Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner today said the government had found an additional $430 million in projected savings from its annual IT spend, meaning it had satisfied the Gershon Review's target of shaving off $1 billion a year.
The Federal Government today revealed it had organised what it described as a "major forum" on the future of Australia's digital economy in the wake of the construction of the National Broadband Network.
The NSW Department of Education and Training has dodged questions on how the state government's review of IT spending is progressing.
The Australian Taxation Office is looking for a partner to re-platform its Australian Business Registration system which is reaching the end of its Microsoft support.
Seven more federal government agencies, including the Department of Immigration and Citizenship, have applied to buy datacentre capacity from the government's new interim datacentre panel.
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Some of the 500,000 visitors expected to walk through the Sculpture by the Sea exhibition on the Sydney coastline this November can be excused for saying they are seeing things that aren't really there.
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The "Anonymous" hacker group gave Australia's police forces a month's warning that it was going to attack the Federal Government. Why didn't the Australian Federal Police's electronic crimes unit do anything about it?
Netspace regulatory and carrier affairs manager Matthew Phillips has a lovely big green box. But what's inside? Tell us to win a double DVD box set of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre films.
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Communications Minister Stephen Conroy, a lab coat and a big red button. What could be going on here? Tell us and win a Plantronics microphone and headphone set.
The CIO of the Australian Sports Commission (ASC), the federal government's sports administration and advisory agency, has lifted the lid on the technology powering Australia's athletes.
Without strict controls, even the strongest encryption can be compromised, explains Brian Snow, ex-chief scientist of America's code breaking agency, the NSA.
Technology has been crucial in helping to transform the world-famous news agency Reuters into a more cost-effective global business running on simplified, standardised systems and open technology. In this latest CIO Vision Series interview, Reuters CIO David Lister talks about the continuing consolidation of the IT infrastructure, virtualisation, smarter working and being a 'paratrooper'...
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South Korean government officials are warning consumers that Internet and e-commerce sites in that country may lack full compatibility with Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system, which will become available to consumers next week.
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