The Australian Taxation Office today has confirmed Optus as its managed network services provider in a deal worth $186 million over four years up to $55 million less than previously indicated.
As a fresh round of phishing spam targets Australian tax payers, the ATO's CIO has warned fake Web sites designed to steal Australian credit card and personal details are "a fact of life".
The Australian Taxation Office has pushed back the completion date for its $724 million IT Change Program by 18 months in order to comply with new government requirements and allow more bedding down time for major updates.
The Australian Taxation Office has issued a revised timetable for its $724 million Change Agenda IT refresh, which has recently been pushed back by 18 months.
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.
The Australian Tax Office CIO Bill Gibson claims that one of the reasons he hasn't deployed much open source software is due to security fears, with the code not subject to enough "technical scrutiny".
Considering the circumstances the Australian Taxation Office's (ATO) Change Program has been operating in over the last few years, it really hasn't been going too badly.
If Australia is going to take information security seriously, we need more people like the ATO's CIO, Bill Gibson.
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) may have opted against a recent proposal to offshore, but it still seems the writing is on the wall following May's federal budget.
Special Minister of State Gary Nairn this week released a paper titled 'Responsive Government - A New Service Agenda', which details how e-government services will be 'improved' over the next four years.
The Australian Taxation's Change Program (which is best suited perhaps for simple formulaic tax collections, not complex audit, analysis and interpretation work) may collapse under its own dead weight.
The Australian Taxation Office has issued a revised timetable for its $724 million Change Agenda IT refresh, which has recently been pushed back by 18 months.
How do four of Australia's largest government agencies protect their networks from attackers? To find out, ZDNet.com.au went to Canberra and spoke to the CIOs of Customs, Centrelink, Defence and the Australian Tax Office.
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Bill Gibson, CIO of the Australian Tax office, spoke to ZDNet.com.au about why he doesn't completely trust open source software; how the ATO handles security and why competing vendors will have to learn to work together.
Australian government CIOs from Customs, Defence, the ATO and Centrelink talk security. This video contains the highlights followed by individual interviews with the CIOs.
Australian Tax Office (ATO) CIO Bill GIbson talks security.
Government CIOs from the Australian Tax Office, Customs, Defence and Centrelink, talk security.
Bill Gibson, CIO of the Australian Tax office, spoke to ZDNet.com.au about why he doesn't completely trust open source software; how the ATO handles security and why competing vendors will have to learn to work together.
Australian Department of Defence CIO Greg Farr spoke to ZDNet.com.au about how the organisation's networks are kept secure and why virtualisation and green issues are high on the agenda.
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