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Sir Peter Gershon, the procurement expert responsible for slashing 23 billion (AU$49 billion) from the UK government's budget through ICT efficiency reviews has been recruited by Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner for the Federal government's budget Razor Gang.
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The federal budget has received a mixed reaction from Australia's peak ICT bodies.
The Howard government serenaded disillusioned voters tonight, with a big spending budget designed to win back support ahead of an election, and postponed any further sale of Telstra.
Queensland interim state government CIO Peter Grant and CTO Bob Gurnett tell ZDNet Australia they're making progress on statewide ICT reforms announced last year.
Experts say the time has come for SOA design approaches, which revamp business processes and could change the economics of delivering software.
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