Free Access

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The Free Access initiative aims to simplify and centralise access to essential development tools for GovTech product teams, streamlining workflows, and reducing barriers to productivity.

Launched in FY24, these tools will be made available to eligible GovTechies upon onboarding, enabling teams to focus on building impactful products.

This initiative is centrally funded and led by the CIO Office and the Core Engineering Productivity teams, in partnership with Open Data Access.

The purpose of this initiative

Our current decentralised approach to procuring development tools has created some challenges, including:

• Long procurement processes: Without central expertise, navigating procurement can be time-consuming.
• Reduced productivity: GovTechies transitioning between product teams often face delays in gaining access to tools.
• Cost inefficiencies: Decentralisation limits the benefits of bulk purchasing and other cost-saving opportunities.

This initiative seeks to reduce these challenges, so that GovTech engineers and product teams can focus on core activities rather than navigating tool acquisition and budgeting processes.

Important: To ensure responsible use of our shared resources, tools that are not actively used over time may be reallocated to others who can benefit from them. For more information, refer to Usage guidelines. Due to overwhelming demand, some tools have already reached their license limits. We appreciate your patience as we work to process access requests.