diff --git a/config/alfresco/messages/webclient.properties b/config/alfresco/messages/webclient.properties
index 18a35f4280..b7b155a250 100644
--- a/config/alfresco/messages/webclient.properties
+++ b/config/alfresco/messages/webclient.properties
@@ -1352,10 +1352,13 @@ task_properties=Task Properties
 task_pooled_properties=Task Pool
 task_type=Task Type
 id=Id
+owner=Owner
 status=Status
 completed=Completed
 source=Source
 priority=Priority
+tasks_active_title=All Active Tasks
+tasks_active_desc=List of active tasks still to complete
 my_tasks_todo_title=My Tasks To Do
 my_tasks_todo_desc=List of your tasks still to complete
 my_tasks_completed_title=My Completed Tasks
diff --git a/config/alfresco/web-client-config.xml b/config/alfresco/web-client-config.xml
index 2eb4a96783..16f6207fae 100644
--- a/config/alfresco/web-client-config.xml
+++ b/config/alfresco/web-client-config.xml
@@ -215,6 +215,8 @@
             <dashlet id="getting-started" label-id="dashlet_gettingstarted_label"
                   description-id="dashlet_gettingstarted_desc"
                   jsp="/jsp/dashboards/dashlets/getting-started.jsp" allow-narrow="false" />
+            <dashlet id="tasks-active" label-id="tasks_active_title" description-id="tasks_active_desc"
+                  jsp="/jsp/workflow/tasks-active-dashlet.jsp" allow-narrow="false" />
             <!-- this dashlet 'tasks-todo' is also shown by default for all users -->
             <dashlet id="tasks-todo" label-id="my_tasks_todo_title" description-id="my_tasks_todo_desc"
                   jsp="/jsp/workflow/tasks-todo-dashlet.jsp" allow-narrow="false" />
diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/web/bean/workflow/WorkflowBean.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/web/bean/workflow/WorkflowBean.java
index 1a3293dca9..5875cfe0d5 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/web/bean/workflow/WorkflowBean.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/web/bean/workflow/WorkflowBean.java
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import org.alfresco.service.cmr.repository.NodeService;
 import org.alfresco.service.cmr.workflow.WorkflowService;
 import org.alfresco.service.cmr.workflow.WorkflowTask;
 import org.alfresco.service.cmr.workflow.WorkflowTaskDefinition;
+import org.alfresco.service.cmr.workflow.WorkflowTaskQuery;
 import org.alfresco.service.cmr.workflow.WorkflowTaskState;
 import org.alfresco.service.cmr.workflow.WorkflowTransition;
 import org.alfresco.service.namespace.QName;
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ public class WorkflowBean
    protected NodeService nodeService;
    protected WorkflowService workflowService;
    protected List<Node> tasks;
+   protected List<Node> activeTasks;
    protected List<Node> pooledTasks;
    protected List<Node> completedTasks;
    
@@ -77,6 +79,55 @@ public class WorkflowBean
    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // Bean Getters and Setters
    
+   /**
+    * Returns a list of nodes representing the "all" active tasks.
+    * 
+    * @return List of all active tasks
+    */
+   public List<Node> getAllActiveTasks()
+   {
+      if (this.activeTasks == null)
+      {
+         // get the current username
+         FacesContext context = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance();
+         User user = Application.getCurrentUser(context);
+         String userName = user.getUserName();
+         
+         UserTransaction tx = null;
+         try
+         {
+            tx = Repository.getUserTransaction(context, true);
+            tx.begin();
+            
+            // query for all active tasks
+            WorkflowTaskQuery query = new WorkflowTaskQuery();
+            List<WorkflowTask> tasks = this.workflowService.queryTasks(query);
+            
+            // create a list of transient nodes to represent
+            this.activeTasks = new ArrayList<Node>(tasks.size());
+            for (WorkflowTask task : tasks)
+            {
+               Node node = createTask(task);
+               this.activeTasks.add(node);
+               
+               if (logger.isDebugEnabled())
+                  logger.debug("Added active task: " + node);
+            }
+            
+            // commit the changes
+            tx.commit();
+         }
+         catch (Throwable e)
+         {
+            // rollback the transaction
+            try { if (tx != null) {tx.rollback();} } catch (Exception ex) {}
+            Utils.addErrorMessage("Failed to get all active tasks: " + e.toString(), e);
+         }
+      }
+      
+      return this.activeTasks;
+   }
+      
    /**
     * Returns a list of nodes representing the "pooled" to do tasks the 
     * current user has.
