SA budget flags rise in IT spending

While many agencies have suffered cuts under the latest South Australian budget, many areas of ICT expenditure in the 2010-11 year will see a rise in funding. Noting major variations in expenditure between the 2009-10 and 2010-11 budgets, the South Australian Department of Treasury and Finance said it in the budget that it would increase expenditure by $15 million on ICT initiatives including its shared services reform, a taxation revenue management system and an e-procurement project.

The e-procurement project, being run in conjunction with the shared services project, will according to Treasury, result in improved procurement practices and reduction of internal red tape. In the 2010-11 financial year, the Department of Treasury and Finance noted it would spend some $92.64 million on its shared services program aimed at designing, developing, implementing and delivering shared services across government.

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