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That work was supported by, and will similarly enhance, concurrent work on thedevelopment of a robust evaluation framework for government activities.The Review has considered and endorses the work done over a number of years inprogressing incremental changes to the Performance and Accountability Framework. Thereare opportunities in conjunction with the structural reforms recommended in this Report for atransformational step forward. In the context of moving to a single ACTPS agency, therewill need to be a fundamental rethinking of appropriation structures to ensure transparencyand accountability to the Assembly and the public are not diminished. If the ACTPS is toengage with the challenges it faces in a genuinely collaborative and innovative way – under apublic value paradigm – fundamental reconsiderations of policy and program designprocesses, and delivery models and approaches will be required.A more strategic priority setting and resource allocation process will be central to improvingthe performance of the ACTPS into the future, and the success of that system relies on robust,clear and simple performance, accountability and evaluation processes. Perhaps above all,the success of this transformation relies on the articulation of clear purpose, reinforcement ofthe objectives outlined in the Canberra Plan, and the development of a much smaller andmore meaningful set of performance indicators and measures.These changes create both the pressing need, as well as opportunity, to embed and expandupon the solid foundation of work done in developing the Performance and AccountabilityFramework. The ACT Government is better placed to face these challenges because of therecent and high quality work done in CMD and across the ACTPS in this regard.The Performance and Accountability Framework, represented in the following figure, reflectstwo broad dimensions: the different levels at which government performance andaccountability are assessed (represented on the vertical plane); and the cyclical processdirected at improving performance and accountability (represented on the horizontal plane).Figure 15 - The ACT’s Performance and Accountability FrameworkPlan Manage Report ReviewProgress ofSocietyGovernmentPerformanceVisionGovernmentPrioritiesAgencyPerformanceCapacityMeasuring OurProgressWebsiteStatement ofIntentProgram andPolicyEvaluationAgencyStrategicPerformanceAgencyOperationalPerformanceAgencyObjectivesAgencyServicesMonitoringAcross-GovernmentDeliveryAnnualReportsCommunityFeedbackExternalReviewContinuous ImprovementStrategy, Resource Allocation and the Vacant Middle Ground: 229