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• probity and ethical behaviour
• management of risk
• open and effective competition
• optimising whole-of-life costs;
(2) the integration of sustainability considerations that encompass environmental, economic and social aspects throughout the procurement processes;
(3) agency approaches to procurement training and development activities;
(4) the ability of local suppliers to compete for ACT government procurement opportunities;
(5) the effectiveness of recent reforms;
(6) impact on tendering organisations, in particular, speed, feedback and finalisation, of government discontinuing the tender process; and
(7) any other relevant matter.
The committee is expecting to report to the Legislative Assembly for the ACT as soon as practicable.
Statement by chair
MS LE COUTEUR (Molonglo): Pursuant to standing order 246A, I wish to make a statement on behalf of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts concerning the Review of Auditor-General’s Performance Audit Report No 1 of 2008: Chris21 human resources management system: procurement and implementation.
On 26 June 2008, Auditor-General’s report No 1 of 2008 was referred to the Standing Committee on Public Accounts for inquiry. This report relates to the procurement and implementation of Chris21, a whole-of-government human resource management system, by the Chief Minister’s Department, supported by Information Technology ACT.
The committee received a briefing from the Auditor-General in relation to the report on 4 February 2009. The report highlighted a number of general lessons with respect to project implementation and management. These included the need for:
• more effective involvement of agencies in the development of a statement of requirements and during project implementation;
• more effective communication with stakeholders;
• adequate time to be allowed to replace legacy systems;
• assessment of the risk that supplies of critical business systems may be interrupted or terminated; and
• adequate record keeping.
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