1. XML & E-COMMERCE SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP (XZIG)
14: :00 Fri 22/11/2002
Stream: E-commerce Tenders
Topic: 2nd Review Lgov-NSW - Enhanced Community Services Tender
Faculty IT - Uni Technology Sydney
r Jones Street
BROADWAY 2007

2. Agenda 14:00 Welcome 14:10 Summary Key Issues of tender
14:20 Central System or Networked Lgov Sytems
14:35 New Local Government E-services
14:50 New Payment options for E-Business Opportunities
15:05 OIC Experience with Local Government
15:20 Questions
15:35 Next steps for Consortium Participants
16:00 Finish

3. Background OIC * Formed in 1994
* Forum to raise awareness of Electronic Information Technology (EIT) issues like E-commerce & the Internet
* 3 years quarterly lunch lectures
1994 Gary JACKSON past MD Microsoft, Sybase and Cisco
1996 Senator Richard ALSTON - Federal Minister for Communication
1997 Dean BROWN - South Australian Minister Information Technology
* st member project - EAIM
* nd member project won 1st prize in “IT for SME” Category of Global Bangemann Challenge Competitors
* Commissioned by DEWRSB surveys Local Government

4. Education /Awareness Process
Because the issues involved with new e-business processes are a totally new way of thinking, it takes a long time for organisations to understand the changes required in business process and practice
It requires more than meetings and seminars. As part of the education/awareness process the OIC has developed an internal and external project process.
Internal projects are proposed by members as part of Special Interest Groups [ZIGS] or Special Application Groups [ZAGS] eg EAIM, Y2KRAMP, TIMS
External projects are provided by the OIC Tender Information Management Service [TIMS] eg DEWRSB EoI 2001/10, NSW Local Government & Shires Associations tender Lgov-NSW-2 to provided enhanced Community Services

5. Logistics Education/Awareness process
1 On-going development contact base - currently 7,500 contacts Australia and another 7,000 worldwide
2 Matrix of vertical {Industry} & horizontal {application} projects
3 Develop infrastructure process for formation project work groups - acknowledge & protect IP
4 Promote regular published program of education/awareness seminars
5 Establish list of speakers
6 Credits scheme for attendance and participation
7 Work with other groups to promote education/awareness

6. XZIG Co-ordinating issues
A Awareness of XML and world-wide promotion by UN/CEFACT and OASIS to stimulate use E-commerce
B External projects - monitoring tenders that may be suitable for XML projects - TIMS
C Internal projects - TIMS submit as XML schema - funding applications to ITOL for commercialisation
D Education and networking service for Tenders
E Identifying funding resources for E-commerce initiatives