Major initiatives 1999-2004 14. These core strategic elements will guide the annual business plans of the organisation for the next five financial years, that is the period July 1999 to June 2004. Outcomes and outputs Under 1999-00 Budget arrangements, General Government Sector agencies will plan, budget, manage and report using the outcomes and outputs framework. Outcomes are the results, impacts and consequences of actions by the Commonwealth on the Australian community. Outputs are the goods and services produced by agencies on behalf of Government for organisations or individuals.
Agencies deliver outputs to contribute to planned outcomes.
A new ASDI grants program encourages partnerships between industry, research and government to undertake projects aimed at improving accessibility to geospatial data held by disparate groups throughout Australia. Initiatives for increasing the availability of online mapping and remote sensing data will benefit all Australians. It is empirical data presented impartially across the whole nation in a consistent format. This includes providing opportunities through appropriate outsourcing of production, using Value Added Resellers to develop a variety of products to meet market niches, facilitating access to good quality national spatial datasets, and providing opportunities for Australian industry to gain access to export markets. A wide range of survey work on projects of federal interest has been undertaken throughout Australia since 1910 including development of the national capital, establishment of the weapons system trial area at Woomera, surveys for a microwave link around Australia, airport construction and upgrades, defence facilities, environmental programs, Aboriginal land claims in NT and community infrastructure, national parks including Uluru, Kakadu and the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, and Alice Springs to Darwin rail link.