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    The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) has appointed Peter Rowe to head up its Diplomatic Security, Information Management and Services Division (DID).

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    The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is gearing up for a nine-month IT help desk transformation project to improve desktop support for its VIPs, diplomats and senior government officials.

  • Gershon: Contractor cull hits DFAT, Defence

    The Departments of Defence, Foreign Affairs and Trade, and others this week revealed they had made early moves to reduce their dependence on ICT contractors in line with the Gershon review.

  • Custom to finally deliver SmartGate

    After seven years testing border control biometrics, Australian Customs Service says every Australian international airport will be equipped with SmartGate by June 2009.

  • E-passport fraud no threat to SmartGate

    The Australian Customs Service today said its inbound e-passport authentication system SmartGate would not be fooled by fake details, after a Dutch hacker claimed to have broken through similar systems in Europe.

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    Australia is keeping pace with other governments in biometric usage but are we operating in a policy vacuum with technology that is far from perfect?

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  • Biometrics special: Who are you?

    Forgotten your password again? Read on to find out how you'll be logging on, checking in, and signing off in the very near future.

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