Just Who Does The Hiring And Firing In Our Public Sector?

Who actually does the hiring and firing of those entrusted to protect the Real Sector?

I present you my questionings of our Government via the Official Information Act in regards to the hiring and firing processes of our public service. It is quite clearly evident that our elected representatives, when not in collusion with them, play a role of ceremonial token gesture to global executive recruitment agencies and other corporate top heavy institutions who’s interests may well be that other than longterm peace and prosperity of all in our nation, but only short term gain for foreign interests.

I believe there is a strong case to suggest there has not been a true change of government in this country since we were liquidated as a nation in 1961, and a foreign trained Economic Advisory Board imposed upon us that has remained very much intact behind the diplomatic curtain, thus even when a non foreign monetarist aligned Government has been at the helm, they have been powerless to stop those in the bereaurcracy co-operating with them to achieve their aims under the guise that is international law, law that is dominated by international money.

 

I sent this email to the Prime Minister 16 May 2007;

Regards Prime minister,

I am seeking information in regards to the time at which you, or any elected minister gets involved in the hiring of public servants, economic and social policy advisors etc to the treasury or advisory institutes of the Department of the Prime minister and Cabinet.

Specifically the rolls of Hudson global resources etc, Leadership development centre and Cerno. Specifically at what stage of state sector employment vetting does an elected member of the NZ house of representatives become involved.

Yours

Iain Parker

I received a letter in the mail from the Prime Ministers Office 24 May 2007;

Dear Mr Parker

You wrote to the Prime Minister on 16 May 2007 seeking, under the Official Information Act 1982, information concerning the employment of public servants.

The information you have requested is more closely connected with the responsibilities of the Minister of State Services. Your request has, therefore, been transferred to the office of Hon Annette King under section 14 of the Act.

Yours sincerely

Heather Simpson

CHEIF OF STAFF

On 28 June 2007 I chased up Heather Simpson for my overdue reply;

Regards Heather Simpson,

I have not received any correspondence, confirmation or reply, on this question from any parties, since your typed letter, dated 24 May 2007, I’m sure I don’t need to remind yourself, the Prime Minister or Annette King of the provisions of the official information act 1982.

Thank you

Iain Parker

To which I received this reply 29 June 2007;

Dear Mr Parker,

I am responding to your email of 28 June advising that you have not yet

received a reply to your OIA request concerning the hiring of public

servants. I’ve been told that a response to your request was signed out on 27 June

and should be with you shortly.

regards

steve w.

Office of the Prime Minister

On 30 June 2007 I received in the mail a reply from Annette king, Minister of State Services,

dated 27 June;

Dear Mr Parker

Official Information Act Request re Hiring Of Public Servants

You have asked fro information about the time in which the Prime Minister or any elected Minister gets involved in the hiring of public servants, economic and social policy advisors etc to the treasury or advisory institutes of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet. Specifically the roles of Hudsons Global Resources etc, Leadership Development Centre and CERNO. Specifically at what stage of state sector employment vetting does an elected member of the New Zealand House of Representatives become involved.

Public servants are employed in the departments of the Public Service and the State Sector Act 1988 gives the responsibility of appointing them to the Chief Executives of each department. Therefore, for example, the Secretary for the Treasury and the Chief Executive of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet appoint employees of their respective departments. The State Sector Act 1988, in section 33, specifically states that the “Chief Executive of a department shall not be responsible to the appropriate Minister but shall act independently” when making decisions about individual employees, including on matters relating to appointments.

The State Services Commissioner has the responsibility for appointing Chief Executives of Departments in the Public Service. The process for appointment is prescribed in section 35 of the State Sector Act 1988.

In Subsection (2) of section 35 the Commissioner, where there is a vacancy or impending vacancy, “shall-

(a) inform the Minister of that vacancy or impending vacancy; and

(b) invite the Minister to inform the Commissioner of any matters that the Minister wishes the Commissioners to take into account in making an appointment to the position.”

Once the panel to appoint a Chief Executive has carried out its interview function it deliberates and the Commissioner is required to make a recommendation to the Minister for an appointment.

The Minister refers the recommendation to the Governor-General in Council, who can accept or decline the recommendation.

