The Department of Finance has launched a new guide for members of the Australian Public Service and others tasked with setting up a new Commonwealth entity.
The Department’s Entity Start-up Guide has been developed as a web-based tool, addressing operational challenges generally common when setting up a new Commonwealth entity.
According to the Department, the Guide brings together all the requirements in one accessible place. It says navigating it is simple as it breaks down the necessary steps in setting up a new entity into easy-to-follow steps.
The Guide is categorised into two sections — Getting Started and Key Topics.
Getting Started addresses three key elements: The ‘what, who, when and how’ of using the guide; whether the user is legally established; and initial priorities.
It says the latter element draws on experiences of those who have recently set up new entities, including actions which are key to facilitating a smoother start-up process.
Underneath the three key elements, information has been categorised into 12 key topics. This has been built using the material provided by stakeholders and incorporated it into the categories and sub-categories.
The Guide relies on the links to the responsible entity’s own website so the detailed information stays as up-to-date as possible.
To support this, a key contacts page has been developed.
Users will be able to navigate to this page from every page on the website and go directly to where they need to discuss a specific requirement or seek clarification.
The new Entity Start-up Guide can be accessed on the Finance website at this PS News link.
