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e-Government Strategy for the Western Australian Public Sector
The Office of e-Government
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The Role of the Office of e-Government
The Office of e-Government (OeG) was established within the Department
of the Premier and Cabinet in February 2003, following recommendations
by the Functional Review Taskforce.
In July 2003 OeG released its Strategic Plan for 2003 – 2005, which
outlined its four key objectives as being:
• Strategic Leadership
Lead the e-government agenda in the Western Australian Public Sector.
• Foundations and Frameworks
Establish standards-based frameworks, policies and guidelines that
support the implementation of e-government in the Western Australian
Public Sector.
• Collaborative Approaches
Coordinate and develop whole-of-government and cross-agency
initiatives designed to assist in achieving increased efficiency, improved
service delivery and increased community participation.
• Awareness Raising
Raise awareness and promote the benefits of e-government for
government, business and the community.
OeG will provide a leadership role in the initiation of whole-of-government
projects, policies and guidelines as well as a supporting role to agencies
in their development of potential e-government initiatives. A considerable
body of work designed to support this Strategy is already underway within
OeG. This work involves:
• Identifying key policy areas that are critical to facilitating e-government
initiatives;
• Adding to the information that has already been analysed by OeG via
project survey material;
• Working with the Shared Corporate Services and Procurement Reform
program teams; and,
• Ongoing consultation with agencies.
Follow up documents to this Strategy will contain more detailed
discussion of specific cross-agency projects, grassroots e-government
policy direction and examples of successful e-government initiatives that
can serve as a guide for agencies.
OeG will work closely with agencies and is available to assist them in the
development of e-government initiatives they may be exploring.
The OeG website can be found at: www.egov.dpc.wa.gov.au