© SITA 2003 – 1 Presentation to Portfolio Committee On Home Affairs 11 November 2003

© SITA 2003 – 2 PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF THE PRESENTATION Purpose The purpose of this presentation is to inform the Portfolio Committee on our relationship with Department of Home Affairs Scope of the presentation Guiding Principles IT House of Values Corporate Structure Services Rendered Projects outside SITA Domain DG’s Vision of an Ideal Home Affairs How SITA can assist

© SITA 2003 – 3 Specific guiding principles for implementation of SITA services are: –Building service delivery credibility through rapid creation of value; –Building of collaborative partnerships with government departments to ensure success; –Dual focus in managing SITA, i.e. build new capabilities while maintaining and improving on current service levels and; –Support the socio-economic policies of Government; –Promotion of a positive and service delivery image through communication, marketing and public relations. GUIDING PRINCIPLES

© SITA 2003 – 4 are enabled by... Focussing on these strategic focus areas Interoperability Economies of Scale IT Security Elimination of Duplication Primary elements of e-Government Value Accelerated Service Delivery Lower Costs Citizen Convenience Cost of access Cost of delivery In service delivery IT HOUSE OF VALUE

© SITA 2003 – 5 IT and hence SITA has to be an enabler for welfare from the cradle to the grave

© SITA 2003 – 6 SITA (Pty) Ltd SITA Defense Services SITA Civilian Services SITA e-Services Unique Defense IT/IS services including the following: Data Center Networks Application Support Application Projects IS Security Data Center Networks Application Support Application Projects IS Security Regulatory and Governance standards on IT in Government ito: Architecture Research Security framework Acquisition CORPORATE STRUCTURE

© SITA 2003 – 7 Services Rendered Mandatory Services/Transversal Systems - Printing -Hosting -Persal -Financial Management System Wide Area Network - Currently operating on 16 disparate networks -Migrating to Government Core Network (GCCN), which carries data, voice, video conferencing Non-Mandatory Services –Hosting of movement control system –Hosting of national population register Currently IT spent is R36m from an approximate R310m budget for the above services to SITA

© SITA 2003 – 8 Projects outside SITA Domain De la Rue – Passport Printing Choice Technology – Electronic Data Management System Marples Consortium – Home Affairs National Identification System

© SITA 2003 – 9 DG’s Vision of an Ideal Home Affairs The ideal DOHA expectations of a basic service: Fully paperless environment Single front end Single system for the department Single database Electronic forms Improve system availability Foreign offices connection (97 missions) Standardisation of platforms Connecting Lindela as a pilot site ICSC – integrated client services console Fingerprint identification (2 versus 10) Internet establishment Rationalization – resources

© SITA 2003 – 10 How SITA can assist Implement a Master Systems Plan Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Management Virtual Private Network i.t.o. solution design/topology SITA’s Research & Development to engage on ICT Strategic requirements Call Desk Services Implement Information Systems Security framework Explore a new Fingerprint System Training, skills development and Internship programmes Presence in mission critical projects, e.g. HANIS Manage strategic relationship between SITA and Home Affairs

© SITA 2003 – 11 Thank you for all the support We are convinced that a basis for a Partnership exists.