Office of Asset Sales
OAS
1996 – 1997
Renamed Office of Asset Sales and Information Technology Outsourcing in 1997.
Finance portfolio office that managed the sale of Commonwealth businesses and shareholdings in the first years of the Howard government's asset sales program.
Names over time
- Office of Asset Sales1996–1997
- Office of Asset Sales and Information Technology Outsourcing1997–2001
How it came into existence
Set up in the Finance portfolio about 1996 to manage the Commonwealth's asset sales, taking over that work from the Department of Finance. Its exact start date, and whether it continued an earlier asset sales unit of the Keating government, are not confirmed.
- Asset sales
How it ended
Renamed the Office of Asset Sales and Information Technology Outsourcing in 1997, when it was also given responsibility for the whole-of-government IT infrastructure outsourcing initiative.
- Management of Commonwealth asset sales
Main functions
- Management of Commonwealth asset sales
- Advice on scoping and structuring of sales
- Engagement and management of sale advisers
Where it sits
Last in the portfolio of Department of Finance.
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Sources
Some dates or links for this organisation are uncertain. Corrections are welcome.