Stories by David Braue

As the battle against inefficiency rages on, government agencies are adopting new approaches to project management in their never-ending quest to complete IT projects on time and under budget.

Plagued by rates increases and budget cutbacks, local councils across Australia are banding together to increase their buying power and deliver services more efficiently

Could shared services be the change agent that outsourcing never was? State ­governments are nutting out details of their shared services plans, but they need to shake off outsourcing’s philosophical legacy

South Australia’s fledgling biotechnology industry has received the first of two shots in the arm with the commissioning of Hydra, a $1.7 million system that is Australia’s third-largest supercomputer and the largest of its type.

Learning records management discipline
Document management has helped governments manage more information than ever — but how do you use that information once it’s archived?
The answer lies in convergence between records and document management solutions.

In government, there’s always a long way between rhetoric and reality. And, in the case of inter-departmental communications at least, somewhere in between there’s FedLink.

Controversy over whole-of-government outsourcing is nothing new, but recent outsourcing inquiries have added new fuel to the fire.

It’s out with outsourcing and in with “insourcing”, as state governments explore the benefits of shared services.

Thanks to the decentralisation of outsourcing and the freedoms granted by new procurement guidelines SMEs are queuing up for government contracts - and presenting CIOs with a slew of new issues to face.

Integration is no longer a choice - it's an obligation. And that means
far more than merely connecting systems. It means marrying IT strategy to business goals.

One of the overlooked aspects of e-government is the ability to conduct government-to-government (G2G) transactions. By passing electronic information amongst themselves, local, state and federal governments can cooperate more effectively and support each other in their respective missions.