Government
Many agencies of the Western Australian and Federal Government include ICT in their portfolios. This can make it complex to work out which agency has jurisdiction. The Government in Western Australia has recently made changes affecting many of the agencies we work with - particularly the Department of Commerce (previously Industry and Resources), the Office of eGovernment (now part of the Public Sector Commission) and the State Supply Commission (now part of the Department of Treasury and Finance).
Read on to find out more about Government and the ICT industry - latest information can be found on the respective websites.
To read the recommendations of the Inquiry into the State Government's Role in Developing and Promoting ICT in Western Australia, please see this page.
WESTERN AUSTRALIAN STATE GOVERNMENT
Minister
William (Bill) Richard Marmion, MLA
Minister for Commerce; Science and Innovation; Housing and Works
Department of Commerce
The Department of Commerce works with the community to ensure high
standards of safety and protection for workers and consumers, and
promotes and fosters innovative industries, science and enterprise and
Aboriginal economic development.
The department was formed on 1 January, 2009 and comprises seven
divisions: Consumer Protection; Energy Safety; Labour Relations;
Science and Innovation; WorkSafe; Corporate Services and the Office of
the Director General.
Website: http://www.commerce.wa.gov.au/
Science, Innovation and Business Division
The Department of Commerce's Science, Innovation and Business
Division aims to encourage, promote, facilitate and assist the
development of science, technology and industry in Western Australia
(WA).
The division encourages new business development to diversify the
State’s economic base; supports the research and innovation environment
in WA; and promotes science and technology as a major driver of
economic, social and environmental growth and development.
The division is also responsible for implementing Government
initiatives to commercialise innovative ideas, as well as promoting
Aboriginal prosperity through leadership and innovation in Indigenous
economic development.
Website: http://www.commerce.wa.gov.au/ScienceInnovation/
Public Sector Commission
The former Office of e-Government (Department of the Premier and
Cabinet) was incorporated into the Public Sector Commission in November
2008. The Commission continues to progress the objectives and principles
of e-government through its strategic policy development and agency
advice functions.
Website: http://www.publicsector.wa.gov.au/Positioning/egovernment/Pages/Default.aspx.
eGovernment Strategy for Western Australia
The
e-Government Strategy establishes a roadmap for
how the Western Australian Public Sector will progress to a
transformational model of government service delivery.
The vision for e-government conveyed in the Strategy is ‘a more
efficient public sector that delivers integrated services and improved
opportunities for community participation’.
The e-Government Strategy is primarily aimed at agencies. However,
private industry and business will play a critical and collaborative
role in the development of e-government transformation across the
Western Australian Government.
Department of Treasury and Finance
The Department of Treasury and Finance
provides quality economic and financial management for Western
Australia, administers State revenue laws, performs a central
contracting and tendering function, and whole-of-government shared
services for human resources and finance.
Website: http://www.dtf.wa.gov.au/
Government Procurement
Government Procurement is a business unit with the Department of
Treasury and Finance that performs the central contracting and tendering
function for the public sector.
Government Procurement delivers contracting services and procurement
systems and standards for agencies in the State's public sector. This
includes developing and managing a range of common use
arrangements for goods and services regularly purchased by most
government agencies, as well as helping individual agencies procure
their needs.
Government Procurement is also responsible for leading the
procurement function at a whole of government level, providing strategic
procurement advice and risk management.
The three divisions are:
Strategic Procurement Sevices
Client Procurement Services
Procurement Systems and Standards
Website: http://www.dtf.wa.gov.au/cms/section.aspx?id=454&linkidentifier=id&itemid=454
Shared Services
Shared Services is a business unit of the Department of Treasury and
Finance. Shared Services provides a range of corporate services to
government agencies in line with reforms identified in the State's Review
into the Effective Delivery of Government Priorities carried out
in 2002.
The services we provide to government agencies under a whole of
government approach include human resources, financial services and
online solutions. Underpinning the supply of these services are the
principles of aggregation, standardisation, simplification and
automation.
Website: http://www.dtf.wa.gov.au/cms/section.aspx?id=2480
AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
Ministers
Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy
Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy
DEPUTY LEADER OF THE GOVERNMENT IN THE SENATE
Senator the Hon Kim Carr
Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research
Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy
Working toward a better future for all Australians and developing a world-class Australian communications and information technology sector.
The Department's vision is that Australia will continue to develop world-class communications and information technology that will build on the creativity of our people and the opportunities provided by new technologies, to enrich the economic and social wellbeing of all Australians.
Website: http://www.dbcde.gov.au/
Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research
The Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research operates across a number of diverse areas to encourage the sustainable growth of Australian industries by developing a national innovation system that drives knowledge creation, cutting edge science and research, international competitiveness and greater productivity. The Department is committed to developing policies and delivering programs, in partnership with stakeholders, to provide lasting economic benefits ensuring Australia's competitive future.
The site is organised by major areas of activity - Innovation, Industry, Small Business, Science and Research and Measurement - which appear at the top of each page. Under these broad headings are links to specific areas of interest within the wider area of activity.
Website: http://www.innovation.gov.au/
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