Government Boards and Committees, 21 September 2012

Appendix 2:
Reconciliation Methodology
In its efforts to verify and reconcile the data on Government boards and committees
between September 2012 and June 2009, the Commission has:
reviewed the data available from the Department of the Premier and Cabinet;
conducted research;
consulted with relevant portfolios and agencies; and
provided the reconciled lists to portfolios for final verification.
Assumptions/Limitations
In relation to the review reconciliation the following assumptions and/or limitations
apply:
The Department of the Premier and Cabinet provided the Commission with a list
of Government boards and committees as of 1 June 2009 (totalling 1,280). This
is 4 more than the total quoted in the Premier's media release of 1 June 2009.
This list has been used as the primary source data for the reconciliation.
The Department of the Premier and Cabinet is unable to produce a reliable list of
Paid Government boards and committees as of 1 June 2009 (totalling 518).
The Department of the Premier and Cabinet provided the Commission with a list
of Paid Government boards and committees (totalling 493) in support of the list of
Paid Government boards and committees as of 1 June 2009 (totalling 518). 25
Paid Government boards and committees as of 1 June 2009 are unknown and
the Department of the Premier and Cabinet has also advised that:
the list was compiled from a set of notes dated 13 to 16 November 2009.
there is no evidence that it was a complete list.
its relationship with the total of 518 Paid Government boards and
committees quoted in the Premier's media statement of 1 June 2009 is
unclear.
The Department of the Premier and Cabinet list of Paid Government boards and
committees as of 17 August 2011 (totalling 388) satisfy the criteria for
Government boards and committees to be listed on the Database and also
satisfy the criteria for listing on the Register of Government boards and
committees.
The Department of the Premier and Cabinet list of Paid Government boards and
committees as of 19 January 2012 (totalling 372) satisfy the criteria for
Government boards and committees to be listed on the Database and also
satisfy the criteria for listing on the Register of Government boards and
committees. The reduction in the total number of Paid Government boards and
committees from 17 August 2011 (totalling 388) to 19 January 2012 (totalling
372) is due to the net effect of creations, abolitions of boards and committees
and corrections to the list.
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