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Presentation to Portfolio Committee On Home Affairs 11 November 2003

This presentation provides an overview of SITA's relationship with the Department of Home Affairs, including guiding principles, corporate structure, services rendered, and projects outside SITA's domain. It also discusses the Director General's vision of an ideal Home Affairs and how SITA can assist in achieving it.

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Presentation to Portfolio Committee On Home Affairs 11 November 2003

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  1. Presentation to Portfolio Committee On Home Affairs 11 November 2003

  2. PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF THE PRESENTATION Purpose The purpose of this presentation is to inform the Portfolio Committee on our relationship with Department of Home Affairs • Scope of the presentation • Guiding Principles • IT House of Values • Corporate Structure • Services Rendered • Projects outside SITA Domain • DG’s Vision of an Ideal Home Affairs • How SITA can assist

  3. GUIDING PRINCIPLES Specific guiding principles for implementation of SITA services are: • Building service delivery credibility through rapid creation of value; • Building of collaborative partnerships with government departments to ensure success; • Dual focus in managing SITA, i.e. build new capabilities while maintaining and improving on current service levels and; • Support the socio-economic policies of Government; • Promotion of a positive and service delivery image through communication, marketing and public relations.

  4. Cost of access • Cost of delivery • In service delivery Primary elements of e-Government Value Accelerated Service Delivery Lower Costs Citizen Convenience Focussing on these strategic focus areas Elimination of Duplication IT Security EconomiesofScale Interoperability IT HOUSE OF VALUE are enabled by ...

  5. IT and hence SITA has to be an enabler for welfare from the cradle to the grave

  6. CORPORATE STRUCTURE SITA (Pty) Ltd SITA Defense Services SITA Civilian Services SITA e-Services • Unique Defense IT/IS services including the following: • Data Center • Networks • Application Support • Application Projects • IS Security • Data Center • Networks • Application Support • Application Projects • IS Security • Regulatory and Governance standards on IT in Government ito: • Architecture • Research • Security framework • Acquisition

  7. Services Rendered • Mandatory Services/Transversal Systems - Printing - Hosting - Persal - Financial Management System • Wide Area Network - Currently operating on 16 disparate networks - Migrating to Government Core Network (GCCN), which carries data, voice, video conferencing • Non-Mandatory Services • Hosting of movement control system • Hosting of national population register • Currently IT spent is R36m from an approximate R310m budget for the above services to SITA

  8. Projects outside SITA Domain • De la Rue – Passport Printing • Choice Technology – Electronic Data Management System • Marples Consortium – Home Affairs National Identification System

  9. DG’s Vision of an Ideal Home Affairs The ideal DOHA expectations of a basic service: üFully paperless environment üSingle front end üSingle system for the department üSingle database üElectronic forms üImprove system availability üForeign offices connection (97 missions) üStandardisation of platforms üConnecting Lindela as a pilot site üICSC – integrated client services console üFingerprint identification (2 versus 10) üInternet establishment üRationalization – resources

  10. How SITA can assist • Implement a Master Systems Plan • Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Management • Virtual Private Network i.t.o. solution design/topology • SITA’s Research & Development to engage on ICT Strategic requirements • Call Desk Services • Implement Information Systems Security framework • Explore a new Fingerprint System • Training, skills development and Internship programmes • Presence in mission critical projects, e.g. HANIS • Manage strategic relationship between SITA and Home Affairs

  11. Thank you for all the supportWe are convinced that a basis for a Partnership exists.

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