The CEO has separate staff from the Minister, but the staff of CPSI is seen as part of the DPSA's staff complement. This poses challenges for the recruitment of staff for the CPSI. There is an allocated budget for staff for the DPSA, and, once that budget is exhausted by the department, the CPSI cannot recruit staff to perform its tasks. Although this poses a grave challenge to CPSI, it has led to many of the staff currently seconded to the CPSI, being multi-skilled during their employ at the CPSI.