I enclose a copy of section 35, which sets out the statutory requirements for appointments and a diagram that explains the appointment process and the stages at which Ministers are involved. (No appointment recommendation has been declined by the Governor-General to date.)

So in relation to the Public Service, it is only in respect of appointment of Chief Executives that Ministers become involved.

As for the involvement of the organisations you mention, Cerno Ltd is an organisation that the State Services Commissioner uses in the Chief Executive appointment process but neither Hudson nor the Leadership Development Centre are involved. (Enclosed, for your information, is a printout from the Leadership Development Centre website that sets out the Centre’s functions.)

Yours sincerely

Hon Annette King

Minister of State Services

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The following arrived 30 Jan 2008

Dear Mr Parker

Please find attached our response to your Official Information Request.

Yours faithfully

John Ombler
Deputy Commissioner, Corporate Services Branch
State Services Commission

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Ref: SSC2007/08-008

30 January 2008

Mr Iain Parker

mite4@xtra.co.nz

Dear Mr Parker

Official Information Act request for Government Expenditure on external Consultants and Contractors

Please find attached a list of contractors, being individuals with whom we have contracted consultancy firms and companies together with information about the type of service and actual cost of the service. The list begins from 2003/04. We changed our finance system in 2003 and we are unable to readily access similar information prior to 2003/04. To provide such information back to 1984 as requested would require substantial collation or research incurring significant cost which you would be liable to meet.

