is prohibited.
that system interoperability and consistency in an environment that is seamless for buyers
and sellers was essential. It was also to be a condition of the grant that recipients operate
within the ???Framework for National Co-operation on Electronic Commerce in Government
Procurement??? in their strategic planning for electronic commerce. This framework outlines
and explains a number of issues including security, authentication, tender management systems,
supplier registration, catalogues, and identification systems (VEEM, 2000).
WREDO thought that this grant was worth pursuing, and after some internal discussions,
it decided to apply for funding for the ???Western Melbourne Business-to-Business Portal???.
The proposal aimed at constructing a business-to-business e-business Web portal so as
to provide a tangible regional approach to enable organisations in the Western Region of
Melbourne to participate in the information economy (Pliaskin, 2004). Because of the short
time-frame allowed for the lodgement of proposals, there was little time for discussion with
local SMEs or others outside WREDO, and so the WREDO submission was drawn up in
haste in the expectation that it would probably not be accepted (Lindley, personal communication,
2003).
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