August 27, 2026

Budget steering meeting


Priya Nair, Omar Al Marzooqi, Khalid Al Nuaimi, Arjun Menon, Aisha Al Mansouri, Tareq Khoury

Tareq Khoury: Welcome back everyone, quick recap first. Arjun Menon: I think both proposals have merit, we can blend them. Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before August. The Q4 budget review flagged Communications as 34 percent over on contractor spend. The Q4 budget review flagged Technology as 21 percent over on contractor spend. Priya Nair: The Q2 budget review flagged Finance as 30 percent over on contractor spend. I love these sessions, the more people we pull in the better. Khalid Al Nuaimi: Finance asked every unit to model a 4 percent efficiency scenario. The incentive program payouts land in the September cycle, so cash flow needs a look. Tareq Khoury: We reallocated the training budget toward the digital skills track. The Q1 budget review flagged Strategy as 19 percent over on contractor spend. Khalid Al Nuaimi: One more thing from my side: we reallocated the training budget toward the digital skills track. Tareq Khoury: The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. The Q1 budget review flagged Legal as 22 percent over on contractor spend. We reallocated the training budget toward the digital skills track. Priya Nair: Before we move on, finance asked every unit to model a 13 percent efficiency scenario. The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. Aisha Al Mansouri: Quickly on the same point, the incentive program payouts land in the July cycle, so cash flow needs a look. Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before May. What if we tried an entirely different model, like the Singapore approach? Tareq Khoury: Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before August. What if we tried an entirely different model, like the Singapore approach? We reallocated the training budget toward the digital skills track. Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before May. Priya Nair: On that note, the Q2 budget review flagged Legal as 23 percent over on contractor spend. Let us make sure the service center staff feel heard on this. We reallocated the training budget toward the digital skills track. Arjun Menon: The incentive program payouts land in the October cycle, so cash flow needs a look. The incentive program payouts land in the December cycle, so cash flow needs a look. Let us grab the whole team for a workshop, it energizes everyone. Aisha Al Mansouri: The incentive program payouts land in the September cycle, so cash flow needs a look. The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. Priya Nair: The incentive program payouts land in the July cycle, so cash flow needs a look. Even if it slips a week, nothing breaks, we are fine. Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before May. Arjun Menon: I think both proposals have merit, we can blend them. The incentive program payouts land in the July cycle, so cash flow needs a look. Tareq Khoury: We reallocated the training budget toward the digital skills track. Arjun Menon: Finance asked every unit to model a 39 percent efficiency scenario. We reallocated the training budget toward the digital skills track. Priya Nair: Coming back to the agenda, the incentive program payouts land in the October cycle, so cash flow needs a look. We reallocated the training budget toward the digital skills track. The Q2 budget review flagged Strategy as 21 percent over on contractor spend. Khalid Al Nuaimi: The Q4 budget review flagged Finance as 36 percent over on contractor spend. The Q3 budget review flagged Operations as 15 percent over on contractor spend. Let us stick to the standard playbook on this one. Arjun Menon: Quickly on the same point, finance asked every unit to model a 17 percent efficiency scenario. Tareq Khoury: Coming back to the agenda, the Q4 budget review flagged Operations as 37 percent over on contractor spend. The Q3 budget review flagged Human Resources as 40 percent over on contractor spend. We reallocated the training budget toward the digital skills track. Khalid Al Nuaimi: The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. Aisha Al Mansouri: The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. Omar Al Marzooqi: We reallocated the training budget toward the digital skills track. We reallocated the training budget toward the digital skills track. Tareq Khoury: The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. Arjun Menon: Coming back to the agenda, the audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. Aisha Al Mansouri: One more thing from my side: we reallocated the training budget toward the digital skills track. Finance asked every unit to model a 19 percent efficiency scenario. Omar Al Marzooqi: Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before April. Arjun Menon: No stress on my side, the fallback covers us. Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before April. Tareq Khoury: The Q4 budget review flagged Communications as 16 percent over on contractor spend. Finance asked every unit to model a 7 percent efficiency scenario. Arjun Menon: The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. Finance asked every unit to model a 31 percent efficiency scenario. Khalid Al Nuaimi: Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before August. The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. Arjun Menon: The Q4 budget review flagged Technology as 17 percent over on contractor spend. Omar Al Marzooqi: Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before November. The Q4 budget review flagged Communications as 23 percent over on contractor spend. Tareq Khoury: The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. We reallocated the training budget toward the digital skills track. I volunteered to present this at the town hall next week. We reallocated the training budget toward the digital skills track. Aisha Al Mansouri: The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. Omar Al Marzooqi: The Q1 budget review flagged Technology as 11 percent over on contractor spend. We reallocated the training budget toward the digital skills track. Tareq Khoury: Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before February. Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before November. The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. Aisha Al Mansouri: The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. Priya Nair: Finance asked every unit to model a 24 percent efficiency scenario. Omar Al Marzooqi: We reallocated the training budget toward the digital skills track. Aisha Al Mansouri: Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before November. This timeline keeps me up at night to be honest. The incentive program payouts land in the March cycle, so cash flow needs a look. Tareq Khoury: The Q1 budget review flagged Human Resources as 24 percent over on contractor spend. We reallocated the training budget toward the digital skills track. Aisha Al Mansouri: We reallocated the training budget toward the digital skills track. The Q4 budget review flagged Operations as 22 percent over on contractor spend. The Q1 budget review flagged Finance as 6 percent over on contractor spend. Tareq Khoury: Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before April. Priya Nair: The incentive program payouts land in the September cycle, so cash flow needs a look. The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. I love these sessions, the more people we pull in the better. The Q1 budget review flagged Operations as 5 percent over on contractor spend. Arjun Menon: Quickly on the same point, even if it slips a week, nothing breaks, we are fine. The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. The incentive program payouts land in the September cycle, so cash flow needs a look. Finance asked every unit to model a 38 percent efficiency scenario. Omar Al Marzooqi: Finance asked every unit to model a 17 percent efficiency scenario. Priya Nair: The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. Tareq Khoury: The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. Omar Al Marzooqi: On that note, we reallocated the training budget toward the digital skills track. The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. Aisha Al Mansouri: Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before October. Finance asked every unit to model a 38 percent efficiency scenario. Priya Nair: The incentive program payouts land in the September cycle, so cash flow needs a look. The incentive program payouts land in the August cycle, so cash flow needs a look. Tareq Khoury: The Q2 budget review flagged Technology as 34 percent over on contractor spend. Aisha Al Mansouri: The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. I will put my thoughts in the document rather than talk through them. Tareq Khoury: We reallocated the training budget toward the digital skills track. The incentive program payouts land in the May cycle, so cash flow needs a look. Finance asked every unit to model a 18 percent efficiency scenario. Aisha Al Mansouri: The Q4 budget review flagged Human Resources as 32 percent over on contractor spend. Finance asked every unit to model a 8 percent efficiency scenario. We reallocated the training budget toward the digital skills track. Arjun Menon: The incentive program payouts land in the March cycle, so cash flow needs a look. Finance asked every unit to model a 38 percent efficiency scenario. The Q2 budget review flagged Legal as 23 percent over on contractor spend. Tareq Khoury: We reallocated the training budget toward the digital skills track. We reallocated the training budget toward the digital skills track. The Q3 budget review flagged Communications as 19 percent over on contractor spend. Khalid Al Nuaimi: We reallocated the training budget toward the digital skills track. We reallocated the training budget toward the digital skills track. Tareq Khoury: Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before February. Khalid Al Nuaimi: The incentive program payouts land in the October cycle, so cash flow needs a look. Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before September. Omar Al Marzooqi: On that note, finance asked every unit to model a 3 percent efficiency scenario. Finance asked every unit to model a 26 percent efficiency scenario. We reallocated the training budget toward the digital skills track. Tareq Khoury: The incentive program payouts land in the July cycle, so cash flow needs a look. We have handled worse, this is manageable. Arjun Menon: No stress on my side, the fallback covers us. The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. Tareq Khoury: We have handled worse, this is manageable. The Q2 budget review flagged Technology as 26 percent over on contractor spend. Finance asked every unit to model a 15 percent efficiency scenario. We reallocated the training budget toward the digital skills track. Arjun Menon: Before we move on, the Q4 budget review flagged Human