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Australian Report On Progress Towards the Paperless Trading GoalsIn APECˇ¦s Blueprint for Action on Electronic Commerce
the use of these standards by suppliers in dealing with one another.
The Australian Quarantine & Inspection Serviceˇ¦s (AQIS) Electronic Export Documentation System - EXDOC
The immediate and ongoing challenge for the Australian Government in relation to quarantine and inspection issues is to - (i) ensure the smooth and speedy transition of exporters of dairy, fish, grain and horticulture products onto the EXDOC system over the next eighteen months and - (ii) to further extend EXDOC to the livestock, wool, skins and hides and inedible meat commodity exporters as soon as is practicable, in order to deliver optimal running costs to our clients.
Financial and Banking environment
See above.
Business uptake
Electronic Government Procurement
As a major procurer in all sectors of the economy, government has an important role to play in encouraging business uptake of e-commerce. As a major user and customer, governments will be a significant catalyst for change, encouraging uptake by signalling its commitment to new technologies and supporting the development of a critical mass of users.
The Office of Government Online (OGO) (www.ogo.gov.au ) is currently working on four major projects in the electronic government procurement arena:
• Government Tenders website - ensuring tender discoverability across all Australian jurisdictions
OGO is responsible for managing the development of a Government Tenders web site on the Business Entry Point (BEP). While there are currently links to all the separate government procurement websites on the Business Entry Point, the Australian Procurement and Construction Ministerial Council has commissioned development of a new facility which will allow users to search all tender information on public tenders released by the Commonwealth, State or Territory Governments through a single search on the Business Entry Point.
• Commonwealth Procurement Online by 2000 (CPO 2000)
The Office for Government Online is responsible for the CPO 2000 project which aims to develop an implementation strategy for electronic procurement, encompassing purchasing and payment, for the Commonwealth Government. OGO is developing a detailed implementation strategy for electronic procurement (encompassing purchasing and payment). Expert consultancy advice has been used to identify and evaluate the options for the overall framework. In developing the strategy, OGO has consulted widely with Commonwealth agencies, suppliers and industry through interviews and workshops.
• Single Supplier Registration
The ability to register once as a potential supplier for the full range of government agencies (federal, state and eventually local) is an essential element to minimise the cost to SMEs when registering to deal with government. This is a two-phased project starting with phase one this financial year. This phase will scope the requirement for a single supplier registration database and will begin work on the development of data fields for the database. Subject to technical feasibility, the second phase will design, develop and implement a web-based process that will provide businesses a single location to register as a supplier to the Commonwealth Government. Government buyers will then be able to access the supplier database to obtain up-to-date information about suppliers, the type of goods and services they offer, links to [next page]