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A senior Commission officer, together with staff undertaking the assignment, will then approach the client department at directorate level so that departmental staff may be aware that a study is to be made and the reasons for it. Thereafter, the assignment staff of the Corruption Prevention Department will study all aspects of the subject area including procedures, practices and the policy background. This may require ICAC/departmental contacts at several levels and it will be usual for an officer to be appointed by the departmental head to act as the liaison link with the assignment staff and to arrange meetings with other departmental staff.
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Before proposals are framed, discussions will take place between staff of the client department and the Corruption Prevention Department. Usually, substantial agreement on any remedial measures to be taken can be reached at this stage. Following this, a formal report will be sent to the client depart- ment, setting out the corruption opportunities and making recommen- dations for reducing or, if possible, eliminating them. important matters of policy are involved or if it is thought desirable for other reasons, the client department should send a copy of this report to the Secretariat Branch Secretary or Secretaries concerned for information. When the client department has accepted the recommendations, it is then responsible for making sure that they are implemented as soon as practicable and for notifying the Commissioner, ICAC (and, if necessary, the Branch Secretary concerned) when this has been done.
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If the recommendations are not accepted, discussions will take place at directorate level between the client department and ICAC with a view to reaching an arrangement satisfactory to both. In the unlikely event of the client department and ICAC failing to reach agreement over any particular aspect of a corruption prevention study, the Branch Secretary concerned will be consulted.
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The Corruption Prevention Advisory Committee keeps a close watch on all stages of an assignment from its inception to final acceptance and implementations. This committee also studies and recommends the approval of reports on assignments before these are sent formally to departments. After a reasonable period, the Corruption Prevention Department checks periodically to assess the effectiveness of the changes introduced and whether, either as a result of changing circumstances or continuing weaknesses in the system, further study is required. Periodic reports are made to the Corruption Prevention Advisory Committee on this monitoring process which is becoming an increasingly important task.
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