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  • Govt agencies fight skills shortage

    Australian government CIO Ann Steward and Centrelink CIO John Wadeson are leading Canberra's fight to attract and retain IT workers in the midst of the current skills shortage.

  • Feds plan whole of government ID system

    The federal government is planning a new identity management system that could see an individual's notification to one agency of personal information fed on directly to all relevant federal agencies.

  • Defence reaches security "milestone"

    Department of Defence officials and Australian government CIO Ann Steward have heralded the agency's gaining of the highest available level of public key infrastructure (PKI) accreditation, key to its network centric warfare vision.

  • In Microsoft do you trust?

    Customers of Microsoft's .Net must hand their private information over to Microsoft, and trust the company to store it securely and parcel it out judiciously. Some believe this to be an impossible dream for a company with already questionable records on trust, privacy and security.

  • Defence overhauls HR systems in war-fighting effort

    Recently appointed Defence CIO Greg Farr will target Defence's "short of perfect" HR system as the first major tech overhaul he will head up.

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  • Harvard Medical School: John Halamka, CIO

    Dr John Halamka, the CIO of Harvard Medical School, is an early adopter of RFID technology -- he's got a chip implanted in his arm. These tags can keep track of personal medical records, as well as hospital equipment. Halamka talks with ZDNet.com editor in chief Dan Farber about recent advances in patient care, and electronic prescriptions.

  • W3C brushes up SOAP standard

    Standards body the World Wide Web Consortium has indicated that it is close to finalising an upgrade to an important Web services protocol called SOAP.

  • Who controls the IT department?

    The last few years have seen a definite shift in the balance of power between the IT department and the rest of the organisation. CIOs can remain complacent and let this trend continue or take Tim Landgrave's advice and regain control.

  • CIO's code of ethics for managing electronic data

    As chief steward of your company's data, you need to enact strict controls over customer and employee data. You also have to educate employees about the responsibilities of ethical data management.

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