APS Employment Data 31 December 2011

Brief description

These tables present a summary of employment under the _Public Service Act
1999_ at 31 December 2011 and during the 2011 calendar year. The data is an
update of that presented in the _APS Statistical Bulletin 2010-11. _Data will
now be available at six monthly intervals -A through this summary for
calendar year data, and through the annual State of the Service Report (SOSR)
and APS Statistical Bulletin (the Bulletin) for more detailed financial year
data.

The data in these tables is sourced from the APS Employment Database (APSED),
which contains data extracted from agencies-C/ HR systems. The Australian
Public Service Commission continues to work with agencies to improve the
quality and timeliness of the data they provide to APSED. Each year extensive
audits and error checking of APSED are undertaken, to ensure that sound
conclusions can be drawn from the data. Through this audit process, previously
published data has been updated. The June 2011 data published in SOSR and the
Bulletin has been revised.

As in the Bulletin, a headcount approach is used in these tables-that is,
people working part-time are aggregated with people working full-time without
weighting. Data also includes inoperative staff. Employees-C/
classification in these tables refers to their base or substantive
classification.

Abbreviations used in these tables and changes to administrative arrangements
for the period July to December 2011 are explained below. The Explanatory
Notes at Appendix 1 of the Bulletin provide definitions of terms used in these
tables. The Bulletin is available at [http://www.apsc.gov.au/about-the-
apsc/parliamentary/aps-statistical-bulletin/snapshots-
december-2011](http://www.apsc.gov.au/about-the-apsc/parliamentary/aps-
statistical-bulletin/snapshots-december-2011)

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