Addressing Queensland’s Government ICT executives and the ICT industry, Minister Walker underlined his intention to meet with every member of Queensland’s ICT industry and agencies. These consultations will drive ICT reforms in Queensland.
These widespread consultations foreshadow the much-anticipated results of the Queensland ICT Audit Report. This report was commissioned by former Minister Ros Bates. This ICT audit is still under development.
“Queensland Government commissioned the ICT Forensic Audit for our ICT system and it was bigger than that we originally thought,” Minister Walker said.
“In understanding its complexity and taking time to get it right, let me assure you that we are addressing these complexities, and we understand the importance of developing a clear ICT strategy.”
Minister Walker said. “In the 48 hours that I have been a Minister, I have been briefed on the ICT Audit and we are working rigorously to ensure it is done appropriately. And to have a forward-looking strategy as soon as possible.”
He said the audit highlighted that the government owns and manages over 1730 applications and most of these were custom-built. “The audit brought to our attention that the average age system is 10 years old with 90 per cent of the systems needing to be replaced within five years. A number of critical systems will reach the past due dates within the next two years.”
Duplications are a huge problem. Currently, there are 108 case management systems and 80 record management systems. Sixty per cent of the ICT staff is working to maintain these systems, and diverting their attention from focusing on innovation.
Minister Walker said his department will lead the development plan for ICT. “This will be developed in consultation with Professor Peter Grant, Queensland Government CIO, as well as government agencies and the ICT Industry by end of June”.
Changing the way Queensland Government ICT system is managed will take time. “We want to ensure that the next steps are correct, we need to set up our IT systems for success. We are serious about gating our projects to ensure that funding stages are done correctly,” the Minister concluded.
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Autor(en)/Author(s): Raida Hicks
Quelle/Source: futuregov, 25.02.2013
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