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[Bernard Robertson-Dunn]

Avi Miller wrote:
> 
> Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote:
> > Is there any particular reason that no-one - apart from that
> > amorphous body the Federal Government - gets any credit?
> 
> No public servants are ever credited in internally produced reports:
> at least, none of the ones I've ever seen. I've certainly never been
> credited for any of the stuff I've written while being directly
> contracted to an agency. This doesn't cover reports that are
> specifically tendered out to a consulting firm, though.

If you look at the famous ANAO Audit Report No.9 2000–2001, Performance
Audit there is a page that has the following:

<quote>
AUDITING FOR AUSTRALIA
The Auditor-General is head of the Australian National Audit Office. The
ANAO assists the Auditor-General to carry out his duties under the
Auditor- General Act 1997 to undertake performance audits and financial
statement audits of Commonwealth public sector bodies and to provide
independent reports and advice for the Parliament, the Government and
the community. The aim is to improve Commonwealth public sector
administration and accountability. Auditor-General reports are available
from Government Info Shops. Recent titles are shown at the back of this
report.


For further information contact:

The Publications Manager
Australian National Audit Office
GPO Box 707
Canberra ACT 2601
Telephone (02) 6203 7505
Fax (02) 6203 7798
Email webmaster at anao.gov.au

ANAO audit reports and information about the ANAO are available at our
internet address:
http://www.anao.gov.au

Audit Team

Tina Long
Barbara Palmer
Colin Cronin

</quote>

The people and the organisation that produced the ANAO report are
referenced and credited. You also know who to criticise and you might
have some feel for the credentials of those who produced it.

The lack of any sort of ownership surprises me. There is no background
information on AGIMO, no mention of the group within AGIMO that probably
worked long and hard to produce it, no mention of any author or external
organisations that contributed - just a dry, uninspiring forward by a
politician.

I'll leave it up to others, more qualified than me, to comment on the
content, but it all seems rather strange to me.

--
A politician is a statesman who approaches every question with an open
mouth. 
-- Adlai E. Stevenson
 
Regards
brd

Bernard Robertson-Dunn
Sydney Australia
brd at iimetro.com.au