Yours sincerely

John Ombler

Deputy Commissioner, Corporate Services

2006/07
		FY 06/07	FY 07/08
Contract	Type of Service	TOTAL	TOTAL
10065 – Hudson Global Resources	CE Appointment	28,431	-
10067 – Boyden Global Executive Search	CE Appointment	53,975	-
10068 – SHL	CE Appointment	34,269	-
10070 – Bell McCaw Bampfylde Ltd	CE Appointment	60,627	-
10071 – SHL Auckland	CE Appointment	43,629	-
10072 – Cerno Limited	CE Appointment	23,970	-
10073 – Lee-Ann Newton	Leased Executive	22,150	5,040
10074 – Executive Appointment	CE Appointment	42,411	-
10075 – Bell McCaw Bampfylde	CE Appointment	65,418	-
10076 – Swann Group Ltd	CE Appointment	57,236	-13,500
10077 – SHL Auckland	CE Appointment	25,675	-
10078 – Martin, Jenkins & Associates	CE Appointment	50,000	-
10079 – EQI Global	CE Appointment	50,362	-
10080 – Cerno Limited	CE Appointment	25,500	-
10081 – Cerno Limited	CE Appointment	14,380	-
10082 – Cerno Limited	CE Appointment	20,175	-
10083 – Cerno Limited	CE Appointment	26,000	-
10084 – Executive Appointment (Wgtn) Ltd	CE Appointment	12,000	36,000
10085 – PricewaterhouseCoopers	Consultancy services	-	125,000
10086 – Boydon Global Executive Search	CE Appointment	-	36,541
10087 – SHL New Zealand Limited	CE Appointment	-	24,735
10088 – Bell McCaw Bampfylde Ltd	CE Appointment	-	49,500
10089 – Cerno Limited	CE Appointment	-	20,175
10090 – Executive Appointment (Wgtn) Limited	CE Appointment	-	40,000
21011 – Colmar & Brunton Research Limited	Research	80,880	-
21013 – UMR Research Limited	Research services	23,630	18,225
21014 – Career Options	Assist in Refresh the Milestone/SD Goals	14,888	24,444
21015 – Career Options	NZ Experience 1st Measurement	17,681	11,177
21016 – Howard Fancy & Assoc Ltd	Consultancy services	27,000	-
21018 – A C Nielson (NZ) Limited	Research	-	55,500
21019 – Career Options	Refresh milestones/SDGoals Report	-	19,178
23003 – Colmar & Brunton Research Limited	Qualitative Research	98,630	-
23005 – Dot Kettle	Agency engagement & Comms Advice	55,230	-
23006 – Martin Jenkins & Associates	Project Management	66,550	-
23007 – Careering Options Limited	Writing and editing	22,895	-
23008 – Careering Options Limited	Relationship management	17,652	-
23009 – Keith Johnston & Patricia Sarr	Working framework for dev goal coordinat	25,000	-
23010 – The Ethics Resource Center	Survey	41,042	28,500
23011 – Origin Design Company Ltd	Design work	16,268	-
23012 – Hay Group Limited	Expert in job sizing	11,450	-
23013 – NZ Inst of Economic Research Inc	Facility study	24,000	-
23014 – BoardWorks International NZ Limited	Crown entity governance	15,000	-9,000
30132 – Davidson Consulting Ltd	Evaluation consultancy	57,060	-
30133 – Rozanne Gardine H2R	EEO development services	53,515	4,290
30134 – Personnel Pysch	Research, advice, report and guidance wr	44,123	-
30135 – Brand Capital	Research services	263,178	-
30137 – Ideas Shop	Communications consultancy	67,200	-2,250
30141 – H2R Limited	Learning & development services	33,357	-
30143 – Three Trees Communications	Communications/publishing consultancy	12,021
30145 – Intergen	Website template design/program	23,496	-
30146 – Experience Networks Ltd	Interface design	16,602	-0
30147 – Burleigh Evatt Holdings Limited	Project management	-	114,925
30148 – Cerno Ltd	Web-based competency assessment tools	40,000	10,000
30152 – Inglis & Broughton Ltd	State sector advice	-	26,400
50007 – Chapman Tripp	Legal advice	47,972	-
50009 – Elwood Consulting	Specialist ICT contract services	10,000	-
70077 – Hewlett-Packard NZ Ltd	General review	46,787	-
70078 – Ross Human Directions Ltd	IT services	16,294	-
70079 – Hudson Global Services	HR services	21,146	-
70081 – Frintier Software Ltd	Software services	13,875	-
70086 – Influence Consulting Limited	Training Services	22,587	-
70088 – Probity Consulting Ltd	Procurement/Process consulting	13,365	-
70092 – Clayton Ford	Leased person	61,560	22,900
70096 – Bell McCaw Bampfylde Limited	Recruitment services	75,829	-
40666 – Amos Aked Swift (NZ) Limited	IT/Telecom consultancy services	25,340	2,730
40680 – Vision Recruitment Limited	IT & HR skills to do research & analysis	17,423	-1,680
40718 – Amost Aked Swift	Telecomunications industry consultancy	-	14,100
40633 – TNS New ZEaland Ltd	Survey and analysis	22,330	-
40639 – Gspin Limited	Planning, strategy & Proj Mgmt	45,428	-
40652 – Stratway Trading Limited	Business Dev/Acct Mgmt serv	60,842	65,556
40705 – Ephemeral Consulting Ltd	Business Dev/Soln Mgmt serv	-	11,719
40607 – McDonnell Business Intelligence	Specialist services for Contract Negotia	11,581	-
40627 – Steve Seaton	Proj & risk mgmt expertise	13,278	-
40635 – VoCo Limited	Consultancy	21,598	-
