Systems for People done, Correll retires

Renai LeMay
Monday, 18 April 2011 13:51

IT People - People

A spokesperson for the department today said that on Friday a number of senior staffing announcements had been made, including several promotions and a retirement '” Correll's. The spokesperson said DIAC didn't habitually go into any level of detail regarding the personal reasons for a staff member departing or their circumstances.

The news of Correll's departure was first broken by CIO, which additionally reported that Tony Kwan, chief information officer at the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs would take his place. The DIAC spokesperson confirmed Kwan's appointment, noting he would start in May.

Correll was appointed to the CIO role at DIAC in July 2005, joining from a previous role as deputy secretary for workforce participation at the Department of Employment and Workplace relations. He also holds the title of deputy secretary at DIAC, where he has managed the department's technology function, as well as finance, HR, legal, fraud and risk, communications and ministerial services.

The executive will primarily be remembered at DIAC for his role shepherding the high-profile Systems for People project from its inception in the 2006 budget through to its virtual completion over the past several years.

Systems for People was first approved in the 2006 Budget as a mammoth technology overhaul of the Department of Immigration and Citizenship's IT systems as a result of the Palmer and Comrie reports '” especially stemming from the unlawful detention of Cornelia Rau. The project was initially valued at $495 million '” but it has since had several budget increases.