Julius Segole, Chair, GITOC
In addition to being chair of GITOC, Julius is CIO for the National Department of Social Development (DSD). He has a wealth of IT experience with a particular focus on EA. Julius is currently involved in leading or participating in strategic government projects such as e-gov, Integrated Justice System (IJS), National Integrated Social Information System (NISIS) and the development of the GWEA framework. His other previous appointments include the United Nations, Metrorail, Eskom and South African Breweries.

Willie Needham, Chief Architect, SITA
Willie has over 28 years of experience in Information and ICT planning and developmen, 19 of which were focussed on DOD Information & ICT Architecture. Currently.

He is leading the GWEA and Interoperability Standards programme for the Government. Willie is also leading and participating in several committees, including SITA Enterprise Architecture Committee, GITO Council Standing Committee on Architecture, DOD Information Assurance Board and SABS standardisation committees.

Presentation
Applying Architecture to Solve the Integration Challenges in Government
The disconnected nature of systems within Government has a major impact on the lives of its Citizens and the quality and efficiency of the services. Currently citizens are largely burdened with the torturous responsibility of seeking information on services offered by government and at the extreme to integrate government services on their own in order to access the one service they needed most. Were government achieves a ‘limited integration’ it is based on exchange of flat-files established on an as-needed basis, requires time consuming negotiations with individual organisations, no common definitions and/or established infrastructure to facilitate information sharing, no use or adherence of standards and no reusability of services.

The presentation outlines the integration challenges faced by government and how Enterprise Architecture can be used to enable better integration between government entities.

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