Individual Work Plans (IWPs). IWPs will
be developed by managers and staff, and will be linked to Business Unit Plans, the
ACC Business Plan and Outcome and Outputs Framework.
Compliance with the agreed Certified Agreement clauses on leave-taking is being
planned for 2004–05. The ACC has significant accumulated leave liabilities and the
purpose of this measure is to improve the taking of leave in the calendar year. The
ACC believes this will improve OH&S in the workplace and reduce liabilities.
There is increasing support for the ACC’s new activity-based job costing system which
requires staff to complete weekly timesheets, and improved adherence is projected
for the next reporting period. This system will enhance the ACC’s ability to effectively
manage its resources and will assist in identifying the full cost of operations.
Financial Management
The ACC’s appropriation for 2003-04 was $65.471 million which included tied funding
of $11.9 million. The tied funding was allocated for the following purposes:
• $7.3 million to fund the ACC’s MIDAS investigation. MIDAS is the investigation
of money laundering and tax fraud associated with serious and organised crime.
This is first year of four-year funding of $30 million for this program;
• $1.8 million to enhance the ACC’s technical capacity. This is the second year of
four-year funding of $6.9 million for this program. This program is being conducted
jointly with the AFP and ASIO, which have also received funding; and
• $2.8 million for the second stage of the ALERT program to improve the ability to
analyse data in the Australian Criminal Intelligence Database (ACID). This is the
second year of four-year funding of $11 million for this project.
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