Glossary

All-of-government

A term with several broad shades of meaning, depending on context. For example, it may mean:

• 'vertical alignment': single agency, multi-agency, sectoral or inter-sectoral alignment with government's broader goals and objectives;
• 'horizontal alignment': inter-agency or inter-sectoral planning, or integrated service delivery;
• a 'whole of government direction' given under the Crown Entities Act 2004 by the Ministers of State Services and Finance to one or more categories of Crown entities, or to one or more types of statutory entity, for the purpose of both:
  - supporting a whole of government approach; and
  - improving public services, either directly or indirectly;
• a reference to all the constituent parts of the Executive Government of New Zealand;
• a reference to the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of the Government of New Zealand;
• a reference to all the agencies collectively of 'central government' and 'local government'. Synonymous in this sense with 'public sector'.

  Related Glossary Terms

  Public sector