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The Collaborative Government Suite

The Australian Government Information Management Office offers agencies tools, frameworks and strategies to encourage and enable collaboration across the Australian Government. This site provides a detailed list of collaborative products.

National Collaboration Framework

Provides an off the shelf legal Memorandum Of Understanding and agreement making process
The National Collaborative Framework provides an off the shelf legal Memorandum of Understanding and agreement making process. A text description (in rtf format) of this image is available here: http://www.finance.gov.au/e-government/better-practice-and-collaboration/docs/NCF_Principles_to_Collaborate_Tier_1.rtf

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  • Provides a structured approach to collaborative service delivery through a suite of reusable documents and tools including a Collaborative Head Agreement to manage cross agency arrangements;
  • Built around a consultative approach to managing risk identified in cross agency projects; and
  • Aimed at saving time, effort and resources in managing cross agency projects.

For more information, visit the NCF content of the Department of Finance and Deregulation website.

Contact: collaborative.services@finance.gov.au
Australian Government Architecture (AGA)
  • Provides a common language for agencies involved in the delivery of cross-agency services;
  • Supports the identification of duplicate, re-usable and sharable services;
  • Provides a basis for the objective review of ICT investment by government; and
  • Enables more cost-effective and timely delivery of ICT services through a repository of standards, principles and templates that assist in the design and delivery of ICT capability and, in turn, business services to citizens.

For more information, visit the AGA content of the Department of Finance and Deregulation website.

Contact: architecture@finance.gov.au 

GovDex

Is a Gov 2.0 collaboration tool to help agencies negotiate business across agency boundaries.
GovDex is a Gov 2.0 collaboration tool.

GovDex promotes effective and efficient information sharing, governance structures, tools, methods and re-usable technical components.

GovDex is comprised of three components:

  • a collaborative workspace;
  • a registry/repository; and
  • tools and methods.

For more information, visit the GovDex content on the Department of Finance and Deregulation website.

Contact: collaborative.services@finance.gov.au

The National Standards Framework

Facilitates an open and transparent process for the development and endorsement of ICT standards for government.

The National Standards Framework facilitates an open and transparent process for the development and endorsement of ICT standards for government
 This document describes a framework for initiating, endorsing and managing the development of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) standards to support the integration of cross agency business processes.

For more information, visit the NSF content of the Department of Finance and Deregulation website.

Contact:  collaborative.services@finance.gov.au

This page is also available in pdf format: The Collaborative Government Suite [PDF document296 KBs]

Contact for information on this page:collaborative.services@finance.gov.au

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Last Modified: 29 November, 2011