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Welfare agency Centrelink has decided to make an internally developed smart card and ID authentication protocol freely available to external organisations.
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Centrelink's five-year IT Refresh program has been given a positive report card today from the Australian National Audit Office (ANAO), producing savings well over expected levels.
Centrelink has acquired Agitar developer testing tools as it works to update its middleware platform, Centrelink Online.
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