Administrative Department of Public Service

Administrative Department of Public Service
Departamento Administrativo de la Función Pública
Agency overview
Formed	December 29, 1992 (1992-12-29)
Preceding agency	Departamento Administrativo del Servicio Civil
Headquarters	Carrera 6 № 12-62 Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
Annual budget	COP$10,401,567,800 (est. 2010)[1]
Agency executives	Elizabeth Rodríguez Taylor, Director Carla Liliana Henao Carmona, Deputy Director
Child agency	Higher School of Public Administration
Website
www.dafp.gov.co

The Administrative Department of Public Service (Spanish: Departamento Administrativo de la Función Pública, DAFP) is the Colombian Executive Administrative Department in charge of formulating the general policies of public administration, especially in matters relating to civil service, management, internal control and streamlined procedures of the Executive Branch of Colombia^[2].

In 1958, the Congress of Colombia passed Law 19 of 1958, which created the Administrative Department of Civil Service (Departamento Administrativo del Servicio Civil), in an effort to give the public administration an agency in charge of managing the human resources of the State. On December 29, 1992 the Government issued Decree 2169 of 1992, which dramatically changed the agency, changing its name to Administrative Department of Public Service, and putting it in charge of formulating policies and assessment material in management and human resources to the State^[3].

The DAFP also operates the College of Public Administration (Escuela Superior de Administración Publica) to educate and prepare the next generation of public servants to serve the government^[4].

References

1. ^ Ley de Presupuesto General de la Nación 2010, Ministry of Finance and Public Credit, 2010, pp. 18–19, http://www.minhacienda.gov.co/portal/page/portal/MinHacienda/haciendapublica/presupuesto/programacion/inicio/Ley2010/TOMO%200.pdf, retrieved 2010-08-18 
2. ^ "Sector de la Función Pública" (in Spanish) (PDF). Estructura del Estado Colombiano. Departamento Administrativo de la Función Pública. http://www.dafp.gov.co/Documentos/17%20sector%20función%20pública.pdf. Retrieved 2008-11-10. ^{[dead link]}
3. ^ "Reseña Histórica" (in Spanish). Nuestra Entidad. Departamento Administrativo de la Función Pública. http://hermesoft.esap.edu.co/. Retrieved 2008-11-10. 
4. ^ "Misión" (in Spanish). Escuela Superior de Administración Publica. http://hermesoft.esap.edu.co/. Retrieved 2008-11-10.