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and letters into plain language, add status notifications, and measure contact reduction.", "quote": "[pages 34,35,36,37,38]\nopriation\nOutput 4 2 997 2 061\nSales of goods and services 5 299 419\nGoods and services received free of charge 6 904 1 245\nOther income 8 1 125\nTOTAL INCOME 4 201 3 850\nEXPENSES\nEmployee expenses 9 2 289 1 892\nAdministrative expenses\nProperty management 18 44\nPurchases of goods and services 10 1 190 830\nRepairs and maintenance - -\nDepreciation and amortisation 18,19 57 28\nOther administrative expenses1 904 1 245\nInterest expenses 11 2 -\nTOTAL EXPENSES 4 460 4 039\nN ET SURPLUS/(DEFICIT) (259) (189)\nCOMPREHENSIVE RESULT (259) (189)\n1 Includes DCDD service charges and DIPL repairs and maintenance service charges.", "impact": "High", "effort": "Low", "proof": "Evidence-backed", "beneficiaries": "Citizens / service users", "source": "annual-reports/2023-24.pdf 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evidence.", "quote": "[Page 28]\n• Architecture and Cybersecurity - heightened Audits\nawareness and specialist advice\nThe NTEC participated in 3 audits during the reporting\n• Technology Services - heightened awareness\nyear:\nand priority support\n• Agency Business Systems - After hours support • End of year review for 2021-22\nfor the election management system (TIGER),\n• Agency compliance audit\nthe elector mark-off system (eLAPPS) and vote\ncount system (Easy Count), as well as vendor • Value for Territory audit\nmanagement and incident management The audits only identified minor matters.", "impact": "High", "effort": "Low", "proof": "Evidence-backed", "beneficiaries": "Executives / assurance teams", "source": "annual-reports/2022-23.pdf (https://ntec.nt.gov.au/_resources/documents/corporate/annual-reports/2022-2023-Annual-Report.pdf)", "implementation": [ "Pick one high-volume process or document family.", "Name an owner and baseline current volume, time, cost, and 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audit\nthe elector mark-off system (eLAPPS) and vote\ncount system (Easy Count), as well as vendor • Value for Territory audit\nmanagement and incident management The audits only identified minor matters.", "impact": "Very High", "effort": "High", "proof": "Evidence-backed", "beneficiaries": "Executives / assurance teams", "source": "annual-reports/2022-23.pdf (https://ntec.nt.gov.au/_resources/documents/corporate/annual-reports/2022-2023-Annual-Report.pdf)", "implementation": [ "Create a senior responsible owner and cross-functional delivery team.", "Map legislation, data, privacy, procurement, cyber, and workforce constraints.", "Co-design with users and frontline staff before technology selection.", "Stage delivery through pilots, benefits tracking, and public reporting." ], "risks": [ "Privacy and data quality", "Change fatigue", "Unclear accountability", "Regulatory capture", "Over-automation of judgement" ] }, { "entity_id": "S-NT-016", "entity_name": "NT Electoral Commission", "folder_name": "NT-Electoral-Commission", "category": "Citizen Participation", "scale": "small", "title": "Consultation feedback summaries with response tracking", "idea": "Summarise consultation submissions by theme and publish what changed in response.", "quote": "[pages 7,8,9,10]\nAssembly and representation reviews for local\n• Increased attendance at events including,\ngovernment\nforums, expos, workshops etc.\n• System stability and security, maintaining high\n• Increased interactions by stakeholders with\nintegrity in the delivery of election events\nNTEC communication channels\nWhat are our outcomes:\n• Improved distribution and reach in\n• Implement an election cycle which identifies communications across the election cycle\nphases and key activities\n• Increased voter participation and decrease in the\n• Service Plan in place for each general election number of informal votes\nsupporting the management of the election and\n• Territorians are aware of the role and functions\nstakeholder awareness\nof the NTEC\nNorthern Territory Electoral Commission - Annual Report 2024-25 | 7", "impact": "High", "effort": "Low", "proof": "Evidence-backed", "beneficiaries": "Citizens / stakeholders / policy teams", "source": "annual-reports/2024-25.pdf (https://ntec.nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/1567628/ntec-annual-report-2024-25.pdf)", "implementation": [ "Pick one high-volume process or document family.", "Name an owner and baseline current volume, time, cost, and satisfaction.", "Run a 4-8 week pilot with clear before/after metrics.", "Publish lessons and decide whether to scale." ], "risks": [ "Privacy and data quality", "Change fatigue", "Unclear accountability", "Digital exclusion", "Low public trust if feedback is not acted on" ] }, { "entity_id": "S-NT-016", "entity_name": "NT Electoral Commission", "folder_name": "NT-Electoral-Commission", "category": "Citizen Participation", "scale": "large", "title": "Always-on policy participation platform", "idea": "Create a standing participation platform where citizens and stakeholders can propose, vote, and track ideas.", "quote": "[pages 7,8,9,10]\nAssembly and representation reviews for local\n• Increased attendance at events including,\ngovernment\nforums, expos, workshops etc.