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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.

  • Govt unleashes web 2.0 taskforce

    The Federal Government today launched a taskforce to investigate web 2.0's ability to make government more transparent and increase community engagement.

  • CIO Steward defends 'light ICT' budget

    Australian Government chief information officer Ann Steward defended last night's Federal Budget in a speech at the CeBIT conference this morning, saying that despite some complaints that it was light on tech spend, there had been ICT initiatives.

  • Agencies get Gershon opt-out clause

    Federal government agencies that want to sidestep whole-of-government IT initiatives and budget cuts under Gershon's recommendations will have the option to pull out if they can provide a good reason.

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  • Read the blog post - Suzanne Tindal

    Web 2.0 taskforce: Will it stick?

    With its new taskforce, the government has got straight back on the web 2.0 horse after taking a nasty fall last year with Communications Minister Stephen Conroy and Finance Minister Lindsey Tanner's blogging trial, but how long will it stay on?

  • Read the blog post - Renai LeMay

    "Randy" Lynch vibrates at CeBIT

    I spent enough time at CeBIT last week to know the telecommunications industry was well represented ... but not always without controversy.

Videos (2)

  • Motion: touchpad launch

    Electronic government took centre stage on the second day of CeBIT Australia 2007 in Sydney, with Ann Steward, chief information officer for the Australian government and special minister of state Gary Nairn addressing a full house. Extras: video and photo gallery.

  • CeBIT: Day Two Wrap

    Electronic government took centre stage on the second day of CeBIT Australia 2007 in Sydney, with Ann Steward, chief information officer for the Australian government and special minister of state Gary Nairn addressing a full house. Extras: video and photo gallery.

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