| Recommendation: 3 | Drive APS transformation and build capability with innovative funding mechanisms | Overall status: Complete |
| Thodey guidance | Status | Delivery on Thodey |
|---|---|---|
| Government to reinvest a part of the annual efficiency dividend, or other whole-of-government savings, in APS capability, digital transformation and public capital, including a defined amount for the transformation program. | Complete | In the October 2022-23 Budget, the Government approved $25 million over the next 3 years to establish an APS Capability Reinvestment Fund. Round 1 of the Capability Reinvestment fund is underway with $8.4 million allocated to 10 APS capability projects across 14 agencies. In October 2022, the Government announced that the APS Reform agenda has been funded for $72.9 million over 3 years. |
| Transformation leader and the Finance Secretary to agree priorities for transformation-related investments, based on government guidelines and with ministerial oversight. | Complete | The APS Capability Reinvestment Fund sets out clear funding priorities. The Fund supports projects to address the longer term cross-cutting capability needs of the APS. The Fund is administered by the APS Reform Office in consultation with the APSC and Finance, with outlay of expenditure agreed by the Minister for the Public Service and Minister for Finance. |