Governing the City State - Chief Minister and Treasury Directorate ...

• Economic Development.Whichever option is chosen, the Review recommends the following:• an explicit statement should be made of the central agency role of the proposed Chief Minister’sDepartment/Directorate;• consolidate responsibility for the planning and delivery of all events in the proposed Chief Minister’sDepartment (from TAMS and the Department of Disability, Housing and Community Services (DHCS):ootransfer responsibility for the scheduling and management of events at EPIC to the proposedChief Minister’s Department; andmaintain responsibility for events at Territory venues including Stromlo Forest Park, ManukaOval and Canberra Stadium with TAMS, but with Territory Venues working closely with thespecial events unit to ensure alignment and cohesion of effort and cohesion in pursuit of theGovernment’s Priorities.• consider greater coordination and alignment of events with Canberra Racing Club as well as otherexternal entities;• transfer maintenance responsibility for arts facilities to ACT Property Group (TAMS);• consolidate Canberra Connect with the whole of government communications team (from TAMS);• extend responsibility for access to government information by transferring the Territory Records Act2002 and Territory Records Office from TAMS and Freedom of Information Act 1989 policy andprocedural advice from JACS;• transfer the current Business and Industry Development Division (with the addition of mutualrecognition policy) to Economic Development;• transfer Live in Canberra campaign to Economic Development;• transfer the Government Architect to Sustainable Development;• transfer the Heritage Unit to Sustainable Development;• transfer current Treasury functions (including macroeconomic policy advice) to Finance;• transfer Shared Services to Finance;• amend Shared Services functions in accordance with the proposed ACTPS Workers’ CompensationImprovement Plan;• transfer the Independent Competition and Regulatory Commission to the Finance Portfolio;• transfer responsibility for legacy transport regulatory policy including heavy rail and maritime to theFinance Directorate (from TAMS);• implement the Expenditure Review and Evaluation Committee recommendations relating to SharedServices after proposed Administrative Arrangements changes have been implemented.• maintain the proposed Chief Minister’s Department’s role as the lead agency supporting thecoordination and alignment of sustainability policies across the environmental, social and economicspheres;• establish a performance and analysis unit within the proposed Chief Minister’s Department;• establish a chief information officer within the proposed Chief Minister’s Department; and• consider providing additional resourcing to the centre to support policy and decision making processes.Administrative Arrangements Changes: 111