Senate Order on Government Agency Contracts September 2002 Update

The amended Murray Motion of 27 September 2001 requires Commonwealth Departments and their Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 agencies to publish a list, available via their website homepage, which includes the following details relating to each contract entered into by the agency which has not been fully performed or which has been entered into during the previous 12 months, and which provides for a consideration to the value of $100 000 or more:

the contractor, the amount of the consideration and the subject matter of each such contract;
whether each such contract contains provisions requiring the parties to maintain confidentiality of any of its provisions; or
whether there are any other requirements of confidentiality;
an estimate of the cost of complying with this order; and
a statement of the method used to make the estimate.

Following is a list of all DEST (and its relevant Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 agencies) contracts for the purposes of the Murray Motion September 2002 Update:

DEST active contracts from 1 July 2001 to 31 August 2002*

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DEST FM&A Act Agency active contracts from 1 July 2001 to 31 August 2002:

Australian Research Council

Previous Murray Order information:

Murray Order March 2002 data

Murray Order September 2001 data

The estimated cost of complying with the August update for the centralised data compilation area is approximately $9,279. Additionally, the cost to the line areas is approximately $20,844.

This costing is done through a time costing management system in place for the centralised data compilation area. It includes direct and all overhead costs.

* The Department has not reported on agreements required to be made under the States Grants (Primary and Secondary Education Assistance) Act 1996, the States Grants (Primary and Secondary Education Assistance) Act 2000, the Indigenous Education (Supplementary Assistance) Act 1989 and the Indigenous Education (Targeted Assistance) Act 2000. The Minister is required to report separately to Parliament on the expenditure under section 90 of the States Grants (Primary and Secondary Education Assistance) Act 1996, section 116 of the States Grants (Primary and Secondary Education Assistance) Act 2000 and section 17A of the Indigenous Education (Targeted Assistance) Act 2000.

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