Presentation to Select Committee on Local Government

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Presentation to Select Committee on Local
Government Administration
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Contents

• Background
• SITA Mandate
• Performance Overview
• ITAC
• Financial Sustainability
• Turnaround Strategy

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SITA Background

• The 1997/98 Presidential Review Commission Report
  identified problem areas regarding Information
  Technology
• Identified issues
• Inability to
• - recruit and retain skilled personnel
• - manage IT procurement
• - position ICT as an enabler of Government in
  the delivery of public services
• Ineffective utilisation of expensive IT resources
• Integration of IT services and facilities across
  Government

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SITA is mandated by Act of 88 of 1998 as amended

• The objective of the Agency is to
• Provide information technology, information
  systems and related services
• Maintain information systems security and
• Act as an agent of the South African Government.

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Performance Overview
Successes
Challenges

• Enterprise Agreements
• Youth Internship Programme
• Savings for Government
• E-Gateway Project
• Unqualified financial results
• Integration of State IT components
• Master Systems Plan
• Availability of critical services
• Printing

• ITAC processes
• Quality Services
• Pricing
• Timous delivery
• Stakeholder / Client relationships
• Cost recovery
• Transformation
• Skills retention and development
• Commercial and Agency role

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ITAC handles only a fraction of Government IT
spend

Source BMI Technology ITAC Note Spend for
period 1 April 2003 to 31 March 2004 ITAC has
limited record of value spent through transversal
contracts

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The Three-year Strategic Imperatives
1.Radically improve service delivery to our
clients
2.Prioritise citizen-focused projects
6.Maintain financial sustainability
Mission
To cost-effectively enhance public service
delivery through ICT
5.Build an appropriate organisational structure
and team to achieve our strategic objectives
3.Drive to best demonstrated practices in people
management and leadership
4.Overhaul internal external communications to
improve transparency, visibility image
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Umuntu Ngumntu Ngabantu