diff --git a/source/web/jsp/workflow/tasks-active-dashlet.jsp b/source/web/jsp/workflow/tasks-active-dashlet.jsp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e6f5ba69d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/web/jsp/workflow/tasks-active-dashlet.jsp
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+<%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html" prefix="h" %>
+<%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core" prefix="f" %>
+<%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/alfresco.tld" prefix="a" %>
+<%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/repo.tld" prefix="r" %>
+
+<h:outputText value="#{msg.no_tasks}" rendered="#{empty WorkflowBean.allActiveTasks}" />
+
+<a:richList id="tasks-active-list" viewMode="details" value="#{WorkflowBean.allActiveTasks}" var="r"
+            styleClass="recordSet" headerStyleClass="recordSetHeader" rowStyleClass="recordSetRow" 
+            altRowStyleClass="recordSetRowAlt" width="100%" pageSize="10"
+            initialSortColumn="created" initialSortDescending="true" 
+            rendered="#{not empty WorkflowBean.allActiveTasks}">
+   
+   <%-- Primary column for details view mode --%>
+   <a:column id="col1" primary="true" width="200" style="padding:2px;text-align:left">
+      <f:facet name="header">
+         <a:sortLink id="col1-sort" label="#{msg.description}" value="name" mode="case-insensitive" styleClass="header"/>
+      </f:facet>
+      <f:facet name="small-icon">
+         <a:actionLink id="col1-act1" value="#{r['bpm:description']}" image="/images/icons/workflow_task.gif" showLink="false"
+                       actionListener="#{WorkflowBean.setupTaskDialog}" action="dialog:manageTask">
+            <f:param name="id" value="#{r.id}" />
+            <f:param name="type" value="#{r.type}" />
+         </a:actionLink>
+      </f:facet>
+      <a:actionLink id="col1-act2" value="#{r['bpm:description']}" actionListener="#{WorkflowBean.setupTaskDialog}" 
+                    action="dialog:manageTask">
+         <f:param name="id" value="#{r.id}" />
+         <f:param name="type" value="#{r.type}" />
+      </a:actionLink>
+   </a:column>
+
+   <%-- Task type --%>   
+   <a:column id="col2" style="padding:2px;text-align:left">
+      <f:facet name="header">
+         <a:sortLink id="col2-sort" label="#{msg.type}" value="name" mode="case-insensitive" styleClass="header"/>
+      </f:facet>
+      <h:outputText id="col2-txt" value="#{r.name}" />
+   </a:column>
+
+   <%-- Task owner column --%>
+   <a:column id="col2a" style="padding:2px;text-align:left">
+      <f:facet name="header">
+         <a:sortLink id="col2a-sort" label="#{msg.owner}" value="cm:owner" styleClass="header"/>
+      </f:facet>
+      <h:outputText id="col2a-txt" value="#{r['cm:owner']}" />
+   </a:column>
+   
+   <%-- Task id column --%>
+   <a:column id="col3" style="padding:2px;text-align:left">
+      <f:facet name="header">
+         <a:sortLink id="col3-sort" label="#{msg.id}" value="bpm:taskId" styleClass="header"/>
+      </f:facet>
+      <h:outputText id="col3-txt" value="#{r['bpm:taskId']}" />
+   </a:column>
+   
+   <%-- Created Date column --%>
+   <a:column id="col4" style="padding:2px;text-align:left">
+      <f:facet name="header">
+         <a:sortLink id="col4-sort" label="#{msg.created}" value="created" styleClass="header"/>
+      </f:facet>
+      <h:outputText id="col4-txt" value="#{r.created}">
+         <a:convertXMLDate type="both" pattern="#{msg.date_time_pattern}" />
+      </h:outputText>
+   </a:column>
+   
+   <%-- Due date column --%>
+   <a:column id="col5" style="padding:2px;text-align:left">
+      <f:facet name="header">
+         <a:sortLink id="col5-sort" label="#{msg.due_date}" value="bpm:dueDate" styleClass="header"/>
+      </f:facet>
+      <h:outputText id="col5-txt" value="#{r['bpm:dueDate']}">
+         <a:convertXMLDate type="both" pattern="#{msg.date_pattern}" />
+      </h:outputText>
+   </a:column>
+   
+   <%-- Status column --%>
+   <a:column id="col6" style="padding:2px;text-align:left">
+      <f:facet name="header">
+         <a:sortLink id="col6-sort" label="#{msg.status}" value="bpm:status" styleClass="header"/>
+      </f:facet>
