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  • EDS reassures Aussie clients

    The Australian division of Texan IT services giant EDS has sent its major local clients letters assuring them that its US$13.9 billion acquisition by Hewlett-Packard wouldn't result in a drop in service levels.

  • Gershon returns to Canberra

    Sir Peter Gershon will return to Canberra next week as the British efficiency guru gears up to deliver a landmark report to finance and deregulation minister Lindsay Tanner on how the federal public sector could better spend its annual $6 billion IT budget.

  • Lockheed Martin in $1bn ATO race

    The Australian Taxation Office has picked a shortlist of five vendors, including aerospace manufacturer Lockheed Martin Australia, to compete for a key part of the agency's AU$1 billion technology outsourcing work.

  • No tax support for Mac or Linux yet

    The Australian Taxation Office has advised Australians using Apple or Linux operating systems that they will be unable to lodge tax returns electronically using the ATO's e-tax software unless they use a Windows emulator or a kiosk in one of the agency's shop fronts.

  • Unisys wants AU$250k open source advocate

    The Australian arm of IT services multinational Unisys has placed an advertisement for an evangelist to plug open source software locally, with a potential pay packet of AU$250,000 per year.

  • ATO admits callers are 'chopped off'

    The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) is trying to fix two "annoying" features that clients face when they attempt to call for advice when its staff are too busy a persistent busy tone or being "chopped off" the line without an explanation.

  • ATO gets tech head from OECD

    The government has appointed David Butler as the new second commissioner of the Australian Tax Office to oversee its AU$700 million a year technology budget.

  • ATO unleashes AU$160m a year outsourcing deal

    The Australian Tax Office has laid out the requirements for its centralised computing contract, worth AU$160 million per year.

  • EDS to take last crack at AU$1bn ATO mega deal

    The Australian Tax Office is preparing to put the last and largest of its IT outsourcing contracts centralised computing up for grabs, worth around AU$160 million per year. This is EDS's last chance to retain work with the ATO and possibly its first bid since its proposed acquisition by HP.

  • Government CIOs 'do not understand open source'

    Government CIOs that dismiss open source software because of support issues, which is the case for the Australian Tax Office, Defence and Centrelink, simply do not understand the concept, according to Sun Microsystems.

  • PHP, Python, Samba get security tick of approval

    Perl, PHP, Python and Samba have been commended for improving security in a report analysing over 250 open-source projects.

  • Legacy systems save ATO's Change Program

    The Australian Tax Office's AU$700 million processing systems overhaul has been saved by the systems due to be replaced, according to first assistant commissioner Greg Dark.

  • Privacy rules for a Web 2.0 world

    Former privacy commissioner Malcolm Crompton says governments are not doing enough to attract citizens to use their online services due to an overly risk-averse and closed-minded approach to liability and privacy.

  • Lundy: Time is right for open source in government

    Open source might get a better look-in within government, says Senator Kate Lundy, if those responsible for purchasing decisions were forced by policy to evaluate all the options on the market.

  • HP and EDS wed: Australian rivals to get a piece of the cake?

    Observers predict that Hewlett-Packard's acquisition of global outsourcer EDS for US$13.9 billion this week will bring a boost to the Australian integrated services market, but also warn the new Australian entity that its rivals will try to take advantage of the transition here.

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