E-government Programme - Organisation
Minister of State Services
The Minister responsible for the successful delivery of e-government is the Minister of State Services, the Hon. Trevor Mallard.
E-government Advisory Board
The State Services Commissioner chairs the E-government Advisory Board. Its members assist him in guiding and overseeing the programme. The Board has four Public Service chief executives, a local government chief executive, and a private sector chief executive. The members are Dr James Buwalda, Kerry McDonald, Brian Pink, Geoff Dangerfield, Bryan Taylor and Christopher Blake. The Director of the E-government Unit is an ex officio member of the Board.
E-government Director
The Unit Director's role is to manage the E-government Unit to deliver the e-government programme. The Director also works closely with chief executives and senior managers in the government agencies to ensure wide acceptance of the programme objectives.
E-government Unit
The E-government Unit has people with technical IT, policy and strategy development, relationship management and project management skills.
The Unit size fluctuates according to the project work underway at any given time. There is a mix of permanent State Services Commission staff, secondees from other government departments, staff from other departments leading e-government projects from within those departments and contract staff.
Many other public servants, including local government staff are involved in the development and delivery of the e-government programme, lending their time, expertise and facilities.
There are also formal networks within the government sector to facilitate the exchange of information and ideas. These networks also provide a venue for government agencies to identify opportunities for collaborate to deliver e-government.
Formal Networks
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.
Projects
The E-government programme consists of a number of projects. Projects range from policy development and implementation, development of standards and guidelines to delivery of solutions and applications.
Input to the process
You can have input into the e-government process by commenting on our consultation documents or sending an email to e-government@ssc.govt.nz.
