Capital gain for Objective
Capital gain for Objective
Document management system provider Objective's Integrated Document Management System (IDMS) has been selected by the ACT Government as its standard DM system.
ACT Government's implementation strategy will see IDMS progressively rolled out to agencies throughout the government for a wide variety of business applications. Ultimately, it will be used by all employees with access to a PC.
The multi-enterprise project was undertaken by the ACT Government to meet two key strategic outcomes - to improve processes and the capacity of the government to provide better service delivery; and to support compliance with the requirements of the Territory Records Act, particularly given the exponential growth of electronic records.
A single, integrated document management solution was seen as the linchpin in the ACT Government’s information management strategy and key infrastructure to support the government’s holistic approach to customer service delivery.
"The processes of a modern government continue to create unstructured information at an unprecedented rate," said Robert Gotts, IDMS Project Director, ACT Government. "A capability for managing document capture, document access and the processes supported by documents, across the whole of government was imperative."
"IDMS is unlike many other e-business applications in that it is not designed to meet a single, or narrowly defined business problem, rather it is designed to meet a very general or broad problem – essentially taking an agency’s unstructured information, documents, records and the like, and creating structure for them from which specific business solutions are delivered." said Gotts.
In addition to underpinning improved services for customers of the ACT Government - residents, businesses and the government agencies themselves - the IDMS will assist agencies meet their commitment to open and accountable government. The records management capabilities inherent in Objective’s software provide the ability for agencies to comply with both the new Territory Records Act and the requirements of the international recordkeeping standard, ISO 15489.
Mr Tony Walls, CEO Asia Pacific, Objective Corporation, said: "Not only is Objective's solution proven in its ability to scale to tens of thousands of users, but the ACT Government's vision for the use of its IDMS is closely aligned to Objective’s vision for government more broadly.
"For the past decade, Objective has been focused on a vision of one seamless, ubiquitous system for whole of government. The ability to share documents across and between agencies reduces duplication of both information and effort, improves inter-agency communication and collaboration and vastly improves services to citizens by providing the backbone infrastructure for e-government initiatives."
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