Annual Report on the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act 2007-08
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Reported Disclosure Activity
Section 38.1 of the Act requires that, within 60 days after the end of every financial year, each chief executive must prepare and submit to the Agency a report on the activities related to disclosures made to the Senior Officer or supervisors in his or her organization. The following is a summary of those reports.
| Number of reporting organizations | 153 |
| Number of general inquiries
relating to the Act[4] Number of organizations that reported inquiries |
259 35 |
| Number of disclosures received
according to the Act Number of organizations that reported disclosures |
234 30 |
| Number of referrals resulting
from a disclosure made in another public sector organization |
1 |
| Number of disclosures received that were acted upon[5] | 179 (76% of disclosures) |
| Number of disclosures received that were not acted upon[5] | 50 (21% of disclosures) |
| Number of investigations
commenced as a result of disclosures received |
87 (37% of disclosures) |
| Number of disclosures received
that led to a finding of wrongdoing Number of organizations that reported findings of wrongdoing |
7 (3% of disclosures) 6 (4% of organizations) |
| Number of disclosures received
that led to corrective measures[6] Number of organizations that reported corrective measures |
26 (11% of disclosures) 14 (9% of organizations) |
| Number of organizations that
reported finding systemic problems that give rise to wrongdoings |
2 (1% of organizations) |
Every organization that reported findings of wrongdoing under the Act, including those that reported a systemic problem that gave rise to wrongdoing, also reported subsequent corrective measures. In accordance with section 11(1)(c) of the Act, it is the responsibility of each organization to provide public access to information describing findings of wrongdoing and any follow-up action taken. This information is not repeated in this report.
Statistics on departmental reports of activities related to disclosures made under the Act are available in the Appendix.
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