NSW Super Departments

How long will the changes take to implement?

What will the impact on the provision of ICT in these agencies?

What are the key implications for government ICT managers and for vendors?

Briefing Details

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Briefing Description

On 11 June, 2009 NSW Premier Nathan Rees outlined significant changes to the NSW public service with changes to be effective from 1 July 2009.

The intent of the move is ‘to ensure a greater focus on our clients, better integration of public services and to cut internal Government red tape’.

“The changes are the most significant reform to the NSW public sector since1979,” Mr Rees said. He noted that similar reforms have been undertaken in Victoria and South Australia and are planned for Queensland.

The new NSW structure for the Public Service will have 13 Super Departments. “No frontline jobs will be affected, with savings to be achieved through integration of back office services and further elimination of bureaucratic waste and duplication”, said Premier Rees.

Briefing Overview

Intermedium will outline each of the expected changes and provide a road map of how they are likely to occur. Implications of each change will be examined at an agency level. Former government CIOs and key senior executives will offer insights drawing on practical state government experience.

They will uncover:

• How the new internal structures will need to emerge;
• How to anticipate the likely cultural changes, and
• How to position ICT to offer best value to government.

Who should attend?

• Existing ICT suppliers to NSW Government agencies;
• Intending ICT suppliers to NSW agencies;  
• Business Development Managers;
• NSW government agency personnel; and
• Consultants.

Briefing Speakers

Jane Treadwell
Senior Consultant
World Bank
&
Senior Associate
Intermedium

Jane has over ten years of experience as a Chief Information Officer, including as the Victorian Government’s Chief Information Officer where she was responsible for driving strategies to exploit information and communications technologies to achieve value for money and transform service delivery across the Victorian government.

Prior to this appointment, Jane worked in a number of senior executive roles across government including Deputy CEO for Business Transformation and Chief Information Officer in Centrelink, one of Australia’s largest service delivery organisations and the South Australian government in public sector reform, correctional services and public health.

Jane is recognised as a leader in e-business and organisational transformation, and was awarded Outstanding Achievement in the Role of CIO in March 2005 by The Australian.

She is now working as a Senior Consultant with the World Bank in its Global ICT Department; with a number of Australian government agencies in service transformation and ICT governance; and is a faculty member of the Institute of Public Administration of Australia, and as a Senior Associate with Intermedium.

Grantly Mailes
Senior Consultant
&
Senior Associate
Intermedium

Grantly has more than 15 years experience in government ICT, both from the “inside” and as an advisor. His career spans strategic consulting to operational roles, in both the public and private sectors.

He was the inaugural Chief Information Officer for the Government of South Australia where he was responsible for driving significant reforms in the delivery of services to the public through the strategic use of ICT. He was also responsible for a number of innovations in governance, procurement and standardisation.

Prior to joining the South Australian Government, he was the Technical Director of management strategy firm Booz Allen Hamilton, where he advised several Australian and overseas governments on the use of ICT to improve service delivery to citizens.

He is now working as a Senior Associate with Intermedium and works as a freelance consultant specialising in risk management in ICT projects. He chairs a number of government committees and holds a number of company directorships.

Judy Hurditch
Director
Intermedium

Since founding Intermedium in 2004, Judy has become a highly regarded specialist on the government marketplace and concentrates her focus on NSW Government.

As an independent industry analyst, she has extensive knowledge about both federal and state jurisdictions, and a comprehensive knowledge of suppliers to governments.

Prior to her commercial sector experience, Judy spent almost 20 years in the public sector, predominantly in IT-related project management and business system roles. During this time, Judy managed major IT projects and procurements and was responsible for service delivery. These roles included senior executive service roles within the Australian Taxation Office as well as in a NSW government corporation, senior project roles as the precursor to Centrelink and senior project management roles at the Office of Asset Sales. Judy was a Deputy Commissioner of Taxation when she left the Australian Public Service.

Judy has an MBA from the Australian Graduate School of Management.

Agency Profiles and Super Departments

Intermedium produces profiles of Federal and State Government agencies to order.  These profiles provide detailed information about the ICT environment of each agency, including:

• Background to the agency;
• Key suppliers;
• Strategic plan (where available);
• ICT organisation and staff profile (including contact details for key ICT staff);
• ICT / e-Business strategy (where available);
• Budget overview (ICT budget and ICT contract expenditure); and
• ICT organisation (systems and software, major projects, procurements and expiring contracts).

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