Australian government ICT trends report 2014-15

This report presents data about ICT use and expenditure since 2008-09 by government entities. The Australian Government introduced ICT Benchmarking in 2009. It is a requirement that Non-Corporate Commonwealth entities subject to the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 participate in annual benchmarking of their ICT activities (some exemptions apply). The programme is conducted by the Department of Finance. The ICT Benchmarking Framework, revised in October 2015, sets out the objectives: to measure the efficiency of ICT services; to inform policy development; and to support ICT investment decision-making at both entity and whole-of-government levels. The framework also defines the annual benchmarking process and agreed metrics. A taxonomy provides guidance to entities to ensure the consistent treatment and categorisation of ICT costs