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MINISTER FOR HOUSING AND COMMUNITY SERVICES
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION
QUESTION NO 961
Housing Trust - Computer System
MR CORNWELL - Asked the Minister for Housing and Community Services - In
relation to the computer system used by the ACT Housing Trust -
(1) What total amount of money has been spent on (a) purchasing any equipment; (b) installing such new equipment; (c) purchasing new software; (d) installing such new software; (e) training staff to use new equipment and new software and (f) upgrades of the computer system (including contract IS-EP-UM (Gazette No. 32 of 11 August 1993)).
(2) What increased capacity does the "new system" have as compared with the "old" system.
(3) What greater efficiencies or improved management have been achieved by implementation of the new system.
MR CONNOLLY: The answer to the Members question is as follows -
(1) The amount of money spent on the implementation of the /SIP computer system by the ACT Housing Trust during the three years to 30 June 1993 was:
ITEM
EXPENDITURE
1990/91 to 1992/93
New equipment
$475,213
Equipment installation
Included in equipment purchase rice
New Software
$625,980
Installing and modifying software to suit
ACT requirements
$2,352,344
Staff computer trainin for /SIP
$30,720
Upgrades
$140,951 late 1991/92
$97,266 in July 1993
(2) In 1990, when the Housing Trust decided to purchase the /SIP computer system from the Victorian Government, the Housing Trusts existing systems were over ten years old. The systems were being increasingly expensive to maintain, had grave limitations in their capacity to manipulate data, and were unable to support significant changes to the services provided to clients; in effect they had reached the end of their practical life.
To support future development of its programs the Housing Trust needed to replace its systems. After a detailed evaluation of its options the Housing Trust decided to purchase the /SIP computer system from the Victorian housing agency, which is now part of the Victorian Department of Planning and Development.
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