QGEA Digital capability directions
Queensland Government executives are responsible for developing digital capabilities that underpin business services. They are accountable for organising investment plans that align technology with business goals and strategies.
The Queensland Government Enterprise Architecture (QGEA) provides policies for sound ICT governance based on best practice.
Mandated policies in this category
Policy |
October 2025–current
CurrentMandated
This policy outlines the requirements for Queensland Government departments in the registration and management of domain names for agency internet resources
Requirements
- Departments must register domain names.
- Registration of domain names by agencies will be in accordance with the Domain name registration and management standard.
- Agencies must manage the impact on domain names after a machinery-of-government change and arrange transfer of ownership within 3 months.
Policy |
January 2025–current
CurrentMandated
Requirements
- 1. Agencies must align ERP initiatives and investments to the whole of Queensland Government ERP Strategy.
Policy |
October 2019–current
CurrentMandated
Defining a set of common data attributes for the reporting and publication of grants, frontline service procurement and other assistance data.
Requirements
- All departments must collect the core data elements defined for grants, frontline service procurement and other assistance program and expenditure data.
Policy |
April 2019–current
CurrentMandated
Queensland Government departments define and implement suitable strategies for managing the life cycle of ICT hardware assets.
Requirements
- Departments must retire, update ICT hardware or replace with an as-a-service solution with a medium or high business impact before it reaches the end of service life support unless the risk is formally accepted via the corporate risk management process.
Policy |
December 2017–current
CurrentMandated
Implementing and managing ICT cabling infrastructure in a consistent manner, ensuring that cabling infrastructure meets the Australian Communications and Media Authority mandatory requirements.
Requirements
- Departments must use a consistent approach when implementing and managing ICT cabling infrastructure.
- Departments must have a cabling standard in place..
Policy |
July 2021–current
CurrentMandated
By adopting a consistent procurement process ensures effective engagement with the ICT industry and specifically with small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs).
Requirements
- Agencies must prioritise participation opportunities for Queensland ICT SMEs to supply government.
Policy |
January 2017–current
CurrentMandated
Ensuring departments include externally provisioned ICT services when making decisions associated with ICT solution sourcing.
Requirements
- All investment decisions must consider ICT-as-a-service as part of a procurement option analysis.
Policy |
August 2020–current
CurrentMandated
This policy ensures that the Queensland Government has continued access to sufficient publicly accessible IPv4 addresses for the future.
Requirements
- All agencies must adhere to the Internet protocol version 4 (IPv4) interconnection standard.
Policy |
February 2017–current
CurrentMandated
This policy ensures the use of a standard OID schema and OID governance framework.
Requirements
- Departments must adhere to the Object identifier standard.
Policy |
April 2019–current
CurrentMandated
This policy enables the exchange of electronic office documents using office suit file formats.
Requirements
- Departments must use interoperable office documents.
Policy |
April 2025–current
CurrentMandated
This policy states the Queensland Government’s position on restricted applications, products and web services
Requirements
- Agencies must identify and remove all existing instances of restricted products, applications and web services on the Restrictions List on all Queensland Government systems..
- Agencies must prevent the access, use or installation of restricted products, applications and web services on the Restrictions List on all Queensland Government systems and devices..
Replaces: DeepSeek products, applications and web services policy (Repealed), Use of TikTok application policy (Repealed)
Policy |
March 2010–current
CurrentMandated
This policy states the Queensland Government’s direction in regards to Software Asset Management of all third-party software licences and associated electronic media purchased by agencies.
Requirements
- Agencies must develop and implement a software asset management policy and associated procedures.
- Agencies must implement registers and processes to monitor, record and manage software licence use.
- The State of Queensland will be the owner of all software licences.
Policy |
April 2019–current
CurrentMandated
This policy states the Queensland Government’s direction in regards to maintaining an up-to-date software portfolio and consequently reduce the cost and risk inherent in managing unsupported software products.
Requirements
- Agencies must retire or replace software including an as-a-service solution before it reaches end of mainstream[1] support unless the risk is formally accepted via the corporate risk management process.
Policy |
June 2024–current
CurrentMandated
Ensuring Queensland Government maximises the value and aggregated purchasing power for reusable information and technology solutions across agencies
Requirements
- Agencies must apply the Core and common framework when implementing solutions to support business capabilities.
- Agencies must adopt ‘mandated’ and ‘endorsed’ core and common solutions when implementing business capabilities.
- Agencies must consider ‘identified’ core and common solutions when implementing business capabilities.
- Agencies must not implement ‘restricted’ solutions.
- ‘Mandated’ and ‘endorsed’ core and common solutions must be approved for whole-of-government use with a concept of operations.
Additional QGEA guidance to consider