Government Enterprise Architecture
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The Government Enterprise Architecture (also known as the GEA) is an initative of the Queensland Chief Information Office (QGCIO) [1] in Australia and provides a guiding framework for Queensland Government's development, use, and management of information technology (IT) assets. The framework is designed to support the development of better services for Queenslanders, more efficient and effective use of ICT in government, and effective partnering with the private sector.
Compliance with the GEA is a requirement of the Queensland Government's Financial Management Standard.
[edit] History
The former Department of Communication and Information, Local Government, Planning and Sport commenced a project in early 1999 to define what was called at the time a Government Information Architecture with the aim of improving the interoperability of communication and information systems and the sharing of information resources across Queensland Government agencies.
Loosely based on the META Group Enterprise Architecture Service methodology the first version was published in May 2001.
After an internal review of IT management across the Queensland Government in 2005 this original effort was replaced by the expanded GEA. At the same time the notion of enterprise architecture became enshrined in legislation in the form of the Financial Management Standard. This became one of the first known examples of enterprise architecture being explicitly mandated by a government body.
