The Administration Programme, consisting of six sub-programmes, is responsible for the overall management of the Department, and ensures that the organisations funded, comply with good corporate governance practices, and align their activities with the national system of innovation (NSI). It is also responsible for monitoring and evaluating the performance of the science councils. This programme received R179.6 million of the total appropriation and under-spent by R20.5 million. Here, approximately R5 million saved on the compensation of employees (vacancies / staff turnover) was used to augment goods and services to fund IT-related expenditure.