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    If Telstra does not voluntarily structurally separate, a new telecommunications reform package will permit the government to impose an oppressive functional separation framework on it, the Federal Government announced today.

  • Gershon slams govt technocrats

    British efficiency expert Sir Peter Gershon has suggested agency budget cuts totalling $540 million, castigating the federal public sector for poor governance mechanisms on technology projects and an ICT spending model which gave individual departments and agencies too much autonomy.

  • No new spyware legislation needed

    Australia does not need new legislation to deal with the growing spyware problem, the federal government says.

  • Emergency services organisations slam telco self-interest

    Most telcos are spurred to provide help to emergency services only when it fits their economic agenda, the ACA was told.

  • OSS guide backs government's "informed neutrality" procurement stance

    A new guide designed to help federal government agencies evaluate open-source products alongside their proprietary rivals is due to be completed and distributed by September, officials told ZDNet Australia today.

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