What happens if SmartForms funding is removed?
The precursor to SmartForms, GovForms, has been in operation since 2002. GovForms helps businesses find, manage and complete government online forms without them having to understand the structure of government or individual agencies. In 2007 over 351 000 form searches were conducted using the GovForms website. There are a number of large Commonwealth agencies involved with both AGOSP and business.gov.au initiatives and SmartForms was recently identified as an example of best practice in the Gershon review. Given the success of GovForms, it is highly unlikely the funding needed to run SmartForms will be removed. In the event that funding was removed, agencies would be required to buy their own Adobe reader-extension licences and their forms may not be hosted on australia.gov.au.
