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Appendix 8

Purchaser–provider arrangements

The department has a cross-agency arrangement, the Service Level Agreement (SLA), under which it provides common administrative services to government agencies overseas. The current SLA agreement covers the period September 2004 to June 2007. In 2005–06, the department provided services under the SLA to:

• Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID)
• Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research
• Australian Customs Service
• Australian Federal Police
• Australian Federal Police Protective Service
• Australian Government Information Management Office
• Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
• Australian Security Intelligence Organisation
• Australian Taxation Office
• Australian Trade Commission (Austrade)
• Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
• Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
• Department of Defence
• Department of Education, Science and Training
• Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
• Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
• Department of Health and Ageing (Therapeutic Goods Administration)
• Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs
• Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources
• Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
• Department of Transport and Regional Services
• Department of Veterans' Affairs
• Invest Australia
• National Library of Australia
• Office of National Assessments
• The Treasury

The Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, the Department of Defence, AusAID, the Australian Federal Police and the Department of Education, Science and Training are the main purchasers of services under the SLA.

The department had purchaser/provider arrangements with government agencies that required information and communications technology (ICT) services for staff at Australia's overseas missions and at a number of agency sites within Australia. The department provided ICT services to the following agencies:

• Attorney-General's Department
• Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID)
• Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research
• Australian Customs Service (including National Surveillance Centre)
• Australian Federal Police
• Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
• Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency
• Australian Taxation Office
• Australian Trade Commission (Austrade)
• Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre
• Bureau of Meteorology
• Defence Intelligence Organisation
• Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (including Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service)
• Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts
• Department of Defence
• Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
• Department of Education, Science and Training
• Department of Finance and Administration
• Department of Health and Ageing
• Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs
• Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources
• Department of the Environment and Heritage (including Australian Antarctic Division)
• Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
• Department of Transport and Regional Services
• Department of Veterans' Affairs
• Export Finance and Insurance Corporation
• Invest Australia
• National Library of Australia
• Office of National Assessments
• Parliamentary Relations Office
• The Treasury

The department had purchaser/provider arrangements with government and state government agencies under which it provided payroll services to staff of those agencies overseas. The department provided payroll services to the following agencies:

• Attorney-General's Department
• Australian Customs Service
• Australian Taxation Office
• Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
• Department of Education, Science and Training
• Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
• Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
• Department of Health and Ageing
• Department of Transport and Regional Services
• National Library of Australia
• New South Wales Department of State and Regional Development
• Office of National Assessments
• Western Australian Department of the Premier and Cabinet

See output 1.2 for further information about the provision of ICT services and output 1.3 for further information about the SLA and the provision of payroll services to client agencies.

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