\n• System stability and security, maintaining high\n• Increased interactions by stakeholders with\nintegrity in the delivery of election events\nNTEC communication channels\nWhat are our outcomes:\n• Improved distribution and reach in\n• Implement an election cycle which identifies communications across the election cycle\nphases and key activities\n• Increased voter participation and decrease in the\n• Service Plan in place for each general election number of informal votes\nsupporting the management of the election and\n• Territorians are aware of the role and functions\nstakeholder awareness\nof the NTEC\nNorthern Territory Electoral Commission - Annual Report 2024-25 | 7", "impact": "Very High", "effort": "High", "proof": "Evidence-backed", "beneficiaries": "Citizens / stakeholders / policy teams", "source": "annual-reports/2024-25.pdf (https://ntec.nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/1567628/ntec-annual-report-2024-25.pdf)", "implementation": [ "Create a senior responsible owner and cross-functional delivery team.", "Map legislation, data, privacy, procurement, cyber, and workforce constraints.", "Co-design with users and frontline staff before technology selection.", "Stage delivery through pilots, benefits tracking, and public reporting." ], "risks": [ "Privacy and data quality", "Change fatigue", "Unclear accountability", "Digital exclusion", "Low public trust if feedback is not acted on" ] }, { "entity_id": "S-NT-016", "entity_name": "NT Electoral Commission", "folder_name": "NT-Electoral-Commission", "category": "Data & Performance", "scale": "small", "title": "KPI evidence register with named owners", "idea": "Create a simple register mapping each KPI to source data, owner, frequency, target, and last result.", "quote": "Financial Performance\nNTEC’s financial performance in 2022-23 has been compared with the final budget for 2022-23 as set out in\nthe table below:\n2022-23 Actual financial performance and 2022-23 final approved budget\nActual performance 2023 Final budget 2023 Variance\n$000 $000 $000\nIncome 3 850 4 083 (233)\nExpenses 4 039 4 110 71\nNet surplus/ (deficit) (189) (27) (162)\nIn the 2022-23 financial year, NTEC conducted 15 local government by-elections that generated an income of\n$0.31 million.", "impact": "High", "effort": "Low", "proof": "Evidence-backed", "beneficiaries": "Executives / Parliament / public", "source": "annual-reports/2022-23.pdf (https://ntec.nt.gov.au/_resources/documents/corporate/annual-reports/2022-2023-Annual-Report.pdf)", "implementation": [ "Pick one high-volume process or document family.", "Name an owner and baseline current volume, time, cost, and satisfaction.", "Run a 4-8 week pilot with clear 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income of\n$0.31 million.", "impact": "Very High", "effort": "High", "proof": "Evidence-backed", "beneficiaries": "Executives / Parliament / public", "source": "annual-reports/2022-23.pdf (https://ntec.nt.gov.au/_resources/documents/corporate/annual-reports/2022-2023-Annual-Report.pdf)", "implementation": [ "Create a senior responsible owner and cross-functional delivery team.", "Map legislation, data, privacy, procurement, cyber, and workforce constraints.", "Co-design with users and frontline staff before technology selection.", "Stage delivery through pilots, benefits tracking, and public reporting." ], "risks": [ "Privacy and data quality", "Change fatigue", "Unclear accountability" ] }, { "entity_id": "S-NT-016", "entity_name": "NT Electoral Commission", "folder_name": "NT-Electoral-Commission", "category": "Regulation & Policy", "scale": "small", "title": "Regulatory burden scan for forms, guidance, and reporting", "idea": "Identify the top 10 highest-friction reporting obligations and simplify guidance, forms, or evidence requirements.", "quote": "STAFF DEVELOPMENT AND RECOGNITION\nStaff members attended the following development opportunities in 2020-2021:\n• ECANZ and Electoral Regulation Research Network conferences\n• Regulation of Australian Elections course run by the Electoral Regulation Research Network (ERRN)\nvia Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne\n• 2021 State Election and Legislative Council Elections – Tasmania (observer)\n• Professional Diploma in Digital Marketing\n• Foundations of Public Sector Governance\n• Emotional Intelligence training\n• First aid training\n• Punctuation unpacked/How to write in plain English workshops\n• No Woman Left Behind conference\nSTAFFING\nIn 2020-2021, employee expenses were approximately $2.935 million, which was 53.0 per cent of the\ntotal expenditure for the year.", "impact": "High", "effort": "Low", "proof": "Evidence-backed", "beneficiaries": "Regulated entities / policy teams", "source": 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