+      <h:outputText id="col6-txt" value="#{r['bpm:status']}" />
+   </a:column>
+   
+   <%-- Priority column --%>
+   <a:column id="col7" style="padding:2px;text-align:left">
+      <f:facet name="header">
+         <a:sortLink id="col7-sort" label="#{msg.priority}" value="bpm:priority" styleClass="header"/>
+      </f:facet>
+      <h:outputText id="col7-txt" value="#{r['bpm:priority']}" />
+   </a:column>
+   
+   <%-- Actions column --%>
+   <a:column id="col8" actions="true" style="padding:2px;text-align:left">
+      <f:facet name="header">
+         <h:outputText id="col8-txt" value="#{msg.actions}"/>
+      </f:facet>
+      <r:actions id="col8-actions" value="dashlet_todo_actions" context="#{r}" showLink="false" 
+                 styleClass="inlineAction" />
+   </a:column>
+   
+   <a:dataPager id="pager" styleClass="pager" />
+</a:richList>
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diff --git a/source/web/jsp/workflow/workitems-completed-dashlet.jsp b/source/web/jsp/workflow/workitems-completed-dashlet.jsp
deleted file mode 100644
index 969aeb8bc8..0000000000
--- a/source/web/jsp/workflow/workitems-completed-dashlet.jsp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,76 +0,0 @@
-<%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html" prefix="h" %>
-<%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core" prefix="f" %>
-<%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/alfresco.tld" prefix="a" %>
-<%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/repo.tld" prefix="r" %>
-
-<a:richList id="completed-work-items-list" viewMode="details" value="#{WorkflowBean.workItemsCompleted}" var="r"
-            styleClass="recordSet" headerStyleClass="recordSetHeader" rowStyleClass="recordSetRow" 
-            altRowStyleClass="recordSetRowAlt" width="100%" pageSize="10"
-            initialSortColumn="name" initialSortDescending="true">
-
-   <%-- Primary column for details view mode --%>
-   <a:column primary="true" width="200" style="padding:2px;text-align:left">
-      <f:facet name="header">
-         <a:sortLink label="#{msg.title}" value="name" mode="case-insensitive" styleClass="header"/>
-      </f:facet>
-      <f:facet name="small-icon">
-         <h:graphicImage url="/images/icons/completed_workflow_item.gif" />
-      </f:facet>
-      <h:outputText value="#{r.name}" />
-   </a:column>
-   
-   <%-- Task id column --%>
-   <a:column style="text-align:left">
-      <f:facet name="header">
-         <a:sortLink label="#{msg.id}" value="bpm:taskId" styleClass="header"/>
-      </f:facet>
-      <h:outputText value="#{r['bpm:taskId']}" />
-   </a:column>
-   
-   <%-- Type column --%>
-   <a:column style="text-align:left">
-      <f:facet name="header">
-         <a:sortLink label="#{msg.type}" value="type" styleClass="header"/>
-      </f:facet>
-      <h:outputText value="#{r.type}" />
-   </a:column>
-   
-   <%-- Source column --%>
-   <a:column style="text-align:left">
-      <f:facet name="header">
-         <a:sortLink label="#{msg.source}" value="sourceSpaceName" styleClass="header"/>
-      </f:facet>
-      <h:outputText value="#{r.sourceSpaceName}" />
-   </a:column>
-   
-   <%-- Completed date column --%>
-   <a:column style="text-align:left">
-      <f:facet name="header">
-         <a:sortLink label="#{msg.completed_on}" value="bpm:completionDate" styleClass="header"/>
-      </f:facet>
-      <h:outputText value="#{r['bpm:completionDate']}">
-         <a:convertXMLDate type="both" pattern="#{msg.date_pattern}" />
-      </h:outputText>
-   </a:column>
-   
-   <%-- Outcome column --%>
-   <a:column style="text-align:left">
-      <f:facet name="header">
-         <a:sortLink label="#{msg.outcome}" value="outcome" styleClass="header"/>
-      </f:facet>
-      <h:outputText value="#{r.outcome}" />
-   </a:column>
-   
-   <%-- Actions column --%>
-   <a:column actions="true" style="text-align:left">
-      <f:facet name="header">
-         <h:outputText value="#{msg.actions}"/>
-      </f:facet>
-      <r:actions value="dashlet_completed_actions" context="#{r}" showLink="false" 
-                 styleClass="inlineAction" />
-   </a:column>
-   
-   <a:dataPager styleClass="pager" />
-</a:richList>
