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Formal networks for government people support the delivery of e-government. Public Service departments and some other government organisations have nominated e-government agency leaders and CIO's who meet monthly. The role of the agency leader is to drive the implementation of e-government in their organisation.

Responsibilities include:

• acting as a conduit for two way communication between their organisation and the E-government Unit
• ensuring mandatory requirements from the programme are included into their organisation's work plan
• working within their organisation to ensure that the approach to online service delivery is consistent with the policies and standards developed in the e-government programme.

E-government agency leaders are typically senior managers working in the core business of their organisation. Agency leaders focus on the service delivery (to people, business, other government organisations and Ministers), business transformation and change management dimensions of e-government.

CIO's are the managers who are accountable for the design and delivery of the technical and information management dimensions of e-government. They typically focus on the implementation of the interoperability framework, technical standards and guidelines, and leveraging of government IT infrastructure.

An e-procurement network concentrates on establishing a common approach for government to procurement, including syndicated procurement and e-procurement.