[LINK] Operation Sunlight Briefing

[Marghanita da Cruz]

Tom Worthington wrote:
> Greetings from the Operation Sunlight Briefing in Canberra, where I 
> am blogging and Twittering. Operation Sunlight is an initiative from 
> the Australian Minister for Finance to make government budgetary 
> processes more transparent.
> Unfortunately while there is a lot of documentation, none of it seems 
> to clearly set out exactly what the object of the exercise is: 
> <http://www.tomw.net.au/blog/2009/03/operation-sunlight-briefing.html>.
> 
> 
> What are the key objectives of Operation Sunlight?
> 
> Operation Sunlight has six key objectives:
>     * Tightening the outcomes and outputs framework;
>     * Changing the Budget Papers to improve their readability and usefulness;
>     * Improving the transparency of estimates;
>     * Expanding the reach of budget reporting;
>     * Improving inter-generational reporting; and
>     * Improving the financial framework.
> 

Is it too cynical to suggest it is the start of the process to buy one of these 
products:
 >
 >> Bangalore: UBS, a global financial service firm has selected MetricStream 
GRC platform . to support its internal audit management processes.
 > 
<http://www.siliconindia.com/shownews/UBS_opts_MetricStream_to_use_its_GRC_solution_-nid-54441.html>
 >
 >> SAP helps organizations build a unified GRC environment within an SAP and 
non-SAP system environment. SAP BusinessObjects governance, risk, and compliance 
solutions deliver the following business benefits associated with corporate 
accountability:
 > 
<http://www.sap.com/solutions/sapbusinessobjects/large/governance-risk-compliance/businessbenefits/index.epx> 


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