Choose what this abbreviation means FY Financial Year Financial Yue Financial Youth Financial Your
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FY — Financial Year
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The Government financial year running from 1 April to 31 March of the following calendar year.
View in full glossary Next question Choose the definition Clearance A foresight method defining a desired or feared future, then working backwards to identify policies or programmes connecting it to the present. A review confirming that material is suitable to move forward; clearance does not always constitute final authority to implement. Directional guidance from a senior officer or forum on how to proceed. A steer may narrow the options or indicate a preferred approach without constituting formal approval. A popular parliamentary name for official reports, statistics and government or parliamentary publications presented with blue covers.
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Clearance — A review confirming that material is suitable to move forward; clearance does not always constitute final authority to implement.
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View in full glossary Next question Choose the term An early working version prepared to establish the basic direction, structure or response before fuller review and refinement. Nil return For info First cut Blue Book
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First cut — An early working version prepared to establish the basic direction, structure or response before fuller review and refinement.
Cross-government
View in full glossary Next question Choose the term Directional guidance from a senior officer or forum on how to proceed. A steer may narrow the options or indicate a preferred approach without constituting formal approval. Steer SPEAR STESU SPEED
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Steer — Directional guidance from a senior officer or forum on how to proceed. A steer may narrow the options or indicate a preferred approach without constituting formal approval.
Cross-government
View in full glossary Next question Choose the term Discussion or resolution among officers doing the detailed staff work, usually before escalation to principals or a formal forum. Also called staff-level discussion. Workstream Bandwidth Citizen-centric Working-level
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Working-level — Discussion or resolution among officers doing the detailed staff work, usually before escalation to principals or a formal forum. Also called staff-level discussion.
Cross-government
View in full glossary Next question Choose the definition Take offline Tabletop Exercise To move a detailed, unresolved or tangential discussion to a separate conversation so the current meeting can proceed. A group of officers or stakeholders that performs detailed analysis, coordination or implementation within an agreed scope. A document defining a committee, working group or project’s purpose, scope, membership, authority, deliverables and operating arrangements.
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Take offline — To move a detailed, unresolved or tangential discussion to a separate conversation so the current meeting can proceed.
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View in full glossary Next question Choose the definition Staff An annual declaration by civil servants of interests in investments and properties, updated when they acquire significant assets. A Civil Service reporting framework allowing officers to disclose wrongful practices directly to agency leadership with confidentiality and protection against retaliation. The idea that ministries, statutory boards and public officers should act as one service and deliver coherent outcomes and experiences across organisational boundaries. An officer who supports a principal or forum by analysing an issue, coordinating inputs, preparing recommendations or papers, and following decisions through; also used as a verb for carrying out that work.
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Staff — An officer who supports a principal or forum by analysing an issue, coordinating inputs, preparing recommendations or papers, and following decisions through; also used as a verb for carrying out that work.
Cross-government
View in full glossary Next question Choose the abbreviation Keep In View KST KPI KIV KPE
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KIV — Keep In View
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To retain a matter for monitoring or later consideration without taking immediate action.
View in full glossary Next question Choose the term An official written paper put up for a superior or forum to note, discuss, clear, endorse, approve or decide. Guillotine Evergreen Submission Clearance
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Submission — An official written paper put up for a superior or forum to note, discuss, clear, endorse, approve or decide.
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View in full glossary Next question Choose the definition No surprises Workplan Seminar A Public Service policy requiring the agency that receives feedback to help route and secure ownership of the case instead of simply turning the person away because another agency is responsible. A working norm that material issues, risks or disagreements should be surfaced early rather than first appearing at a formal forum. A Public Service maxim that implementation choices and administrative details materially shape whether a policy succeeds and how it is experienced.
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No surprises — A working norm that material issues, risks or disagreements should be surfaced early rather than first appearing at a formal forum.
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FY — Financial Year
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Clearance — A review confirming that material is suitable to move forward; clearance does not always constitute final authority to implement.
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First cut — An early working version prepared to establish the basic direction, structure or response before fuller review and refinement.
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Steer — Directional guidance from a senior officer or forum on how to proceed. A steer may narrow the options or indicate a preferred approach without constituting formal approval.
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Working-level — Discussion or resolution among officers doing the detailed staff work, usually before escalation to principals or a formal forum. Also called staff-level discussion.
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Take offline — To move a detailed, unresolved or tangential discussion to a separate conversation so the current meeting can proceed.
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Staff — An officer who supports a principal or forum by analysing an issue, coordinating inputs, preparing recommendations or papers, and following decisions through; also used as a verb for carrying out that work.
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KIV — Keep In View
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Submission — An official written paper put up for a superior or forum to note, discuss, clear, endorse, approve or decide.
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No surprises — A working norm that material issues, risks or disagreements should be surfaced early rather than first appearing at a formal forum.
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