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  • Tanner claims Gershon victory

    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.

  • 7 more agencies seek interim datacentres

    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.

  • Just 5 agencies can use datacentre panel

    Not all federal government agencies can apply for datacentre resources under the newly formed interim datacentre panel. In fact, only five have been cleared to do so, according to the Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO).

  • Govt seeks advice on gateways

    The Federal Government is asking industry for its opinions on its multitude of internet gateways this week.

  • Capgemini scopes Fed Govt desktop overhaul

    The Federal Government has hired technology consulting group Capgemini to look into a whole-of-government procurement arrangement for desktops and office machines, according to Senate Estimates hearings held last week.

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    There's something to be said for the Japanese philosophy of Kaizen an idea of continually improving business via small changes something that unfortunately doesn't seem to glean many votes or impress punters.

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    There is no technology skills crisis ... yet, according to a senior government technology official.

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  • Gershon pumpkin will vanish at midnight

    The long-term net impact of Gershon's idealistic review will realistically be negligible at best and at worst will prove to be a distraction for years to come.

  • Gershon: Easier said than done

    Gershon's recommendations are consistent with those of other jurisdictions that have undertaken similar reviews, and are aimed at giving the ICT centralisation/decentralisation pendulum a shove back towards the centre. This is, however, easier said than done.

  • Can the government solve its IT woes?

    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?

  • How AUSTRAC avoided a BlackBerry jam

    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.

  • How government Web sites stack up

    Government Web sites around the world are not reaching the public as effectively as they might.

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