A surveyor by profession, Mr Nairn wants to introduce a spatially enabled government and, after launching the Government's e-government strategy earlier this month, has charged the Australian Government Information Management Office with investigating the concept.
The strategy promises to deliver better government services that are more accessible and don't cost the taxpayer as much to provide.
It aims to slash red tape and to reinvigorate the business of government.
According to the strategy, Responsive Government - A New Service Agenda, by 2008-2010 citizens will have fully functional personalised accounts with government, via a single sign-on facility in most cases.
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Essentially, the strategy presents a series of objectives for the way ICT should underpin the delivery of government services between now and 2010, together with a discussion of some of the priorities and key milestones.
In a presentation to the Government Technology World conference today, Centrelink CIO John Wadeson showed a slide which appeared to be a screenshot of a portal linking Centrelink and Employment and Workplace Relations services and presenting a personalised customer account of entitlements and reporting requirements.
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