-
-<h:message for="completed-work-items-list" styleClass="statusMessage" />
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diff --git a/source/web/jsp/workflow/workitems-todo-dashlet.jsp b/source/web/jsp/workflow/workitems-todo-dashlet.jsp
deleted file mode 100644
index 1bae631b80..0000000000
--- a/source/web/jsp/workflow/workitems-todo-dashlet.jsp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,92 +0,0 @@
-<%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html" prefix="h" %>
-<%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core" prefix="f" %>
-<%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/alfresco.tld" prefix="a" %>
-<%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/repo.tld" prefix="r" %>
-
-<a:richList id="work-items-list" viewMode="details" value="#{WorkflowBean.workItemsToDo}" var="r"
-            styleClass="recordSet" headerStyleClass="recordSetHeader" rowStyleClass="recordSetRow" 
-            altRowStyleClass="recordSetRowAlt" width="100%" pageSize="10"
-            initialSortColumn="name" initialSortDescending="true">
-
-   <%-- Primary column for details view mode --%>
-   <a:column primary="true" width="200" style="padding:2px;text-align:left">
-      <f:facet name="header">
-         <a:sortLink label="#{msg.title}" value="name" mode="case-insensitive" styleClass="header"/>
-      </f:facet>
-      <f:facet name="small-icon">
-         <h:panelGroup>
-            <a:actionLink value="#{r.name}" image="/images/icons/workflow_item.gif" showLink="false"
-                          actionListener="#{DialogManager.setupParameters}" action="dialog:manageWorkItem">
-               <f:param name="id" value="#{r.id}" />
-            </a:actionLink>
-         </h:panelGroup>
-      </f:facet>
-      <a:actionLink value="#{r.name}" actionListener="#{DialogManager.setupParameters}" 
-                    action="dialog:manageWorkItem">
-         <f:param name="id" value="#{r.id}" />
-      </a:actionLink>
-   </a:column>
-   
-   <%-- Task id column --%>
-   <a:column style="text-align:left">
-      <f:facet name="header">
-         <a:sortLink label="#{msg.id}" value="bpm:taskId" styleClass="header"/>
-      </f:facet>
-      <h:outputText value="#{r['bpm:taskId']}" />
-   </a:column>
-   
-   <%-- Type column --%>
-   <a:column style="text-align:left">
-      <f:facet name="header">
-         <a:sortLink label="#{msg.type}" value="type" styleClass="header"/>
-      </f:facet>
-      <h:outputText value="#{r.type}" />
-   </a:column>
-   
-   <%-- Source column --%>
-   <a:column style="text-align:left">
-      <f:facet name="header">
-         <a:sortLink label="#{msg.source}" value="sourceSpaceName" styleClass="header"/>
-      </f:facet>
-      <h:outputText value="#{r.sourceSpaceName}" />
-   </a:column>
-   
-   <%-- Due date column --%>
-   <a:column style="text-align:left">
-      <f:facet name="header">
-         <a:sortLink label="#{msg.due_date}" value="bpm:startDate" styleClass="header"/>
-      </f:facet>
-      <h:outputText value="#{r['bpm:dueDate']}">
-         <a:convertXMLDate type="both" pattern="#{msg.date_pattern}" />
-      </h:outputText>
-   </a:column>
-   
-   <%-- Status column --%>
-   <a:column style="text-align:left">
-      <f:facet name="header">
-         <a:sortLink label="#{msg.status}" value="bpm:status" styleClass="header"/>
-      </f:facet>
-      <h:outputText value="#{r['bpm:status']}" />
-   </a:column>
-   
-   <%-- Priority column --%>
-   <a:column style="text-align:left">
-      <f:facet name="header">
-         <a:sortLink label="#{msg.priority}" value="bpm:priority" styleClass="header"/>
-      </f:facet>
-      <h:outputText value="#{r['bpm:priority']}" />
-   </a:column>
-   
-   <%-- Actions column --%>
-   <a:column actions="true" style="text-align:left">
-      <f:facet name="header">
-         <h:outputText value="#{msg.actions}"/>
-      </f:facet>
-      <r:actions value="dashlet_todo_actions" context="#{r}" showLink="false" 
-                 styleClass="inlineAction" />
-   </a:column>
-   
-   <a:dataPager styleClass="pager" />
-</a:richList>
-
-<h:message for="work-items-list" styleClass="statusMessage" />
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