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From: Richard Smith [mailto:[FOI #3251 email]]
Sent: Thursday, 16 March 2017 12:52 PM
To: Education - FOI
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Total cost of Unique Student Identifier USI.gov.au website to date and forecast cost until completion

Dear Department of Education & Training,

I request the following information:

a) Total expenditure & cost of designing and implementing the Unique Student Identifier USI.gov.au website & associated infrastructure to date;

b) The total forecast cost until the website is fully functional to the point where all people with a USI can look up their course and training history and receive a printed transcript; and

c) The latest documented programme showing an estimated date for implementation & completion of the USI.gov.au website to the point where all people with a USI can look up their course and training history and receive a printed transcript.

If possible, please treat this as an administrative/informal request. Otherwise please proceed with my request as a formal information request under the FOI Act 1982.

Yours faithfully,

Richard Smith

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Dear Mr Smith

I refer to your request for information about the Unique Student
Identifiers initiative.

Total expenditure on the initiative since 2012/13 until the present time
is detailed below. The expenditure includes costs for consultation,
development of legislation, ICT development and maintenance, and support
for access holders and training providers:

2012/13                $7,761,000

2013/14                $3,623,000

2014/15                $5,872,000

2015/16                $8,446,000

2016/17*             $2,816,278

* To February 2017.

With regard to your request for the forecast cost of the website until the
USI Transcript Service is available. Activation of the USI Transcript
Service is expected to occur in mid-2017. The USI budget for 2016 - 2017
is $5,695,000.

The USI Transcript Service will provide students with access to records
contained in the VET National Collection held by the National Centre for
Vocational Education Research (NCVER). As records reported prior to 2015
are not linked with a student's USI, these will not appear on the USI
Transcript. It is important to note that some training providers report to
NCVER on an annual basis and other report quarterly. This means that some
transcripts will not be as up to date as others. As the proportion of
records per student grows, the USI Transcript may provide a valuable
supplement to the individual records issued by training providers.

If you would like to receive updates about the status of the USI
Transcript Service, you can subscribe by clicking [1]here.

Kind regards

Kathryn Smith

Assistant Director

USI Engagement, Policy and Integrity

USI Registrar

Ph: 61-2-6240 9860

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