Choose the definition Sense-making Interpreting incomplete, ambiguous or competing information and perspectives to form a coherent understanding of a situation, its implications and what to do next. CSF's workshop series for public officers covering signs of change, sense-making, assumptions, possible futures and scenario planning. Parliamentary Question Submission
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Sense-making — Interpreting incomplete, ambiguous or competing information and perspectives to form a coherent understanding of a situation, its implications and what to do next.
Cross-government
View in full glossary Next question Choose the term A preliminary discussion or consultation document usually issued before the Government formulates a policy. Green Paper Clear Days Cover note White Paper
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Green Paper — A preliminary discussion or consultation document usually issued before the Government formulates a policy.
Cross-government
View in full glossary Next question Choose what this abbreviation means 3S Stability, Self-reliance, and Social mobility Stability, Self-reliance, and Social manpower Stability, Self-reliance, and Social minister Stability, Self-reliance, and Social material
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3S — Stability, Self-reliance, and Social mobility
Social and Family Services
MSF's three long-term outcomes for lower-income families, used to frame ComLink+ and related family-support measures.
View in full glossary Next question Choose the definition Black elephant To turn on Microsoft Word’s Track Changes feature so insertions, deletions and formatting edits are recorded for review. A major foreseeable risk combining disruptive consequences with a tendency to be collectively ignored until it becomes a crisis. Behavioural Insights Committee of Supply cut
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Black elephant — A major foreseeable risk combining disruptive consequences with a tendency to be collectively ignored until it becomes a crisis.
Cross-government
View in full glossary Next question Choose the term A document prepared for reading, circulation or submission without visible tracked changes or comments. Clean version Statute Paper Track changes Exam question
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Clean version — A document prepared for reading, circulation or submission without visible tracked changes or comments.
Cross-government
View in full glossary Next question Choose the definition Implementation is policy To defer a decision or response so there is time to think it through, often overnight, before committing to a view. Business as Usual For Your Action A Public Service maxim that implementation choices and administrative details materially shape whether a policy succeeds and how it is experienced.
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Implementation is policy — A Public Service maxim that implementation choices and administrative details materially shape whether a policy succeeds and how it is experienced.
Cross-government
View in full glossary Next question Choose the term A document defining a committee, working group or project’s purpose, scope, membership, authority, deliverables and operating arrangements. Terms of Reference Steering Committee Play it by ear Action tracker
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Terms of Reference — A document defining a committee, working group or project’s purpose, scope, membership, authority, deliverables and operating arrangements.
Cross-government
View in full glossary Next question Choose the term The practical conditions, constraints, behaviours and lived experiences that affect how a policy or programme works outside the paper design. Unknown unknowns Grievance Debates First principles Ground realities
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Ground realities — The practical conditions, constraints, behaviours and lived experiences that affect how a policy or programme works outside the paper design.
Cross-government
View in full glossary Next question Choose the abbreviation Government Terms Translated GTT GUT GET GYT
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GTT — Government Terms Translated
Cross-government
MDDI’s repository of translations for Government policy-related terms in Singapore’s four official languages.
View in full glossary Next question Choose the definition Backcasting A statement made in Parliament by a Minister regarding the Government’s policy or decision. A document that a ministry or statutory body is legally required to present to Parliament. A foresight method defining a desired or feared future, then working backwards to identify policies or programmes connecting it to the present. Support given by a stakeholder or intermediate authority, commonly before the matter goes to the person or forum with final approval authority.
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Backcasting — A foresight method defining a desired or feared future, then working backwards to identify policies or programmes connecting it to the present.
Cross-government
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Sense-making — Interpreting incomplete, ambiguous or competing information and perspectives to form a coherent understanding of a situation, its implications and what to do next.
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Green Paper — A preliminary discussion or consultation document usually issued before the Government formulates a policy.
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3S — Stability, Self-reliance, and Social mobility
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Black elephant — A major foreseeable risk combining disruptive consequences with a tendency to be collectively ignored until it becomes a crisis.
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Clean version — A document prepared for reading, circulation or submission without visible tracked changes or comments.
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Implementation is policy — A Public Service maxim that implementation choices and administrative details materially shape whether a policy succeeds and how it is experienced.
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Terms of Reference — A document defining a committee, working group or project’s purpose, scope, membership, authority, deliverables and operating arrangements.
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Ground realities — The practical conditions, constraints, behaviours and lived experiences that affect how a policy or programme works outside the paper design.
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GTT — Government Terms Translated
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Backcasting — A foresight method defining a desired or feared future, then working backwards to identify policies or programmes connecting it to the present.
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