By Julian Bajkowski and Paul Hemsley Victoria has said it will become the first state to formally develop a whole-of-government Cyber Security Strategy to bolster its digital defences and keep…
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Poor prognosis for Victorian eHealth
By Julian Bajkowski Australia’s troubled eHealth sector has been handed yet another negative appraisal after the Victorian Auditor General released a report cited “poor planning and an inadequate understanding of…
NSW registers Ricoh as government IT supplier
By Paul Hemsley The New South Wales government has listed electronics company Ricoh IT Services as a registered supplier with the NSW Government ICT Services Scheme, which the company hopes…
Coalition promises “virtually all” government services to be online by 2017
By Julian Bajkowski The Coalition has officially launched its eGovernment and Digital Economy policy for the election in a wide-ranging document that reaffirms a commitment centralised procurement of government computing…
Queensland releases government technology vision
By Julian Bajkowski The Queensland Government has set out its grand vision for recasting how the state’s public sector buys and consumes more than $1.6 billion a year in technology…
City of Sydney touts for apps talent
By Julian Bajkowski The City of Sydney has moved to shake-off the main street retail blues caused by online buying by trying to entice a new wave of digital businesses…
Australia’s competitive standing is slipping
By James Kelaher* Australia often seems to rank near the top of many international benchmarks, and it seems to have been that way for a very long time. So when…
Federal IT future on Cabinet table
By Julian Bajkowski Federal Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has revealed that future federal government technology procurement has been put on the Cabinet table for discussion under the forthcoming Digital White…
Information portal unites ICT businesses
The ACT Government has launched an information and communications technology portal to help Canberra's ICT companies access the public sector marketplace. Dubbed as CollabIT Connect, the ACT Government will provide…
Victorian Govt overhauls IT procurement
The Victorian Government plans to introduce a streamlined and transparent process that gives more companies the opportunity to bid for work. Assistant Treasurer Gordon Rich-Phillips said the Victorian Coalition…