Delivering the goods - specific deliverables &

The rollout of the initiatives described in the e-government strategy will continue until June 2002. There will be reviews and further projections every six months, allowing for a detailed 90 - 180 day view and a further well shaped, but less detailed, 12 month view to be held at any one time.

The deliverables are required to achieve the e-government strategy's objectives, to drive and guide the development of e-government applications by agencies and for implementation of the e-government portal, which is scheduled to be in place by January 2002. These projects provide the foundation for the portal to be government's front door.

Key foundation deliverables - June 2001 - strategy, framework, standards & policy projects

The strategy, framework, standards and policy projects are prerequisites to later delivery projects as they provide business process, policy and technical infrastructure.

• A plan to leverage the investment in IT systems across government to ensure best value by integrating the systems in the back office of government.

• Secure Electronic Environment & Public Key Infrastructure policy to enable information to be shared and transactions to take place in a secure environment.

• Government metadata framework (GUIDE - Government Information Discovery Enhancement) to catalogue government information in a standard way to make it more easily discoverable by the public.

• Web-portal strategy and standards will be developed and consistently applied across government to ensure online information and services are designed from the user's perspective and are easily integrated.

• Framework for common data policies and standards to ensure government information systems can be connected (inter-operability) to support integrated service delivery.

• National Information Infrastructure Protection strategy (NIIPS) & implementation plan to ensure New Zealand is actively protecting itself against cyber-attack.

Delivery projects - June 2001 - key implementation deliverables

Several delivery projects are running concurrently with, and depend on, the achievement of the foundation deliverables.

• A framework for agencies to publish government forms online.

• E-billing strategy to enable customers to be able to pay their bills with government online.

• E-procurement strategy and pilot to move government purchasing processes online.

Other key milestones - June 2001

• Government directive expecting every public servant to be able to use Internet-based services in order to lead the way in building skills and capability.

• Agencies to have explicitly incorporated e-government into their strategic business planning for 2001/02 onwards.

• Agencies to have incorporated reporting on achieving e-government objectives and milestones into their performance reporting.

• Cabinet to have approved a reporting strategy and framework to monitor the progress of agencies in meeting e-government objectives and milestones.

• Established networks across government and the private sector to ensure collaboration and co-ordination of e-government.

Key deliverables - January 2002

• All-of-government solution to streamline government purchasing processes and encourage suppliers to go online.

• New government web portal as the primary entry point to government online.

• Government services audit to determine what services government provides and identify where integration can take place.

• E-billing pilot to test the benefits for customers of being able to pay their bills with government online.

• A change-of-address strategy and implementation plan so customers can advise government online.

• Identification of current departmental IT projects to ensure consistency and alignment with the e-government strategy. Identification of current departmental IT projects to ensure consistency and alignment with the e-government strategy.

• Agency level inter-operability plans completed.

Key deliverables - June 2002

• Implementation of the NIIPS strategy ensuring New Zealand is actively addressing its vulnerability to cyber-attack.

• Customer (front-office) delivery strategy for delivering integrated services and information to customers.

• Authentication policy to ensure appropriate identification and protection of customers.

For a diagrammatic view of the key deliverables refer to Appendix 1.