Office of Asset Sales and Information Technology Outsourcing
OASITO
1997 – 2001
Previously Office of Asset Sales (1996–1997).
Finance-portfolio office that managed the sale of Commonwealth businesses and shareholdings, including Telstra shares, and the whole-of-government information technology infrastructure outsourcing initiative.
Names over time
- Office of Asset Sales1996–1997
- Office of Asset Sales and Information Technology Outsourcing1997–2001
How it came into existence
Formed in 1997 in the Finance portfolio by combining the Office of Asset Sales with responsibility for the Howard government's IT infrastructure outsourcing initiative, which the Office of Government Information Technology had coordinated.
- Coordination of whole-of-government IT infrastructure outsourcing
- Management of Commonwealth asset sales
How it ended
Abolished in 2001 after the Humphry review of the IT outsourcing initiative; its remaining asset sales and IT outsourcing responsibilities returned to the Department of Finance and Administration.
- Commonwealth asset sales
- Whole-of-government IT outsourcing
Main functions
- Management of Commonwealth asset sales
- Sale of Commonwealth shares in Telstra
- Whole-of-government IT infrastructure outsourcing
- Advice on scoping and structuring of sales
Where it sits
Last in the portfolio of Department of Finance and Administration.
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Sources
Government records and websites
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