The man in charge of the organisation undertaking one of the largest IT projects in Australia has had his contract extended by the Department of Defence.
The Department of Defence is seeking proposals from vendors to provide extensive systems upgrades, services and support for its military integrated logistics information system, an IT project it has described as one of the largest currently underway in Australia.
Technology vendors have taken a verbal hammering from the Australian Defence Force (ADF) after one of its top procurement chiefs blamed the industry for most IT project failures.
The federal government is encouraging small- and medium-size technology companies to partner with multinationals in a guide for gaining a share of Australia's multi-billion dollar government information and communications technology market.
There are indications that military procurement agencies accused of rigging a AU$600,000 technology tender early this week may have breached the Defence Australian Industry Involvement guidelines.
A year from taking on perhaps the toughest IT job in the country, Defence chief information officer Greg Farr is staring down the barrel of a massive ICT reform agenda for 2009 that will reveal whether Defence got the "expert CIO" they needed.
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