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A seasoned warm Christmas greeting to you all hardworking and dedicated staff of the Department of Personnel Management. As we reach the end of another year, it would be remiss of me not to reflect on all that we have achieved as a Department throughout the year. There are many achievements and equally many challenges…

The Department of Personnel Management and its staff had a lot to celebrate this December, with the launching of the department’s 2023-2027 corporate plan and the re-appointment of Secretary Ms. Taies Sansan coinciding with the staff Christmas party on the 6th of December was surely a triple celebration for the department.   Deputy Secretary with…

Department of Personnel Management Secretary Ms. Taies Sansan formally returned all Human Resource Powers that were previously revoked on the 01st of October 2019 to department and agency heads to be restored, which will be effected on Tuesday 2nd January 2024. All agency heads were advised through a circular instruction No. 18 / 2023 instructing…

Secretary Ms. Taies Sansan once again represented the state as the head of the Department of Personnel Management, signed a Memorandum of Agreement that will be covering the terms and conditions for Teacher’s in the next three years and onwards. Secretary Sansan said the agreement has been successfully reached and commended all parties involved especially…

Secretary Ms. Taies Sansan launched the 2023-2027 Corporate Plan for the Department of Personnel Management on the 06th of December at the APEC Haus, Port Moresby. Secretary Sansan thanked the staff of the Department who had contributed immensely to achieving the objectives from the last corporate plan in the last four years despite minimum funding…

Agency heads in the government departments are being assessed through the Performance Management System, which is a business tool that the Department of Personnel Management utilizes to assess the key result areas of agency heads in the country. This presentation was made at the DPM Reforms Regional workshop by Executive Manager for Executive Contracts Admin…

The Public Service Nuicare Association (PSNA) will take care of the Life and Medical Insurance scheme for publics servants in the country, this was clarified by Deputy Secretary Policy and Reforms Mr. Ellison Kalimet with the Department of Personnel Management at the DPM Reforms Regional Workshop in Lae, Morobe Province. ` He said the Public…

Department of Personnel Management Secretary Ms. Taies Sansan attended the 16th Pacific Public Services Commissioners conference that was held in Wellington New Zealand that took place from the 13th to the 16th of November this year. Representing the Papua New Guinea Public Service, Secretary Sansan along with 50 other delegates from the 16 pacific countries…

Department of Personnel Management’s Policy and Review Coordination Officer Mr. David Kawage graduated as the top student with a certificate in Governance and Public Policy (Social Research Methods) that was undertaken at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia. Mr. Kawage along with Senior Public Service Reforms officer with the Strategic Policy Development branch Ms.…

Administration of the Performance Management System by respective agencies heads is critical and important and awareness on this continues as the Department of Personnel Management Reforms Regional Workshops progress.   It is a HR process for managing performance of agency heads and prior to 2018 there was not a system to measure and asses the performance…