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  Govt ICT hiring spend to hit record high

  ICT hiring within the Federal Government has been forecast to hit an all-time high in 2012 with current spending on contractors already tipping $591.5 million for the 10 months to April 2012.

  By Chloe Herrick | 23 April, 2012 12:42

  Tags: federal government, Gillard Government, ICT hiring, peoplebank, Peter Acheson

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  Federal Govt flags e-health trial for chronically ill veterans

  The Federal Government has flagged a trial of in-house telemonitoring technology for chronically ill veterans via the National Broadband Network (NBN), kicking off in July 2012.

  By Chloe Herrick | 29 November, 2011 15:34

  Tags: Department of Broadband Communications and the Digital Economy, Department of Veterans' Affairs, e-health, federal government, National Broadband Network (NBN), Senator Stephen Conroy, telemonitoring

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  Telstra launches bundled telehealth for rural and regional patients

  Telstra has launched two new bundled telehealth offerings aimed at rural and regional healthcare providers under a $620 million Federal Government initiative.

  By Chloe Herrick | 23 November, 2011 10:56

  Tags: Cisco, e-health, federal government, polycom, telehealth, Telstra

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  Small business privacy laws must be amended: Fed Govt committee

  The Joint Select Committee on Cyber Safety has advised the Federal Government to amend the Privacy Act 1988 to ensure certain small businesses are subject to the requirements of the Act.

  By Chloe Herrick | 21 June, 2011 16:29

  Tags: cyber security, federal government, privacy, security

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  Federal govt goes shopping for new search service

  The Australian Government Information Management Service (AGIMO) is on the hunt for a supplier of a managed search service for the Government Search Service, which allows people to retrieve information from public-facing government websites.

  By Rodney Gedda | 02 May, 2011 11:58

  Tags: agimo, Ann Steward, Department of Finance and Deregulation, enterprise search, federal government, Funnelback, government, search, Squiz

• Federal Govt introduces whole of government data centre panel

  The Federal Government has established a whole of government panel for the provision of data centres to Australian Government agencies for which data centres were often an expensive component of their operational budgets.

  By Chloe Herrick | 30 March, 2011 12:11

  Tags: Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO), federal government, federal government data centre strategy

• Gillard defends My School 2.0 launch

  Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, has defended the government’s My School 2.0 website against claims that the Australian education system operates on a level playing field.

  By Tim Lohman | 02 March, 2011 09:52

  Tags: federal government, Julia Gillard, myschools 2.0, peter garret

• Federal Government to upgrade Emergency Alert service

  The Federal Government is to upgrade the Emergency Alert warning system, pushing the service, which delivers SMS notifications about natural disasters out to mobile handsets, to all Australian mobile networks.

  By Lisa Banks | 14 September, 2010 10:05

  Tags: emergency alert system, federal government, mobile, victorian bushfires

• Industry digests Labor win as NBN forges ahead

  The major players in Australia’s telecommunications and IT industries were out in force yesterday to comment on the news that Labor would win Government and its flagship National Broadband Network project would go ahead. Most welcomed the news, although several had already started to look forward to the next step of the debate and rollout.

  By Renai LeMay | 08 September, 2010 12:05

  Tags: federal government, Independents Decide, Labor, National Broadband Network (NBN)

• Pirate Party can’t contest Federal election

  The Australian wing of the libertarian digital rights group the Pirate Party has had to abandon its stated aim of contesting the imminent Federal Election due to election regulations.

  By Renai LeMay | 19 July, 2010 10:09

  Tags: Federal Election 2010, federal government, NBN, Pirate Party

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  Public prosecutor shops for software upgrade

  The Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (CDPP) will upgrade its financial management and HR applications before the end of 2010 and has gone to market for the supply of software and support services.

  By Rodney Gedda | 29 April, 2010 13:09

  Tags: federal government, financials, government, HR, sap, soa

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  Telstra to oppose separation

  Telstra (ASX:TLS) has described a proposed bill to separate the telco's business operations as "unnecessary" in a submission to a Senate inquiry into the Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2009.

  By Computerworld Staff | 09 October, 2009 19:38

  Tags: accc, David Thodey, federal government, Senator Stephen Conroy, Telstra

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  Age no barrier to learning tech skills

  New Internet kiosks designed to get senior citizens exploring the World Wide Web have begun rolling out across the country, the first of which are already in action

  By Kathryn Edwards | 04 September, 2009 11:26

  Tags: broadband, federal government, jenny macklin, seniors

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  Government calls for expressions of interest for Digital Regions funding

  The federal government is calling for proposals to deliver innovative digital services for regional, rural and remote Australia as part of the Digital Regions Initiative

  By Computerworld Staff | 20 August, 2009 15:13

  Tags: federal government, Minister for Broadband Communications and the Digital Economy, NBN, Regional Development and Local Government

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  Government jobs portal ups search facility

  If you’re looking for a job in an Australian government department the Australian Public Service jobs portal, APSjobs, now offers a 12-field search facility to better connect agency personnel requirements with job seekers.

  By Rodney Gedda | 17 August, 2009 14:42

  Tags: federal government, jobs