annual report 2012 – 13 - Australian Government Solicitor

Canberra staff will relocate in September2013.The building and precinct received a numberof awards and accolades at the ACT AustralianInstitute of Architecture Awards in June.ENSURE OUR TECHNOLOGY ISAPPROPRIATEThis year saw a number of improvements inour IT environment and services:— in November 2012 we released AGSConnect, a safe way to work on the AGSnetwork from home when travelling andfrom tablet devices— consolidation of State-based electronicdocument stores into a single nationalstore greatly simplified document sharingfor teams working across State boundaries— the Office Productivity Program deliveredupgrades to our spreadsheet, email andpresentation software, which reducedsupport costs, improved reliability,simplified exchanging documents withclients and delivered collaboration tools— we upgraded from our former version ofMicrosoft Office (Office Professional 2003)to Office 2013.The Executive Management Committeeapproved a capital plan for a stagedreplacement of IT and communicationsequipment.Library ServicesBuilding on last year’s budget savings, LibraryServices achieved a further 5% reduction in itsexpenditure this year.Library staff provided legal reference supportfor many significant matters during the year.The development of a new national trainingprogram was reflected in 32% moreparticipants in legal training sessions thisyear, with library staff devoting 40% moretime to delivering such sessions.Use of the Legal Opinions database continuedto grow. Searching of the database increasedby 7% during the year while the databasegrew by 14%.30 AGS Annual report 2012–13