Australian use of the Twitter micro-blogging service hit an all-time high for the week ending 10 January 2009, as a number of factors contributed to its growth.
The Department of Immigration and Citizenship has signed a four-year, AU$44.2 million contract to continue buying electronic border management technology from its existing vendor CPS Systems.
update: The Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (DIMA) has signed a AU$140 million contract with Unisys for a range of outsourced desktop services.
The federal Department of the Treasury has swiped an IT manager from the Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (DIMA) to fill its new chief information officer position.
The federal Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) will bring in an outside consultant to review its ICT function, which has come under "considerable pressure" due to significant recent changes in its operating environment.
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The Australian Computer Society plans to meet government officials to highlight the urgent need for immigration reform but its proposal lacks substantive data and this could only hurt the society.
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