The federal government has confirmed funding for the controversial health and welfare access card scheme in tonight's budget. Airport security, Centrelink's call centre and DIMIA are other winners.
President Bush on Monday presented Congress with a US$2.6 trillion budget for the federal government that would modestly reduce some social programs while boosting overall spending on information and surveillance technology.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) will receive an injection of AU$116.7 million over the next four years to upgrade its information technology infrastructure.
The Department of Defence is upgrading the IT environment for staff of its national intelligence assessment agency, the Defence Intelligence Organisation (DIO).
Labor leader Kevin Rudd has reinforced the importance of a high-speed national broadband network, describing it as the missing cog in the nation's future economic wheel.
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