6Purpose of Digital Restart Fund

6 Purpose of Digital Restart Fund

6 Purpose of Digital Restart Fund

The purpose of the Fund is to support digital and information and communications technology initiatives across the government sector, and for that purpose, to fund projects that—

(a) develop and implement digital and information and communications technology products or services that, for the purpose of improving the delivery of services by government agencies and related interactions—

(i) identify the actions required to be taken by an individual (or on the individual’s behalf) in respect of significant events during the individual’s life, and

(ii) record related interactions between the individual (or on the individual’s behalf) and government agencies or non-government entities or other bodies or persons connected with the delivery of services by a government agency, and

(iii) identify impediments to the delivery of related services by government agencies and develop and implement solutions to those impediments, or

(b) develop and implement digital and information and communications technology products or services that are capable of being used by multiple government agencies in a cost effective manner, or

(c) optimise existing technologies, applications, computer systems or processes used by government agencies to improve the functionality and operational life of those technologies, applications, computer systems or processes, or

(d) provide persons employed in or by a government agency with education, training and information relating to digital and information and communications technology.