APS Employment Data 31 December 2011

\r\n\r\nThese tables present a summary of employment under the _Public Service Act\r\n1999_ at 31 December 2011 and during the 2011 calendar year. The data is an\r\nupdate of that presented in the _APS Statistical Bulletin 2010-11. _Data will\r\nnow be available at six monthly intervals -A through this summary for\r\ncalendar year data, and through the annual State of the Service Report (SOSR)\r\nand APS Statistical Bulletin (the Bulletin) for more detailed financial year\r\ndata.\r\n\r\nThe data in these tables is sourced from the APS Employment Database (APSED),\r\nwhich contains data extracted from agencies-C/ HR systems. The Australian\r\nPublic Service Commission continues to work with agencies to improve the\r\nquality and timeliness of the data they provide to APSED. Each year extensive\r\naudits and error checking of APSED are undertaken, to ensure that sound\r\nconclusions can be drawn from the data. Through this audit process, previously\r\npublished data has been updated. The June 2011 data published in SOSR and the\r\nBulletin has been revised.\r\n\r\nAs in the Bulletin, a headcount approach is used in these tables-that is,\r\npeople working part-time are aggregated with people working full-time without\r\nweighting. Data also includes inoperative staff. Employees-C/\r\nclassification in these tables refers to their base or substantive\r\nclassification.\r\n\r\nAbbreviations used in these tables and changes to administrative arrangements\r\nfor the period July to December 2011 are explained below. The Explanatory\r\nNotes at Appendix 1 of the Bulletin provide definitions of terms used in these\r\ntables. The Bulletin is available at [http://www.apsc.gov.au/about-the-\r\napsc/parliamentary/aps-statistical-bulletin/snapshots-\r\ndecember-2011](http://www.apsc.gov.au/about-the-apsc/parliamentary/aps-\r\nstatistical-bulletin/snapshots-december-2011)\r\n\r\nA\r\n\r\n