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A lack of available Siebel skills on the part of its prime contractor IBM has prompted the Immigration Department to hand AU$6.7 million of work to rival vendor CSC.
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The federal Department of the Treasury has swiped an IT manager from the Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (DIMA) to fill its new chief information officer position.
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