Public Service Commissioner Peter Woolcott won't investigate former Department of Health secretary Glenys Beauchamp over the destruction of her notebooks as secretary.
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It was revealed on Friday that Ms Beauchamp had destroyed her personal notebooks covering the decades of her public service career.
Ms Beauchamp told a Senate committee investigating the sports rorts saga that it wouldn't be appropriate for her to retain the notes when she was no longer a public servant.
While Ms Beauchamp described the notes she had taken as "scratchings," Labor senator Katy Gallagher said it appeared to be an admission of destroying official Commonwealth records.
In a letter to Senator Gallagher sent on Monday, Mr Woolcott said "The Australian Public Service Commission does not hold any evidence that there are widespread or ongoing issues in the service relating to the destruction of documents."
"Without this, I am of the view this does not require further review."
The framework for the management of Commonwealth records under the Archives Act is administered by the Attorney-General's portfolio, he said.
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Ms Beauchamp's decision to destroy her career notebooks meant she had no records of a meeting last year that top officials held when they discovered that Senator McKenzie had drawn up a spreadsheet colour-coded by political party, to allocate the sports grants, drawing the ire of Labor senators.
Sally Whyte
I report on a range of issues in federal politics and the public service, with a real passion for how decisions made in Canberra affect the lives of Australians.
I report on a range of issues in federal politics and the public service, with a real passion for how decisions made in Canberra affect the lives of Australians.
