Function

INFORMATION & COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY

The function of managing the organisation's technology and telecommunications resources and services through the planning, provision, development or acquisition of information and communication technologies. Includes specifying, developing, testing and implementing applications, systems and databases to support the business needs of the agency, to capture, store, retrieve, transfer, communicate and disseminate information through automated systems, the evaluation of software and hardware and the tendering, leasing, enterprise licensing of whole-of-government software and the disposal of systems and end user equipment. Also includes the maintenance of software libraries, the provision of data centres and telecommunications networks such as video conferencing, voice mail and electronic mail and the technical aspects of the Internet, Intranet and Web Sites.

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