Comments sought on public admin management bill

Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Pretoria - Public Service and Administration Minister Lindiwe Sisulu has invited the public to make inputs on the recently gazetted Public Administration Management (PAM) Bill.

Approved by Cabinet and published for public comment last week, the PAM Bill seeks to set national standards and systems for the entire public service, while retaining and respecting the autonomy of the three spheres of government (national, provincial and local).

The bill also seeks to respond to service delivery challenges through strengthening coordination in public administration.

Sisulu expects the bill to bring about efficiency in the public service.

“All spheres will share seamlessly the requisite skills pool, competence and standards. This will serve to improve mobility across different spheres of government and diminish the costly barriers to such seamless and rational mobility, while balancing the capacity across the State,” Sisulu said.

She added the bill also aimed to make it possible to improve inter-governmental planning, delivery and governance across the three spheres of government. – SAnews.gov.za