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  • Services giants line up for RailCorp ICT business

    Proposals to outsource aspects of the NSW railways' ICT operations are gaining pace with a who's who of the services community eager to grab what is likely to be a lucrative piece of business.

  • NSW government pushes state-wide ICT plan

    The NSW government has detailed progress on its plans to implement a four-year state-wide information and communications technology (ICT) plan and reform e-procurement as part of a wider strategy to save the state AU$2.5 billion in public sector costs.

  • Minister confirms Internet election plan

    The Special Minister of State, Senator Eric Abetz, today confirmed he was examining election law reforms that would require Australian Web sites to include the name of a person responsible for political comment.

  • Aust government flags Internet election campaign laws

    The federal government plans to legislate after 1 July to extend the provisions of the Electoral Act to the Internet in an effort to clamp down on Web sites which decline to identify an individual who takes responsibility for election coverage.

  • Gates gonged as OSS community fights patent war

    The shadow cast over open source development by patent regime reform and associated litigation is growing ever longer.

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