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  • Conroy's dept mum on Scott's departure

    Stephen Conroy's Department of Communications, Broadband and the Digital Economy has declined to comment on multiple reports its secretary Patricia Scott will move to another government role.

  • Govt 2.0 calls for blog comments

    The Government 2.0 taskforce has called for public comments on its Towards Government 2.0 discussion paper.

  • SAP Australia in Metcash win

    In the announcement for its first half results to 30 June, SAP Australia today let fall a number of key wins, including Oracle customer Metcash.

  • Conroy misses NBN board date

    Minister for Communications Stephen Conroy has missed the self-imposed deadline of July to announce the National Broadband Network Company's remaining board members and other details.

  • IBM to pay US$1.2 billion for SPSS

    IBM will pay US$1.2 billion in cash for SPSS, a company with technology that will bolster Big Blue's business analytics line-up.

  • All-in rumble for $80m NT Govt tender

    Virtually every large technology goods and services provider in Australia has thrown their hat in the ring as the Northern Territory Government prepares to overhaul its ICT contracts in an $80 million whole of government purchasing initiative.

  • NSW follows Lundy's public sphere

    NSW MP and Parliamentary Secretary for Transport Penny Sharpe has started the government 2.0 ball rolling in NSW, launching an event called NSWsphere modelled on Senator Kate Lundy's successful Public Sphere event in Canberra.

  • Hoffman on NBN board

    Former ninemsn chief Martin Hoffman has been appointed as an interim director on the board of the government's National Broadband Network Company.

  • Telstra, unions agree on bargaining principles

    Telstra chief David Thodey has signed an agreement with the telco's key unions outlining the principles that will guide negotiations over its new enterprise agreement.

  • Govt unleashes web 2.0 taskforce

    The Federal Government today launched a taskforce to investigate web 2.0's ability to make government more transparent and increase community engagement.

  • NSW re-shuffle to target IT savings

    The NSW state government will reportedly target savings from its information technology operations as one portion of a mammoth re-shuffle of departments and agencies in the state budget next Tuesday.

  • Defence signs up for IBM servers

    The Department of Defence has entered into a standing offer with IBM for the purchase of x86 servers and services.

  • ATO looks to cut 120 IT jobs

    The Community and Public Sector Union said today that it has received a letter from the Australian Taxation Office which said the Office intended to cut its IT staff by 120.

  • NZ Govt cancels MS talks

    The New Zealand State Services Commission announced yesterday that it had been unable to reach an agreement with Microsoft for a new whole-of-government contract.

  • NZ Govt flags shared services move

    The New Zealand government has flagged a major shift towards technology shared services within the state sector.

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