Vic tax office on 10-year road to SOA
The Victorian State Revenue Office (SRO) is conducting a mammoth 10-year Service Orientated Architecture (SOA) implementation to revitalise its central payment systems.
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Govt gets serious about e-health implementation
The National E-Health Transaction Authority (NETA) will this year action its spate of electronic health projects, set to revolutionise the operations of Australian hospitals and clinics.
Open source must co-op to win govt contracts
Open source players will need to swap baggy jeans for suits if they want to secure lucrative enterprise and government contracts, experts say.
Melbourne divines future online
The City of Melbourne has created a new online wiki to allow Melbournians to discuss the city's 2020 vision, including plans for city-wide wireless Internet, GPS traffic monitoring and a 3D Facebook.
NT e-health system cleans up doctor's handwriting
The Northern Territory government has launched a new electronic prescription service that aims to reduce discrepancies caused by doctor's handwriting and improve patient care.
ACS supports privacy laws, calls for e-mail safeguards
The Australian Computer Society (ACS) has called on government to enforce rigid privacy laws on organisations which intercept employee e-mails.
Budget benefits bush broadband
The federal government will pour $270.7 million into regional broadband incentives, [[artid:58489466|two weeks|new]] after it attempted to use the funds for its National Broadband Network (NBN).
If only reducing costs was as easy as security, say CIOs
Conquering IT security is a breeze for CIOs, according to an IDC report.
Libs to deny Conroy $2B broadband pool
The government's fibre broadband purse could be $2 billion lighter following a coalition announcement that it will oppose legislation to pool the Communications Fund into the national Broadband Network's coffers.
Concerns raised as government demands universal wiretapping
Sweeping reforms will make it easier than ever for law enforcement to intercept communications if amendments to the Telecommunications (Interceptions) Act are agreed upon by a Senate standing committee.
City water plugs leaks with CMS
City West Water has reduced maintenance costs, eliminated paper based reporting and increased responsiveness with an integrated job management system and a new fleet of Next G handsets.
Australia engages allies in cyber warfare
Cyber Storm II was today officially launched by the Attorney General in which five countries will engage in an international hacking exercise.
Commissioner signals new powers as part of privacy reforms
Amendments to the Privacy Act to be introduced this year include a range of sweeping new powers allowing the Privacy Commissioner to enforce the mandatory reporting of new data breaches.
Government elevates CIO role, closer to Cabinet
The NSW government has elevated the role of the CIO , reducing the number of reporting lines to Cabinet.
NSW Housing leases $20 million IT platform
The NSW Department of Housing has inked a five-year $20 million deal to supply a new hosted IT system to manage its $28 billion in assets.