By Grace Q. Bryant
The Civil Service Agency (CSA) of Liberia has announced the extension of the deadline for the Personal Action Notice (PAN) completion process from 90 to 120 days.
This extension, spanning from April 2 to August 2, 2024, aims to facilitate the deployment of necessary logistics and analyst teams to collaborate with the Human Resource Departments of Spending Entities in verifying bona fide employees and completing the PAN process.
Making the disclosure Wednesday, April 10 at MICAT regular press brief, the CSA Director General, Josiah Joekai, noted that, in the forthcoming days, the CSA will distribute a comprehensive timeline to all Spending Entities, outlining key activities, execution dates, and assigned teams for the PAN completion exercise, in order to assist Spending Entities, particularly their Human Resource Departments, in preparing adequately for the process.
The Personnel Action Notice (PAN) is a document used in human resources management to record changes or updates related to an employee’s status, such as hiring, promotion, transfer, termination, or other personnel actions. It serves as an official record of these changes and is typically maintained in the employee’s personnel file.
However, Director Joekai outlined that a Public Sector Modernization Project (PSMP) has been implemented by the CSA, the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning (MFDP), and a host of other Spending Entities over the last six years, with the goal of instituting major reforms to ensure prudent public finance management.
The CSA boss used the occasion to extend his profound gratitude to their development partners, especially the Government of the United States, through USAID, the Swedish Government, the EU, and the World Bank Group, for providing the much-needed funding for this vital project.
“In keeping with accountability and transparency, the General Auditing Commission (GAC) conducted a forensic payroll compliance audit from January 1, 2018, to December 31, 2021. The payroll audit uncovered alarming proportions of financial mismanagement, fraud, and waste, as laid out in the Auditor General’s findings and recommendations,” Joekai said.
He noted that the recommendations are divided into segments, with some requiring a multi-sectoral implementation approach and the majority needing simple and straightforward actions, but further claimed that, unfortunately, the Weah administration did not implement the Auditor General’s recommendations.
He revealed that during the GAC audit, they observed that 122 employees from across 20 ministries and agencies had shared bank accounts.
