Auditor-General's comments
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Dr Peter Frost Acting Auditor-General |
Audit team Karen Phillips—Engagement Leader Elsie Alcordo—Team Leader Kate Day—Senior Analyst Engagement Quality Control Reviewer Tony Brown |
Digital Dashboard: Status Review of ICT Projects and Initiatives – Phase 2: Message
Ordered to be published
VICTORIAN GOVERNMENT PRINTER March 2016
PP No 146, Session 2014–16
The Hon. Bruce Atkinson MLC
President
Legislative Council
Parliament House
Melbourne
President
Legislative Council
Parliament House
Melbourne
The Hon. Telmo Languiller MP
Speaker
Legislative Assembly
Parliament House
Melbourne
Speaker
Legislative Assembly
Parliament House
Melbourne
Dear Presiding Officers
Digital Dashboard: Status Review of ICT Projects and Initiatives – Phase 2
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This audit examined whether Victorian public sector agencies and entities are appropriately planning, managing and implementing selected ICT projects in terms of cost, time, benefits realisation and governance.
Appendix C. Audit Act 1994 section 16—submissions and comments
Introduction
In accordance with section 16(3) of the Audit Act 1994, a copy of this report, or part of this report, was provided to the Department of Premier & Cabinet, the Department of Treasury & Finance, the Department of Health & Human Services, the Department of Environment, Land, Water & Planning, the Department of Justice & Regulation, the State Revenue Office and the Public Record Office Victoria.
Appendix B. Agency information management assessment criteria
Information is recognised as a valuable asset:
Appendix A. Agency information management maturity ratings
Formative (~) Information management is reactive.
There is an absence of an agency-wide information management strategy, senior level support and adequate governance structures. Policies and procedures are incomplete with decisions being made locally and improvements are generally driven by reactions to adverse events.
In development (✔) Information management is basic and partial.
4 Governance
At a glance
Background
Government's response to the 2009 parliamentary Inquiry into Improving Access to Victorian Public Sector Information and Data recognised the need for a strong, appropriately authorised, whole-of-government governance approach if agencies were to achieve the type of transformation envisaged.
This Part examines how well whole-of-government leadership and oversight have supported improvements in providing public access to public sector information (PSI).
3 Agency information management
At a glance
Background
This part examines information management (IM) practices in a sample of agencies and rates agencies' maturity using the Victorian IM better practice principles and standards.
Conclusion
None of the sampled agencies had fully established practices consistent with the better practice principles and standards.
2 Facilitating public access to public sector information
At a glance
Background
A critical component of providing the public with access to the public sector information (PSI) that agencies hold is communicating what PSI is held and if and how a member of the public can access this information. This Part discusses how well agencies facilitate public access to PSI.
1 Background
1.1 Introduction
1.1.1 Open access to public sector information
The importance of providing access to public sector information (PSI) is being increasingly recognised by government, business, research bodies, and the community at large.