National ICT Australia (NICTA) has received a major funding injection after the government announced a AU$249.5 million contribution over five years.
In preparation for its fibre-to-the-node (FTTN) rollout, the Federal Labor government is resuming its campaign to change legislation to allow it to access the AU$2 billion regional and rural Communications Fund, which the government claims is needed to bankroll part of the network's construction.
NICTA revealed today that it has received an AU$25 million funding boost courtesy of the NSW government, as part of an initiative to put the state back in the ICT spotlight.
Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard revealed this week that the onus for funding federal Labor's digital education revolution will fall more heavily on the states than first expected, prompting raised eyebrows from some and the ire of the Opposition.
After the Federal government was forced over the weekend to fend off claims that its digital education revolution is already coming unstuck, the offices of a number of the country's state education ministers have maintained a steady silence ahead of an intergovernmental meeting to discuss the next round of funding.
As the knee-jerk defensive responses to Rudd's "adios" subside and Australia moves on, has Rudd made Australia that little less appealing to the overseas investors he desperately needs to fund his NBN?
This week Australia's Federal Government announced it had allocated $3.6 million in funding to 57 local research projects so that they could be commercialised, with many of them being web or IT-related start-ups.
The government needs to stop looking at IT as a necessary evil or the place to remove costs when the Treasurer comes calling.
IT often promises the government much with the big pull being productivity gains and cost savings, but does the government think about IT in the terms of something that will cure its ills or something which could backfire and give it process diarrhea for a decade?
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A new Goldman Sachs report reinforces the market's conclusion that, whatever the National Broadband Network looks like, it is going to have to be taxpayer-funded and the cheques will be massive.
What this new NEHTA funding has done is ensured that its leaders feel vindicated in the way they have behaved they have essentially been 'patted on the head' and any real stimulus for 'root and branch' change has been lost.
If you're championing an IT cause that needs funding, look toward an unlikely source for support: auditors. They can help emphasise your needs to decision makers.
Federal finance minister Lindsay Tanner says the government will beef up the independence of the Future Fund to remove doubt over its ability to make its own decisions, particularly on Telstra.
Many would love to see the Pirate Party and Communications Minister Stephen Conroy face off in the Australian Senate, but the unorthodox political party doesn't have a snowball's chance in hell of winning the necessary votes.
The Competitive Carriers' Coalition can't afford the services of a lobbyist according to its executive director, David Forman.
Sue Gardner, executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation, defended Wikipedia co-creator Jimmy Wales who is under fire for allegedly misusing foundation funds.
Ready, aim, check fingerprint, fire... New research in the US is aiming to develop a gun that will only shoot if it recognises who has their finger on the trigger.
The latest version of the popular OpenBSD (Berkley Software Distribution) was released today, and is available for download from FTP sites.
The i-Burst venture is on track to deliver planned wireless broadband services at prices competitive with existing DSL offerings after securing new investments totalling AU$14 million.
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