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• WA path lab system project management slammed by auditor

  Two years late and $23.7 million over budget, the roll-out of a pathology lab information system by the Western Australia government has been slammed by the state’s auditor general.

• Curtin Uni CIO departs

  Curtin University’s chief information officer is leaving the role after close to six years.

• Pawsey Supercomputing Centre appoints new executive director

  The position became vacant in November last year after a leadership shake-up at the high-performance computing facility saw Neil Stringfellow leave the role.

• WA auditor general considers 'naming and shaming' agencies into improving IT systems

  WA’s exasperated auditor general is seeking advice on whether "the naming of high-risk agencies is necessary in order to achieve essential change".

• WA confirms first whole of government CIO

  ​Western Australia has appointed Giles Nunis as its first ever government CIO in a push to develop the state government's ICT strategy and cut costs.

• Perth mayor drills down on big data

  The Lord Mayor of Perth has embraced big data to help the city better plan for population growth and make smarter infrastructure decisions.

• Fiona Stanley IAM project has failed: WA audit

  An identity access management (IAM) project for the Fiona Stanley Hospital in Western Australia has failed due to poor management, according to a government audit.

• WA agencies reproached for weak cloud management

  The Western Australia government’s flight to the cloud has encountered turbulence at five separate agencies.

• Telstra ramps up data centre investment

  Telstra has announced the next stage of its $800 million cloud services investment with new data centres set to go live in WA, SA and ACT in Q1 of 2013.

• Behind the IT scenes at CHOGM

  As the main provider of IT services to the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet (PM&C), ASG Group project managed the provision of the entire technology environment for the CHOGM meeting and the parallel events. The requirements included the scope, design, build, test, deployment and decommission of a secure ICT solution to all event locations.

• Brain drain imminent: IT recruiter

  A new skills index released this week suggests CIOs should ditch the ‘wait-and-see’ contract approach to IT recruitment in the face of increasing offshore opportunities.
  

• WA government renews focus on e-waste

  The Western Australia Government is moving to better manage its e-waste through the institution of a new whole of government common use arrangement (CUA) for the disposal of ICT equipment.
  

• WA fibre network link goes live (updated)

  The competitive fibre backhaul link between Perth and Geraldton — part of the $250 million NBN Regional Backbone Blackspots Program (RBBP) — is live and open for business.

• Government Weak on IT Security: WA Auditor General

  The WA Office of the Auditor General has slammed the privacy practices of government agencies saying that in many, fundamental weaknesses in all of the key areas of information security are present.