Whilst the programme achieved some of its objectives, however the Department's contract with Siemens has been under scrutiny for a number of years, due to failure to deliver on important objectives. As a result, the Auditor-General and the Standing Committee on Public Accounts have repeatedly raised the challenges that have transpired due to the nature and conditions of the contract. The contract agreement expires in 2013. In response, during the 2009/09 strategic plan, the department set targets to improve the management of the IT PPP contract with Siemens, to identify and document all outstanding items as agreed in the PPP and agree on an implementation plan to finalise these within the contract period, to review the PPP to determine the strengths, weaknesses, shortcomings and challenges during the contract period, enhance the capacity of the office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) to effectively manage the ICT PPP Agreement and drive the Department's ICT Strategy, Internal Audit. On these targets, the department has partially achieved its objectives.