Government IT projects—Outsourcing
560. Hon Rod Caddiesto theparliamentary secretary representing the Treasurer:
I refer to the recent Auditor General's report in relation to government IT projects.
(1) Of the IT projects listed in the Auditor General's report, how many have had their project management partially or completely outsourced to consulting firms?
(2) How many of the government IT projects referenced in the Auditor General's report include offshoring work to be performed outside Australia?
(3) How many government IT systems operated by government departments and government trading enterprises utilise day-to-day system support delivered by offshore service providers?
Hon Samantha Rowe replied:
I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. I provide the following answer on behalf of the Treasurer.
(1)–(3) The Department of Treasury does not hold this information. This information would need to be sought from the agencies responsible for each of those projects.
