CW: Are we likely to see the data centre strategy evolve to suit the Cloud strategy’s progress?
JS: I think these are parallel strategies; they work together. There’s a degree of convergence but I don’t see them by any means as mutually exclusive or as diverging.
CW: AGIMO has recently embraced social media through blogs and Twitter. Do you believe this has changed the way government engages with industry in progressing these strategies?
JS: The government policy was very clear on this when it made its policy of open government in July last year.
Encouraging this sort of discussion between public servants and other stakeholders, encouraging openness in the way the government did its work and certainly AGIMO’s role as the lead agency for the implementation of the government’s response on Government 2.0 matters means we’re very keen to progress these issues. What we’re seeing increasingly is open discussion about this and there’s been a range of examples where we’ve had quite energetic discussions about things, so we’re happy to be doing what the government wants us to do and we’d be happy to get the sorts of results that the government is seeking here.