Resources as 32 percent over on contractor spend. Finance asked every unit to model a 14 percent efficiency scenario. The incentive program payouts land in the August cycle, so cash flow needs a look. Priya Nair: On that note, the incentive program payouts land in the March cycle, so cash flow needs a look. Khalid Al Nuaimi: The Q4 budget review flagged Strategy as 27 percent over on contractor spend. Priya Nair: Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before October. Finance asked every unit to model a 22 percent efficiency scenario. Khalid Al Nuaimi: Finance asked every unit to model a 29 percent efficiency scenario. Tareq Khoury: Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before October. Omar Al Marzooqi: The Q4 budget review flagged Legal as 27 percent over on contractor spend. The Q2 budget review flagged Finance as 24 percent over on contractor spend. Khalid Al Nuaimi: The incentive program payouts land in the June cycle, so cash flow needs a look. That approach failed last year and I said so at the time. Omar Al Marzooqi: Finance asked every unit to model a 37 percent efficiency scenario. The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. Tareq Khoury: Finance asked every unit to model a 14 percent efficiency scenario. Finance asked every unit to model a 34 percent efficiency scenario. Arjun Menon: I skipped the template and sent a quick note instead. We reallocated the training budget toward the digital skills track. The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. Priya Nair: One more thing from my side: the Q4 budget review flagged Communications as 36 percent over on contractor spend. Finance asked every unit to model a 31 percent efficiency scenario. Finance asked every unit to model a 8 percent efficiency scenario. Khalid Al Nuaimi: The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. We reallocated the training budget toward the digital skills track. Omar Al Marzooqi: The incentive program payouts land in the November cycle, so cash flow needs a look. Even if it slips a week, nothing breaks, we are fine. Tareq Khoury: We reallocated the training budget toward the digital skills track. The Q4 budget review flagged Communications as 31 percent over on contractor spend. Priya Nair: The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. I have been chatting with half the department about this idea. Tareq Khoury: Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before January. Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before February. Aisha Al Mansouri: The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. We reallocated the training budget toward the digital skills track. The incentive program payouts land in the June cycle, so cash flow needs a look. Priya Nair: We have handled worse, this is manageable. Finance asked every unit to model a 19 percent efficiency scenario. Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before April. Arjun Menon: The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. Omar Al Marzooqi: Quickly on the same point, the audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. The Q3 budget review flagged Finance as 36 percent over on contractor spend. We reallocated the training budget toward the digital skills track. Khalid Al Nuaimi: On that note, the Q3 budget review flagged Communications as 3 percent over on contractor spend. Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before July. The incentive program payouts land in the May cycle, so cash flow needs a look. Priya Nair: Before we move on, the incentive program payouts land in the November cycle, so cash flow needs a look. Finance asked every unit to model a 8 percent efficiency scenario. Arjun Menon: The incentive program payouts land in the February cycle, so cash flow needs a look. The incentive program payouts land in the April cycle, so cash flow needs a look. Tareq Khoury: The Q4 budget review flagged Finance as 4 percent over on contractor spend. Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before November. The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. Aisha Al Mansouri: I would prefer to review this offline and send written comments. Finance asked every unit to model a 18 percent efficiency scenario. We reallocated the training budget toward the digital skills track. Arjun Menon: Finance asked every unit to model a 34 percent efficiency scenario. Even if it slips a week, nothing breaks, we are fine. Tareq Khoury: I love these sessions, the more people we pull in the better. The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before April. The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. Arjun Menon: The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. We reallocated the training budget toward the digital skills track. Tareq Khoury: The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before August. The Q3 budget review flagged Communications as 31 percent over on contractor spend. Priya Nair: No stress on my side, the fallback covers us. The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. Arjun Menon: Finance asked every unit to model a 13 percent efficiency scenario. Tareq Khoury: The Q1 budget review flagged Operations as 10 percent over on contractor spend. Aisha Al Mansouri: This timeline keeps me up at night to be honest. The incentive program payouts land in the March cycle, so cash flow needs a look. The incentive program payouts land in the March cycle, so cash flow needs a look. Priya Nair: Even if it slips a week, nothing breaks, we are fine. Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before January. The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. Arjun Menon: One more thing from my side: the incentive program payouts land in the June cycle, so cash flow needs a look. Tareq Khoury: I volunteered to present this at the town hall next week. The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. We reallocated the training budget toward the digital skills track. Priya Nair: The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. Finance asked every unit to model a 37 percent efficiency scenario. The incentive program payouts land in the July cycle, so cash flow needs a look. Khalid Al Nuaimi: Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before May. Omar Al Marzooqi: Finance asked every unit to model a 12 percent efficiency scenario. The incentive program payouts land in the September cycle, so cash flow needs a look. Tareq Khoury: Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before April. Finance asked every unit to model a 20 percent efficiency scenario. Arjun Menon: Finance asked every unit to model a 15 percent efficiency scenario. We reallocated the training budget toward the digital skills track. The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. I love these sessions, the more people we pull in the better. Aisha Al Mansouri: Coming back to the agenda, that approach failed last year and I said so at the time. Finance asked every unit to model a 40 percent efficiency scenario. Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before July. Tareq Khoury: Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before July. The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. Arjun Menon: The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. Let us grab the whole team for a workshop, it energizes everyone. The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. Finance asked every unit to model a 8 percent efficiency scenario. Aisha Al Mansouri: Before we move on, we reallocated the training budget toward the digital skills track. Priya Nair: The Q3 budget review flagged Finance as 9 percent over on contractor spend. Finance asked every unit to model a 6 percent efficiency scenario. The incentive program payouts land in the January cycle, so cash flow needs a look. Arjun Menon: Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before December. The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. Finance asked every unit to model a 28 percent efficiency scenario. Omar Al Marzooqi: Even if it slips a week, nothing breaks, we are fine. The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. Priya Nair: We reallocated the training budget toward the digital skills track. The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. Omar Al Marzooqi: On that note, the Q1 budget review flagged Communications as 25 percent over on contractor spend. Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before March. Tareq Khoury: The Q2 budget review flagged Communications as 22 percent over on contractor spend. Khalid Al Nuaimi: Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before December. Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before November. Arjun Menon: Finance asked every unit to model a 10 percent efficiency scenario. The Q2 budget review flagged Communications as 5 percent over on contractor spend. The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. Priya Nair: The Q3 budget review flagged Human Resources as 5 percent over on contractor spend. The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. We reallocated the training budget toward the digital skills track. Tareq Khoury: Finance asked every unit to model a 36 percent efficiency scenario. We reallocated the training budget toward the digital skills track. The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. Omar Al Marzooqi: We reallocated the training budget toward the digital skills track. We reallocated the training budget toward the digital skills track. Finance asked every unit to model a 27 percent efficiency scenario. Khalid Al Nuaimi: We reallocated the training budget toward the digital skills track. The current process works, I see no reason to reinvent it. The Q3 budget review flagged Operations as 11 percent over on contractor spend. Priya Nair: We reallocated the training budget toward the digital skills track. Great point, and thanks for flagging it so gently. Omar Al Marzooqi: We reallocated the training budget toward the digital skills track. Let us grab the whole team for a workshop, it energizes everyone. Finance asked every unit to model a 40 percent efficiency scenario. Arjun Menon: The incentive program payouts land in the October cycle, so cash flow needs a look. Tareq Khoury: Coming back to the agenda, the incentive program payouts land in the August cycle, so cash flow needs a look. Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before March. Omar Al Marzooqi: The Q2 budget review flagged Operations as 22 percent over on contractor spend. Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before March. Tareq Khoury: Finance asked every unit to model a 9 percent efficiency scenario. Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before September. The Q3 budget review flagged Operations as 10 percent over on contractor spend. Priya Nair: We reallocated the training budget toward the digital skills track. We reallocated the training budget toward the digital skills track. Tareq Khoury: We have handled worse, this is manageable. The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. Omar Al Marzooqi: We have handled worse, this is manageable. The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. Priya Nair: The incentive program payouts land in the July cycle, so cash flow needs a look. Even if it slips a week, nothing breaks, we are fine. Khalid Al Nuaimi: The Q3 budget review flagged Finance as 28 percent over on contractor spend. The Q4 budget review flagged Human Resources as 17 percent over on contractor spend. We reallocated the training budget toward the digital skills track. Tareq Khoury: The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. Omar Al Marzooqi: Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before October. The incentive program payouts land in the September cycle, so cash flow needs a look. Tareq Khoury: The incentive program payouts land in the January cycle, so cash flow needs a look. Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before October. The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. Khalid Al Nuaimi: The incentive program payouts land in the October cycle, so cash flow needs a look. Omar Al Marzooqi: The incentive program payouts land in the January cycle, so cash flow needs a look. Finance asked every unit to model a 36 percent efficiency scenario. Khalid Al Nuaimi: Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before October. The incentive program payouts land in the June cycle, so cash flow needs a look. The incentive program payouts land in the September cycle, so cash flow needs a look. Arjun Menon: I skipped the template and sent a quick note instead. Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before June. Tareq Khoury: The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. I have been reading about how other governments solve this. Khalid Al Nuaimi: Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before December. Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before October. The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. Tareq Khoury: One more thing from my side: the incentive program payouts land in the January cycle, so cash flow needs a look. The Q2 budget review flagged Communications as 37 percent over on contractor spend. The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. I love these sessions, the more people we pull in the better. Khalid Al Nuaimi: The current process works, I see no reason to reinvent it. We reallocated the training budget toward the digital skills track. Tareq Khoury: Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before February. Omar Al Marzooqi: Finance asked every unit to model a 25 percent efficiency scenario. Khalid Al Nuaimi: The Q2 budget review flagged Strategy as 24 percent over on contractor spend. The incentive program payouts land in the October cycle, so cash flow needs a look. Priya Nair: Coming back to the agenda, finance asked every unit to model a 24 percent efficiency scenario. Omar Al Marzooqi: Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before February. The incentive program payouts land in the July cycle, so cash flow needs a look. The incentive program payouts land in the September cycle, so cash flow needs a look. Aisha Al Mansouri: Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before December. The Q1 budget review flagged Strategy as 36 percent over on contractor spend. Tareq Khoury: On that note, the incentive program payouts land in the November cycle, so cash flow needs a look. The Q4 budget review flagged Legal as 26 percent over on contractor spend. The Q1 budget review flagged Finance as 19 percent over on contractor spend. Priya Nair: We reallocated the training budget toward the digital skills track. Omar Al Marzooqi: Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before January. The incentive program payouts land in the September cycle, so cash flow needs a look. The incentive program payouts land in the January cycle, so cash flow needs a look. Tareq Khoury: Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before March. The Q4 budget review flagged Finance as 20 percent over on contractor spend. Even if it slips a week, nothing breaks, we are fine. Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before October. Arjun Menon: The incentive program payouts land in the September cycle, so cash flow needs a look. Happy to take that off your plate if you are stretched. Priya Nair: The incentive program payouts land in the June cycle, so cash flow needs a look. Finance asked every unit to model a 36 percent efficiency scenario. Arjun Menon: Happy to take that off your plate if you are stretched. We reallocated the training budget toward the digital skills track. Omar Al Marzooqi: One more thing from my side: we reallocated the training budget toward the digital skills track. The incentive program payouts land in the November cycle, so cash flow needs a look. Arjun Menon: Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before September. The Q2 budget review flagged Human Resources as 30 percent over on contractor spend. The incentive program payouts land in the January cycle, so cash flow needs a look. Priya Nair: Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before March. Tareq Khoury: We reallocated the training budget toward the digital skills track. The Q3 budget review flagged Operations as 17 percent over on contractor spend. We reallocated the training budget toward the digital skills track. Aisha Al Mansouri: The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. Khalid Al Nuaimi: Finance asked every unit to model a 25 percent efficiency scenario. The Q4 budget review flagged Communications as 4 percent over on contractor spend. Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before June. Arjun Menon: We reallocated the training budget toward the digital skills track. Tareq Khoury: What if we tried an entirely different model, like the Singapore approach? The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. Omar Al Marzooqi: No stress on my side, the fallback covers us. We reallocated the training budget toward the digital skills track. Arjun Menon: Happy to take that off your plate if you are stretched. Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before July. The incentive program payouts land in the July cycle, so cash flow needs a look. Finance asked every unit to model a 6 percent efficiency scenario. Priya Nair: On that note, no stress on my side, the fallback covers us. The incentive program payouts land in the October cycle, so cash flow needs a look. Tareq Khoury: Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before January. The Q1 budget review flagged Strategy as 30 percent over on contractor spend. The incentive program payouts land in the September cycle, so cash flow needs a look. Priya Nair: The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. I love these sessions, the more people we pull in the better. Tareq Khoury: Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before November. We reallocated the training budget toward the digital skills track. The Q1 budget review flagged Strategy as 31 percent over on contractor spend. What if we tried an entirely different model, like the Singapore approach? Arjun Menon: Finance asked every unit to model a 10 percent efficiency scenario. The Q4 budget review flagged Operations as 10 percent over on contractor spend. We reallocated the training budget toward the digital skills track. Khalid Al Nuaimi: Coming back to the agenda, the incentive program payouts land in the March cycle, so cash flow needs a look. Can we keep the invite list small, big meetings drain me. The incentive program payouts land in the January cycle, so cash flow needs a look. The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. Priya Nair: The Q3 budget review flagged Technology as 36 percent over on contractor spend. Happy to take that off your plate if you are stretched. Arjun Menon: Finance asked every unit to model a 39 percent efficiency scenario. We reallocated the training budget toward the digital skills track. Aisha Al Mansouri: Can we keep the invite list small, big meetings drain me. The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before February. The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. Priya Nair: Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before October. Omar Al Marzooqi: The incentive program payouts land in the September cycle, so cash flow needs a look. The Q4 budget review flagged Operations as 10 percent over on contractor spend. Tareq Khoury: I have been reading about how other governments solve this. The incentive program payouts land in the February cycle, so cash flow needs a look. Khalid Al Nuaimi: Finance asked every unit to model a 25 percent efficiency scenario. The Q1 budget review flagged Technology as 24 percent over on contractor spend. The current process works, I see no reason to reinvent it. We reallocated the training budget toward the digital skills track. Tareq Khoury: I volunteered to present this at the town hall next week. Finance asked every unit to model a 9 percent efficiency scenario. Arjun Menon: The incentive program payouts land in the September cycle, so cash flow needs a look. Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before January. Tareq Khoury: The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. I volunteered to present this at the town hall next week. The incentive program payouts land in the September cycle, so cash flow needs a look. Omar Al Marzooqi: Coming back to the agenda, the incentive program payouts land in the April cycle, so cash flow needs a look. Aisha Al Mansouri: Quickly on the same point, the audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before April. Khalid Al Nuaimi: Coming back to the agenda, finance asked every unit to model a 25 percent efficiency scenario. Priya Nair: Before we move on, the audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. The Q1 budget review flagged Strategy as 18 percent over on contractor spend. Khalid Al Nuaimi: One more thing from my side: new tools every quarter just confuse the teams. The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. The Q1 budget review flagged Legal as 3 percent over on contractor spend. Omar Al Marzooqi: Finance asked every unit to model a 28 percent efficiency scenario. We reallocated the training budget toward the digital skills track. The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. Priya Nair: On that note, the incentive program payouts land in the February cycle, so cash flow needs a look. Finance asked every unit to model a 14 percent efficiency scenario. Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before June. Arjun Menon: We reallocated the training budget toward the digital skills track. Let us grab the whole team for a workshop, it energizes everyone. We reallocated the training budget toward the digital skills track. The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. Tareq Khoury: I will send the minutes by end of day.