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  • Sydney unis hold fire on Vista

    Two of Sydney's largest universities have signalled they will hold back on wide-scale adoption of Microsoft's Windows Vista until the next-generation operating system matures.

  • Federal family dept eyes Vista

    The federal department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs has gone to market for a new PC supplier for the next three years, specifying any new hardware it buys must be ready for Windows Vista.

  • Centrelink, family dept ink AU$31m phone deal

    Welfare agency Centrelink, in conjunction with the federal Department of Family and Community Services, has renewed a telephony contract with Telstra to the tune of AU$31 million.

  • Family Services plans PIN numbers for kids

    Parents will be given a PIN number or swipe card to check their children in and out of childcare under a plan to crack down on dishonest operators, said Family Services Minister Mal Brough.

  • Family Dept to dump TRIM for Interwoven

    The federal government's Department of Family and Community Services (FaCS) will switch away from Tower's TRIM software and start managing its paper records with an Interwoven solution.

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    Hockey's cybertrust lost in space

    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.

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  • Data migration tough but essential for government dept

    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 negligent on e-security: Lundy

    The shadow minister for information technology, Kate Lundy has accused the federal government of neglecting electronic security issues within the administration.

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