Checklist for agencies

There are two sets of e-government requirements for agencies – mandatory and discretionary.

Mandatory

Departments must give effect to requirements of the following Cabinet minutes:

• Online Authentication - Direction regarding all-of-government Shared Authentication Services [PDF - 260KB]
• Government Web Standards (formerly Government Web Guidelines)
• New Zealand e-Government Interoperability Framework (e-GIF)
• Domain Name Moderation
• Information Security
• Trusted Computing and Digital Rights Management
• Monitoring Regime for Major Information Technology (IT) Projects

Crown agents must give effect to the following whole of government direction:

• Direction regarding all-of-government Shared Authentication Services [PDF - 260KB]

Discretionary

Agencies are encouraged to align their agency plans to have regard to:

• Use of the comon capability products such as One.govt, SEEMail, Shared Workspace
• Government Use of Offshore ICT Service providers
• Risk Assessment for hosting government websites overseas

(updated July 2011)