40641 – McDonnell Limited	Commercial advice & contract draft	11,981	-
40643 – Catalyst IT Limited	Specialist technical services	20,040	3,980
40658 – Catalyst IT Limited	Specialist technical services	20,000	-
40663 – Anna Maree Chambers	Project Management	32,980	43,280
40695 – Cognitum Group Limited	Specialist IT services	-	23,700
40710 – Helium Work-Search Limited	Team leader	-	20,190
47241 – Sysdoc Group Ltd	Specialised technical writing skills	21,959	-
47261 – Emmanuelle Radha Hendrikx	Specialised technical writing services	17,435	660
40566 – CityLink Limited	Network circuits & services	158,536	45,028
40567 – Revera	Data storage & datacentre services	30,582	6,428
40570 – Ross Capill Consulting Ltd	ICT Project Planning Services	-	177,600
40586 – Marcel van den Assum	Independent advice	53,000	6,000
40587 – Pasman Consulting & Publishing Ltd	Network Design & Planning	170,940	20,680
40602 – Vector Communications Limited	Network connectivity	60,900	18,900
40628 – Telecom NZ Ltd	Telecom wholesale service	98,339	-70,396
40629 – PA Consulting	Mgmt, systems & tech consulting	22,000	28,160
40624 – Lazyjack Ltd – Stephen Tierney	Network Deployment Consulting	177,000	-
40616 – Brynstar	ITIL Service Management Consulting	273,350	-
40662 – Datacraft	Consultancy	85,023	-
40657 – Absolute IT	Network Consultancy	90,000	-
40597 – Prophecy	Network Consultancy	166,850	-
40583 – Prudence Hunter	Programme Manager	60,280	-
40577 – Hewlett-Packard Business Consulting	Testing Services	376,625	54,262
40585 – Synergy International Limited	Prototyping on-line services	253,538	-
40591 – Optimation New Zealand Limited	Design review	47,658	-
40596 – Senate Communications Limited	Communications services	31,779	-
40593 – Hudson Global Resources Ltd	HR Services	161,963	-
40606 – Azimuth Consulting Ltd	Serv to Govt Online Authentication	127,834	41,342
40613 – Prudence Hunter	Programme Manager	110,700	37,460
40626 – PA Consulting Group Ltd	Quality assurance	37,279	-
40630 – Fronde	Technical prototyping	654,552	172,882
40631 – Marie-Antoinette Nordstrand	Strategy services – feasibility study	83,025	-
40642 – Experience Networks Ltd	Comm & interface design	15,783	-
40615 – Enspier Technologies Inc	Review AoG Authen GLS programme	49,656	-
40681 – KPMG	Consulting services	17,000	-
40683 – Clear View Consulting Limited	Consulting	4,580	48,800
40693 – Buzz Channel Limited	Online survey	5,000	5,000
40721 – Management Integration Limited	Consulting services	-	25,675
40612 – Helium Work-Search Ltd	Snr Business Analyst	143,955	51,615
40678 – Hudson Global Resources Ltd	Professional Advice	40,573	24,111
40601 – McGovern & Associates Ltd	Assist with user requirements understand	14,710	-
40604 – Colin Jackson-IT.GEN.NZ	Technology services	12,000	-
40623 – David Hume	Research & specialist advice	41,200	-
40659 – Colin Jackson-IT.GEN.NZ	IT advice services	20,000	-
40711 – Wayne Pincott-Compos Mentis	Project Management	19,713	-
40599 – ProActive Services	Capability Audit	31,718	5,720
40605 – Transfer Protocol Limited	Web Consultancy Services	23,661	-
40609 – Entity Group Limited	Develop ITIL related documents	64,190	75,540
40621 – IBM New Zealand Limited	Maintenance & support services	15,290	15,290
40622 – IBM New Zealand Limited	Purchase of maint & supp services	4,234	48,803
40632 – CQB Limited	Operational expertise	128,213	51,513
40650 – Hudson Global Resources (NZ) Limited	HR services	18,270	32,856
40674 – McDonnell Wellington Ltd	Consultancy & Advice	20,026	35,863
40677 – Affinity Ltd	Dev work prog for managing govt.nz space	36,960	7,040
60070 – Aatea Consultants Limited	Moderation	13,943	-
60071 – Rhonda Thompson	Analytical Services	10,835	-
60072 – Malcolm Lloyd Cooper	Moderation & writing	47,037	-
60073 – Karen Schellevis	Moderation & writing	17,587	-
60075 – Elizabeth Marie Cooper	QA advice	10,538	-
60076 – Robyn Skelton	Moderation & writing	12,894	-
60078 – Jane Elspeth Muru	Moderation & writing	26,223	-
60082 – Right Management Consultants Ltd	HR	13,468	-
60086 – Write Group Limited	Communications	19,449	-
60087 – Origin Design Co Ltd	Communications	84,384	-
60091 – Rhonda Thomson	R & D of strategy framework	17,000	-
60092 – Sytec Resources Limited	IT services	16,100	-
60093 – Ange Wither	Develop Client Services Model	17,775	-
60097 – Dave Mason Productions	Production of TV series	10,000	-
60099 – Diane Lesley Lithgow	Coordination services in Akl, Ham & BoP	4,950	11,200
61005 – Training & Energy Limited	Coordination services	-	12,400
69004 – Information Power Limited	IT support services	-	10,875
69005 – David Marsh	Develop new subsidy model	15,000	-
Total		6,891,850	1,832,661

