2010 Excellence in eGovernment Awards
Winner Excellence in eGovernment Award and Geospatial Category Winner
City of Marion, South Australia for their SA Council Maps project.
Mr John Gosbell, the City of Marion, South Australia, accepting the Excellence in eGovernment Award from Mr Glenn Archer who was representing the Australian Government Chief Information Officer at the ICT Celebration Dinner @CeBIT.
City of Marion, South Australia - SA Council Maps
The SA Council Maps (Beta) website portal was developed by a cross-council project team. The website is a user friendly and cost effective centralised mapping solution providing the community with 24/7 online access to state-wide Local Government related spatial information. It contains a vast amount of data sourced from several State Government agencies in addition to data provided by the participating South Australian Councils.
Category Award Winners
| Category | Agency | Project |
|---|---|---|
| Applications Development | Department of Human Services (Centrelink) | Centrelink Emergency Response Contact System (CERCS) |
| Geospatial | City of Marion, South Australia | SA Council Maps |
| Project Management | Rockdale City Council, New South Wales | Council EDRMS |
| Service Delivery | NSW Department of Education and Training | School Website Service |
| Systems Architecture | City of Cockburn, Western Australia | Vmware View Desktop Rollout |
Applications Development Winner
Department of Human Services - Centrelink Emergency Response Contact System
The Centrelink Emergency Response Contact System (CERCS) was designed to improve Centrelink’s response to emergencies.The CERCS efficiently manages the collection, verification and contact details of volunteers and their suitable skills.In the event of an emergency, the system allows Centrelink to deploy suitable volunteers. The CERCS enables Centrelink to quickly determine who has been contacted, who has accepted a deployment request and who is volunteering in the field.
Project Management Winner
Rockdale City Council, New South Wales - Council Electronic Document & Records Management System Implementation
Rockdale City Council’s Electronic Document & Records Management System (EDRMS) generates electronic records as evidence in policy making, casework and service delivery, replacing manual and paper-based processes. It aims to improve Council governance, transparency of decision making processes and improved services to the community. EDRMS also helps comply with the requirements of the NSW State Records Act and other relevant legislation, saves office space and secures more reliable electronic record keeping.
Service Delivery Winner
New South Wales Department of Education and Training - School Website Service
The School Website Service (SWS) is an innovation in government online service delivery and in public education. SWS provides a suite of tools allowing schools to create and maintain a public website without technical complexity and high cost. It, provides a new, convenient and easy-to-use channel of communication between NSW public schools, the Department and school communities. The service comprises a purpose-built content management system, syndicated content and central expert support.
Systems Architecture Winner
City of Cockburn, Western Australia - Vmware View Desktop Rollout
The City of Cockburn IT Team has implemented a VMware View-based desktop strategy to improve service to its end users. Through the use of VMware vSphere and thin client technology, the City is able to deliver a consistent, scalable, highly available desktop service while reducing its carbon footprint and achieving tangible cost savings.
Category Awards Finalists
2010 Finalists for the Excellence in eGovernment Awards at the ICT Celebration Dinner @CeBIT
| Category | Agency | Project |
|---|---|---|
| Applications Development | Australian Pesticides & Veterinary Medicines Authority | Electronic Application & Registration System Online v2 |
| Applications Development | Commonwealth Grants Commission | Asynchronous Distributed Calculation System |
| Applications Development | Community Services, New South Wales | Wellnet Development |
| Geospatial | Department of Human Services | Geo-demographic Interactive Simulation Tool |
| Geospatial | Gosford City Council, New South Wales | Gosford Electronic Mapping System |
| Project Management | Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs | Community Development Projects Manager |
| Service Delivery | Legislative Assembly for the ACT | Daily on Demand Service |
Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority - Electronic Application and Registration System Online Version 2
The Electronic Application and Registration System (EARS Online v2) offers industry the opportunity to electronically submit and monitor applications for the registration of agricultural and veterinary chemicals. This system was developed by the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA), and streamlines the application process, creating efficiencies for both business and the APVMA. EARS Online fosters transparency by providing applicants with a means to view the progress of all their applications. This has led to internal efficiencies as the number of enquiries regarding the progress of applications has significantly reduced.
Commonwealth Grants Commission - Asynchronous Distributed Calculation System
The Asynchronous Distributed Calculation System(ADICAS) is a generic calculation system that has delivered calculation speeds over 40 times faster than previous systems by using the idle processing power of the Commission's networked machines. ADICAS uses an asynchronous distributed architecture to speed up the processing of large amounts of calculations. It uses the idle processing power of the Commission’s networked machines to execute discreet calculations concurrently to achieve significant speed gains. The distributed nature of the system has positive implications for scalability - the more machines on the local area network, the faster numbers will be calculated.
Community Services New South Wales - Wellnet Development
Wellnet is a new application that has been designed and built to facilitate the sharing of child wellbeing information between departments and Community Services. Staff of Child Wellbeing Units (CWUs) use Wellnet to record events and to determine whether other departments have had involvement with the same clients, thereby fostering collaboration about the safety and wellbeing of children. The application allows children at risk of harm to be supported outside of the statutory child protection system, by providing CWU staff from other departments with indicators regarding the past history of a child.
Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs - Community Development Employment Projects Manager
In December 2008 the Australian Government announced significant reforms to the Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP) program. The reforms formed part of the overall reforms to employment servicing for Indigenous Australians. The reforms changed the participation and income arrangements for CDEP participants, required joint servicing arrangements with other service providers, interactive interfaces across a range of IT applications, and new program rules for providers. These required a new IT system. CDEP Manager is the redevelopment of the ICT system supporting the CDEP program, and manages 15,000 participants and processes 1000 or more outcome claims each month.
Department of Human Services - Geo-demographic Interactive Simulation Tool
The Geo-demographic Interactive Simulation Tool (GIST) is a user-friendly web-based geospatial analytics tool, which integrates spatially enabled data from multiple sources in an accessible format for non-technical users. Spatial information can be discovered, explored, and visualised through 4 main tools, mapping, profile, charting and query. GIST is designed to enhance the way Government approaches evidence based policy making by providing spatially enabled administrative data directly to policy makers. GIST is currently deployed to over 300 users across 23 Commonwealth Government departments and agencies through a secure web based environment.
Gosford City Council - Gosford Electronic Mapping System
The Gosford Electronic Mapping System (GEMS) is an interactive web mapping application that is free to the public. The system allows anyone to locate and obtain information such as Planning Zones, Dog off leash Areas, Bushfire Prone Areas, Aerial Photography, Vegetation, Land Development Constraints, Sea Level Rise, property information (Lot/Plan) and also the ability to search on addresses/suburbs. This system takes advantage of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) where users can superimpose various "layers" of data to visually see the effects. The system provides 24/7 access to information which was previously only available during business hours by phone or in person.
Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory - Daily on Demand Service
Daily on Demand provides searchable online audiovisual replays of Assembly proceedings. It places the Assembly at the forefront of world legislatures in making parliamentary proceedings more relevant and accessible in a timely, contemporary and convenient way. Unlike real-time internet web-streaming, Daily on Demand draws on an expanding database of Assembly proceedings to provide an archive that can be searched by subject, member’s name and date and time of debate. Users enter one or more of these criteria for an almost instantaneous audiovisual replay of the selected proceedings.
Contact for information on this page: e-Government Awards Coordinator