British efficiency expert Sir Peter Gershon has handed the Rudd Government his final review, recommending sweeping changes to the government's use and $6 billion procurement of technology.
The Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO) has labelled a newspaper report as "factually incorrect" that it had moved to a strategy of centralised IT procurement before the findings of the Gershon review were released next month.
CIOs of top Australian organisations spilled the beans to ZDNet.com.au on what they think of the 3G iPhone, and whether they will let the device, launched early this morning, into their enterprise.
Finance Minister Lindsey Tanner yesterday announced that EDS had won an AU$25 million contract over four years to create australia.gov.au, a 'one-stop-shop' for all government information and services.
Open source might get a better look-in within government, says Senator Kate Lundy, if those responsible for purchasing decisions were forced by policy to evaluate all the options on the market.
There is no technology skills crisis ... yet, according to a senior government technology official.
Whatever happens in the election, government departments at both state and federal levels are facing major changes to how they build and manage their IT infrastructure. Is the answer shared services, an increased focus on SOA, enhanced Web delivery -- or just telling everyone in your department to get a clue?
A government e-mail systems lockdown has kept popular BlackBerry handhelds off-limits at many Australian government departments, but a simple fix has changed that.
Government Web sites around the world are not reaching the public as effectively as they might.
Australia is keeping pace with other governments in biometric usage but are we operating in a policy vacuum with technology that is far from perfect?
Government departments have shed their initial reluctance to use open source technologies, but the problem persists -- how do you determine appropriate usage?
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