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  • IBM scores $62.9m Medicare deal

    Medicare has decided to pay IBM $62.9 million for the extension of an information technology services and support contract while its parent agency, Human Services, reviews its technology strategy.

  • Speech recognition for Centrelink IT support

    Welfare agency Centrelink has implemented a voice recognition system from vendor Nuance to make its internal IT support hotline more efficient and effective.

  • Budget '09: Centrelink's tech boost

    The Federal Government has allocated substantial funds in the 2009 Federal Budget to boost the anti-fraud, call centre and online IT infrastructure capacity of welfare agency Centrelink.

  • Centrelink frees up ID protocol

    Welfare agency Centrelink has decided to make an internally developed smart card and ID authentication protocol freely available to external organisations.

  • Ludwig calls for BasicsCard vendors

    Federal Human Services Minister Joe Ludwig today said the government was looking for technology vendors to supply a new version of the Centrelink-issued BasicsCard that allows welfare recipients to access fundamental services.

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