WA Parliamentary Question on Notice regarding the number, budget, and funding requests for websites maintained by government departments, agencies, and corporations under the Premier's portfolios. The response details website numbers, budgets, and funding requests for various departments.

AnsweredQoN 4441Legislative Assembly
Asked
25 November 2010
Portfolio
Premier; Treasurer; Minister for State Development

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(1) How many websites are maintained for each office or any government department, agency or publicly-owned corporation under each of the Premier’s portfolios?
(2) How many new websites are set to be created for new portfolio areas and associated new departments, agencies or publicly-owned corporations?
(3) As at 31 October 2010, what is the global budget allocation for each website?
(4) What government departments, agencies or publicly-owned corporations under the control of the Premier have requested website funding increases in time for the 2010 mid-year review?

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Answered
17 February 2011
Response time
84 days
Government agencies in the Premier's portfolio advise:
Department of the Premier and Cabinet:
(1)  19.
(2) None as at 14 January 2011.
(3) The global budget allocation for all websites maintained in the 2009-10 financial year was $313,790.
(4) Nil.
Public Sector Commissioner:
(1) 11
(2) Nil
(3) $91,615
(4) Nil
The Public Sector Commission also advises that for the former Office of the Public Sector Standards Commissioner:
(1) Two
(2) Nil
(3) $16,872
(4) Nil
Salaries and Allowances Tribunal:
(1) One
(2-3) Nil
(4) Not applicable
Department of State Development:
(1) One.
(2) Not applicable.
(3) $12,425 for the Department of State Development (for the 2009/10 financial year).
(4) Not applicable.
Gold Corporation:
(1) Five websites
(2) No new websites
(3)Website 1 $40,000
Website 2 $22,000
Website 3 and 4 Nil
Website 5 $1600
(4) No funding request
Lotterywest:
(1) Two - Lotterywest Corporate Website (
http://www.lotterywest.wa.gov.au
) and
Lotterywest Retail Link (
http://www.lwretail.com
).
(2) One   - A Saturday Lotto Microsite  - Lotto Dance is planned to be launched in February
2011. A new Play Online service will be launched in February 2011 together with new
functionality to accept online Grants applications this is part of the redevelopment of the
Lotterywest Corporate Website (
http://www.lotterywest.wa.gov.au
).
(3) Lotterywest Corporate Website (
http://www.lotterywest.wa.gov.au
) $746,370
Lotterywest Retail Link (
http://www.lwretail.com
)$10,000
Saturday Lotto Microsite  - Lotto Dance $30,000
Figures based on estimates reflecting the division of budget between web activities and back-end functionality together with Project progress status information as at 31 October 2010.
(4) No funding increase requested for 2010. Re-development of the Lotterywest Corporate
website - including play Online and automated online Grants applications - undertaken as
part of an already approved Project budget as well as other approved budget sources.
DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY AND FINANCE
(1)        Seven
(2)        One
(3)        $616,761 total cost of all websites
(4)        Nil
(1) Currently ACTIVE websites for DTF are:
ceiid.wa.gov.au
contractswa.dtf.wa.gov.au
dtf.wa.gov.au
oss.wa.gov.au
servicenet.wa.gov.au
servicenet.wa.gov.au/websites
ssc.wa.gov.au
tenders.wa.gov.au
Previous DTF websites:
Conferwest.wa.gov.au                                 redirect from gov.wa.website
Energysubsidy.dtf.wa.gov.au                      redirect
Gem.wa.gov.au                                            redirect
Grads.dtf.wa.gov.au                                    redirect
One40william.servicenet.wa.gov.au
Money.dtf.wa.gov.au                                  redirect
Ogp.wa.gov.au                                            redirect
Osr.wa.gov.au                                              redirect
Ourstatebudget.wa.gov.au                          redirect
Procurementreform.dtf.wa.gov.au              redirect
Regulatoryimpact.wa.gov.au                       redirect
Spirit.wa.gov.au                                           redirect
Stateinfrastructurestrategy.wa.gov.au         redirect
Statetaxreview.wa.gov.au                           redirect
Treasury.wa.gov.au                                      redirect
Works.wa.gov.au                                         redirect
BS.wa.gov.au                                              decommissioned
Eventnet.wa.gov.au                                     decommissioned
Fellowships.dtf.wa.gov.au                          decommissioned
Ooe.wa.gov.au                                            decommissioned
Owa.wa.gov.au                                           decommissioned
Scholarships.dtf.wa.gov.au                         decommissioned
Statesuperboard.wa.gov.au                         decommissioned
Taxreform.dtf.wa.gov.au                            decommissioned
(2) This one we understand is still under construction:
regulatoryimpact.wa.gov.au
(3)        Global budget allocation
(figures include maintenance costs of wa.gov.au and lifeevents.wa.gov.au which are
Owned by PSC and maintained by DTF)
Hardware cost                          58 481
Software cost                           45 000
Hosting & support cost          102 400
Maintenance Cost                  270 382
Planning & Development
140 498
TOTAL COST
$616 761 -
unable to provide individual cost per website
GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES SUPERANNUATION BOARD
(1)        One
(2)        Nil
(3)        $80 000 budget allocation
(4)        Nil
INSURANCE COMMISSION OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA
(1)        Three
(2)        Possibly one, for the Insurance Commission's CTP Division.
(3)        The total cost of maintaining all ICWA websites is approximately $275 000 p.a.
(4)        Nil
OFFICE OF THE AUDITOR GENERAL
(1)     One
(2)     None
(3)     $8 000 is the total expenditure on websites to 31 October 2010
(4)     None
WESTERN AUSTRALIAN TREASURY CORPORATION
(1)        One
(2)        Not Applicable
(3)        $25 000
(4)        Not Applicable
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