[LINK] NOIE = OIE + AGIMO

[Andrew Wood]

And we have to presume that this re-org will be the FINAL one - (with a 
little poetic license) have a look at AGIMO spelled backwards...

Woody.


On 11/03/2004, at 10:05 AM, Roger Clarke wrote:

>> At 3/10/2004 04:09 PM, Roger Clarke wrote (was: "NOIE = OIE + AGIMO"):
>> ... NOIE becomes OIE, and is moved back inside DCITA.AGIMO = Office 
>> of the Aust Govt CIO. ...
>
> Tom Worthington <Tom.Worthington at tomw.net.au>:
>> ps: Someone could do a PHD charting the life of IT policy components 
>> of government by tracking the changes from OGIT to OGO to NOIE, as 
>> recorded in the Internet Archive <http://web.archive.org/>.
>
> And don't forget IITF - Information Industries Task Force, at least I 
> think that was the acronym;  which was part of Dept of Industry and 
> things.  That was a predecessor to what become part of NOIE, and is 
> about to become a part of DCITA called, as Jan said, Ozzie, Ozzie, 
> Ozzie, OIE, OIE, OIE.
>
> Re DCITA.AGIMO/NOIE/OGO/OGIT, there was no *formal* predecessor to 
> OGIT.
>
> There was a committee, IESC - Information Exchange Steering Committee, 
> which was chaired by Pat Barrett in his then role as a Dep Sec in DoF. 
>  DoF provided some IT consultancy services in those days, and 
> generally had a reasonable ability to impose 'moral suasion' on 
> agencies.  That was c. 1980-1990.  (Pat's shortly to retire from his 6 
> or so years as Auditor-General).
>
> Prior to that, of course, there was the Public Service Board, which 
> had coordinative and some audit and review roles.  But that was back 
> when the computer industry was young, and so was I.
>
> Well, Tom, you asked.  Can I have my PhD now please?
>
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