Gershon Engagement Wiki - introduction

AIIA is working closely with the Federal Government to support the implementation of the Gershon recommendations. The Association provides proposed approaches and suggestions to the Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO) as well as responding to specific requests from AGIMO. 

AIIA's goal is to assist the Federal Government successfully implement these major changes to Government ICT in a way that is sensitive to the current and future needs of all affected sectors of the ICT industry. AIIA's high-level objectives from its involvement in the Gershon implementation are set out in this document.

To enable as broad a cross-section as possible of AIIA members to collaborate on the development of AIIA’s representation of industry’s views to Government, AIIA has established a wiki facility for its Gershon engagement team:  AIIA's Gershon Engagement Wiki.

 

The Wiki is segmented to mirror the structure of AIIA’s Gershon Engagement Team Focus Groups:

 

  • The SME Impact Focus Group - which considers the impact on SMEs of the entire Gershon implementation program.
  • The Governance Focus Group - dealing with pan-government and agency governance issues (recommendation categories 1 and 2).
  • The ICT Efficiency/Effectiveness Focus Group - this responds to the Gershon recommendations in respect of tightening Agency ICT BAU (recommendation category 3) and improved efficiency of the ICT marketplace (recommendation
    category 6).
  • The APS Skills Base Focus Group - addresses the enhancement of agencies’ ICT skills base (recommendation
    category 4).
  • The Infrastructure Focus Group - with an initial focus on the Whole-of-Government data centre approach (recommendation category 5).
  • The ICT Sustainability Focus Group - Green ICT and environmental issues (recommendation category 7).


    Access to AIIA’s wikis is restricted to AIIA member organisations. Other parties, however, may be invited to participate in AIIA's Gershon inplementation support process if they have particular expertise to contribute.

    If you are an AIIA member and wish to access the Gershon wiki, please read the registration information section below.

    If you are not an AIIA member but feel that you have an important contribution to make to AIIA’s Gershon Engagement Team, please contact Jack Radik, AIIA’s Adviser on the ICT Reform Program. (Contact details are provided below).

    If you are interested in AIIA membership you may obtain further information at the AIIA membership information page.

    AIIA Gershon Wiki registration information

    The process to register for access to AIIA wikis is straightforward. However, there are some important points to note.

     

    AIIA wikis are a member-only facility. Information contained in them are for the benefit of members. You will need to be prepared to comply with AIIA’s Wiki Code of Conduct to access the Gershon wiki. If you do not accept the requirements of the code of conduct, do not continue with the registration process.  By registering, you are accepting the conditions of the code of conduct.

     

    These are private wikis, with restricted access. The aim is to enable members to express their company’s views freely. To enable transparency in this process you are required to register using your own name (recommended format: Firstname_Lastname), and your corporate email address. You are also requested to complete the wiki profile to allow readers of the wiki to determine your brief corporate details (such as title, phone number), as necessary.

    Note that posts to these wikis are unscreened.  In other words any contributions to the discussions are posted directly, without any filtering process.  Any contributions deemed to be inappropriate will be removed by the moderator. If you feel that unsuitable material appears in the wikis, please contact the Wiki Moderator, Jack Radik, AIIA’s Adviser on the ICT Reform Program.

    Despite AIIA’s best efforts to maintain the confidentiality of these wikis, it is possible that there may be instances of unauthorised (non-AIIA member) access to the wiki material.  If because of this - or for other reasons - you prefer to submit an anonymous post you will need to email the details of the requested post to the Moderator.

    Contact

    For any questions in respect of the Gershon Engagement Team or the Gershon Engagement Wiki, please email or phone:

    Jack Radik     
    Adviser - ICT Reform Program
    (02) 6281 9444