Thank you, Mr. Minister.
There are two parts to your question. I'll address the first part related to corporate administrative services, then I'll ask my colleague, David Moloney, to speak to the expenditure management information system.
Over the last number of years, the government has done a number of significant studies to explore shared services. Essentially, the conclusion from those early studies was that moving to more of a shared approach for corporate administrative services is certainly desirable. So work is currently under way at the secretariat to further scope and access the viability, and then if we were to move forward, to what an implementation plan might look like.
We're working very closely with the policy centres, the Office of the Comptroller General, and with the Public Service Human Resources Management Agency. We're also working with 12 departments, representing about 20% of government, to take a closer look at their current environment, problems, and stand, and then at what might a way forward look like, so some implementation options—