The federal government this evening confirmed it had allocated AU$1.09 billion over four years to a controversial health and welfare access card scheme, which a private consultant said would save AU$3 billion over 10 years.
The only Big Brother in Australia is the high-rating television program and George Orwell would be regularly blogging were he alive today, according to the minister responsible for e-government.
Queensland Transport (QT) has gone to market for up to 10,000 handheld smartcard readers as it gears up to replace its 2.7 million antiquated drivers' licences with new smartcard equivalents.
Government officials have told potential suppliers for the AU$1.1 billion health and social services Access Card to forget providing "bleeding-edge technology" ahead of the first request for tender early next month.
Privacy advocates have slammed the new Medicare Smartcard, describing it as an insecure and technologically inept implementation.
Could cloud computing be used to deliver a national driver's license registration scheme that was sold to states as a service? Probably not, say four Queensland Government IT chiefs, including state CIO Alan Chapman.
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