Press Release SPECIAL MINISTER OF STATE 172006 The

Press Release: SPECIAL MINISTER OF STATE 1/7/2006 The Australian Government is promoting the use of international standards to help deliver better services to Australian citizens. “Government agencies must join up their IT systems in a reliable, secure and cost effective way to support business” said the Minister. The Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO) is helping Agencies by providing a platform called Gov. Dex to provide resources to maximise the use of international standards. “Gov. Dex includes standards developed under the auspices of the United Nations and This means we can benefit from the work of governments and businesses across the world” the Minister said. The government’s recently released E-Strategy ….

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Common View for OASIS e. Gov TC? People and businesses Cross-agency standards Technology standards, content standards, process standards TAX SS Stovepipes / agencies Political and audit accountabilities What about one face to “PAA”? Canberra, 6 December 2005 One face to SW developers? Policies, processes, pressures One face to the public

Example Centrelink (Social Security) Integration with Employers

The Problem • Casual workers receiving income support must estimate their income. • Often they get it wrong and owe $ to government. • If we can interface directly with employer payroll systems we can eliminate this problem.

Scenario Person • 4 Pay benefit 2 Pay salary 1 Authorise • • • Centre. Link Business But how to manage: Auto Payroll System / provider • Real time automated payroll reporting: Eliminates manual processes Reduces admin costs Eliminates error Simpler for citizen and business Reduced Centre. Link debt 3 Report payroll • • • Diversity of payroll systems Cost effectiveness for SMEs Whole of government consistency Privacy and security Managing a large community

Approach • Apply standards – At the technical layer by defining re-usable “profiles” for the application of web service standards. – At the semantic layer by building models from the same library of re-usable core components. • Maximise Re-use – Of integration components by providing a framework where all MYOB customers can leverage the same plug-in. – Of community data by providing a publish once, discover many times registry of businesses and their services. • Be practical – Cost should be less then benefit for any business large or small. – Don’t expect users to buy new equipment or learn new things.

How has Gov. Dex been used: Centrelink Employer Payroll Rsp Payroll Backend Req System Rec Ack • The Gov. Dex method of developing and deploying the integration to employers has reduced costs enough to make this implementation possible.

Concepts – “profiles and patterns” Request – response transaction pattern • Define how to use standards • Promote interoperability • Reduce deployment effort • Leverage common patterns

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