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Department of Finance and Administration: Empowering Users with Cognos Business Intelligence

Overview With 800 staff based in Canberra, DOFA's key roles are to deliver the budget for the Commonwealth, advise the government on budget policy and analysis, implement government reporting frameworks, and provide shareholder advice on behalf of organizations such as Telstra and Australia Post. The Department of Finance and Administration (DOFA) is optimizing its financial reporting efficiency using Cognos business intelligence tools. Business intelligence empowers users across DOFA's multitude of business units by providing drill down analysis, the preparation of executive style reports and the opportunity for users to tailor data into meaningful information.

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Publisher	Cognos Incorporated	File Format	PDF, requires Acrobat Rdr 5
Date Published	November 2003	Downloads	31
Format	Case Studies
Topics	Data Mining / Analysis

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