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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1995 Week 11 Hansard (14 December) . . Page.. 3123 ..

(3) Consultants/contractors are engaged where the particular expertise or resources are not available within the ACT Government Service. They carry out specific planning projects (e. g, planning for Gungahlin Town Centre), studies (e.g, retail study), and data collection (travel surveys, water quality monitoring)

(4) N/A.

Ministerial and Corporate Services

FRM Implementation

(1) It is proposed that a consultant be engaged to assist in the implementation of the ACT Government Financial Management Reforms. The consultant will be engaged to provide Government Oracle Financial expertise.

(2) The cost of this consultancy will be in the vicinity of $40,000-$50,000.

(3) A Departmental Implementation Team will be actively working to implement the reforms, however, Government Oracle Financial expertise will be required and there are no appropriately qualified staff within the ACT Government Service.

(4) N/A.

FOI Training

(1) Tim Moe was engaged to undertake the development and presentation of a training course as it relates to Freedom of Information due to the future devolution of the function from the Department.

(2) The cost of this consultancy was $3,500.

(3) The Department had planned to develop training, however, the FOI Unit is due to be wound up on 31 December 1995 and did not have the capacity to meet the training needs of the client areas before that date.

(4) N/A.

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