Australia's federal government auditor has found that departments were most likely to misuse confidentiality provisions to prevent public disclosure for contracts when they related to information and communications technology goods and services.
Originally designed to service drought affected areas, Centrelink's Drought Buses are being used for all emergency conditions. ZDNet.com.au talks with Centrelink's acting national manager for IT service delivery, Matt Rodgers, about how tech keeps the agency on the road.
Centrelink claims maintenance work on its backup power supply caused a datacentre outage last week the second such failure in as many years.
Government CIOs that dismiss open source software because of support issues, which is the case for the Australian Tax Office, Defence and Centrelink, simply do not understand the concept, according to Sun Microsystems.
Finance Minister Lindsey Tanner yesterday announced that EDS had won an AU$25 million contract over four years to create australia.gov.au, a 'one-stop-shop' for all government information and services.
If ever there's been a prelude to a government agency cutting ties with a red-faced service provider, Joe Hockey's veiled rant about Cybertrust was probably it.
Macs are banned from many government departments because there aren't any 'approved' applications to encrypt them. So why doesn't Apple CEO Steve Jobs do something about it?
Informatica Australia managing director Laurie Newman is so sure the position of Chief Data Officer will be commonplace in five years, he's willing to bet you a million dollars.
Coming up with a business case for a data mining strategy might be a tricky business but if it generated AU$118 million in additional revenue, then it would probably be something of a no-brainer.
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.
Centrelink, Australia's welfare payment organisation, deals with millions of transactions and billions of dollars every week. CIO John Wadeson recently spoke to ZDNet.com.au about the challenges of running one of the country's largest IT infrastructures.
Whatever happens in the election, government departments at both state and federal levels are facing major changes to how they build and manage their IT infrastructure. Is the answer shared services, an increased focus on SOA, enhanced Web delivery -- or just telling everyone in your department to get a clue?
The sheer size and breadth of Centrelink's operations has always meant project management there is a Herculean effort. Taking a new approach to its people and project scheduling has improved the situation dramatically -- but change hasn't been easy.
The Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaCSIA) is no stranger to electronic record keeping, but in 2002 it realised that some of its most crucial information might soon become inaccessible.
Government CIOs from the Australian Tax Office, Customs, Defence and Centrelink, talk security.
Australian government CIOs from Customs, Defence, the ATO and Centrelink talk security. This video contains the highlights followed by individual interviews with the CIOs.
Despite the small number of IBM workers involved in the upcoming strike, their walking off work could have a dire effect on many of IBM's customers, including Westpac, Qantas, Customs and Centrelink, according to the Australian Services Union.
Centrelink CIO John Wadeson talks security.
Centrelink, Australia's welfare payment organisation, deals with millions of transactions and billions of dollars every week. CIO John Wadeson recently spoke to ZDNet.com.au about the challenges of running one of the country's largest IT infrastructures.
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