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Who are Hudson Global Resources?

Company Overveiw

 

http://nz.hudson.com/node.asp?kwd=company-overview

Who Are Cerno?

Cerno
Managerial assessment
When you’re making a key recruitment or succession planning decision – we give you new insight into candidates. We can also help your people understand their own strengths to plan career and training needs.
We offer you:
Best practice assessment techniques such as in-depth clinical interviewing, executive simulations and referee checking. These deliver far greater insight than behavioural interviewing and personality testing alone.
Interpretive skill and judgement, ensuring assessments that are meaningful to your needs. We frequently manage high-profile and sensitive appointments, tight time-frames, and political environments. Totally independent advice so personality aspects do not influence decisions. Unlike recruitment consultants, we have no financial interest in candidates.
About Us
Whether your organisation has 10 or 10,000 employees, Cerno’s experienced business psychologists can help you:
Appoint the right person for a senior management role
Enhance your organisation’s leadership capability
Develop a successful change management strategy
Get feedback through organisational surveys
Resolve human resource issues
Improve career planning and development
Motivate your staff.
Cerno is based in Wellington, New Zealand, and was founded in 1996. We primarily work with clients around New Zealand. Our clients include leading businesses, government departments and multinationals.
Our mission
Our mission is to help organisations improve through their increased understanding of people.
Specifically:
We provide services that increase management insight about people.
Management use this additional understanding to improve the success of their organisation.
All of our services make a real and measurable improvement to organisations that use them.
The benefits gained from using our services far exceed their cost.
Our customers
Typically, Cerno is called in by the Board, Chief Executive or Senior Management. Our clients include some of New Zealand’s best-known corporates and government agencies, including
Telecom New Zealand, Air New Zealand, The Reserve Bank, The Treasury, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, State Services Commission, Department of Corrections, Ministry of Justice, NZ Defence Force, and Inland Revenue.
Our values
We listen to our clients and take notice of what they say.
We have fun but are hard working.
Our services are consistently of the highest quality.
We hire top people, treat them well, and expect the best.
We maintain ethical and professional standards.
We keep ahead – our competitors strive to copy us, we strive to be better than ourselves.
In all things we are enthusiastic, passionate and positive.
From the Profiles page;
It States – Cerno’s three Directors oversee all our client assignments.
Dr Dave George
Dave is a registered psychologist with a PhD in Organisational Psychology and was previously a Partner at KPMG. Dave’s expertise includes management assessment, culture and climate assessment, designing and supporting change management programmes, and improving executive team performance. Previous clients warn about discussing any of the following topics with him: sailing, wine, Taihape, and the five-day forecast
Dr Sharon Rippin
Sharon is a registered psychologist who is known for her doctoral research that produced the New Zealand Effective Manager Model. Her extensive consulting experience includes managerial assessment and development, competency development, 360 degree feedback, design of selection and assessment systems, and performance management. Sharon also has a talent for providing life guidance to anyone who will give her the time of day and power-shopping
Russell McMurray
Russell has an Honours Degree in Business Information Systems and 20 years experience in human resource consulting. Over that period he has gained significant experience in survey design, statistical analysis, and database management. His consulting experience also includes competency analysis, HR strategy and planning, and career frameworks. His hobbies include spending time with his 3 children and going on long mountain-bike treks (to escape his 3 children).

http://www.cerno.co.nz/

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Who are The Leadership Development Centre?

The establishment of the Leadership Development Centre signals a new approach to senior management development for current and potential senior leaders in the public sector based on new standards and new delivery arrangements.

The Centre provides directly to chief executives, , and HR specialists from our .

The Centre is the principal delivery organisation for senior leadership management and development in the public sector, delivering the
Public Sector Advanced Leadership Programme on behalf of the State Services Commissioner.

The Centre’s services range from Information and Advice at both personal and agency level, to Diagnostic Tools and light and in-depth .

http://www.ldc.govt.nz/