John Hilvert

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Canberra correspondent John Hilvert has twenty years experience in journalism, public policy, web development and research. Writing from Parliament House in Canberra, Hilvert has worked in public policy for five Commonwealth agencies, authored over a dozen education books, worked as communications director for the Internet Industry Association and edited Australian PC User magazine. Hilvert has also worked as a journalist The Australian, MIS and Computerworld Australia, among other titles. He is an unashamed bluegrass tragic.



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Budget 2013: Your complete IT rundown 
5 days ago | Comment Now 
Rationalisation and consolidation feature heavily.
 
What to expect in IT for Budget 2013 
May 13, 2013 | Comment Now 
Staffing, eHealth and cyber security investments may peak.
 
Govt remains secretive on $80k procurement threshold 
May 10, 2013 | Comment Now 
"Net benefit" document declared exempt under FOI.
 
Could geo-blocking be deemed anti-competitive? 
Mar 26, 2013 | Comment Now 
Remedies from the IT price inquiry.
 
Feds to release 'big data' strategy 
Mar 14, 2013 | Comment Now 
A discussion paper on whole of government strategy to launch tomorrow.
 
Slow progress on Government's open data effort 
Feb 23, 2013 | Comment Now 
Restrictive licensing of datasets undermines open data pledge.
 
Feds reveal SME 'shortfall' in $20m-plus IT deals 
Feb 19, 2013 | Comment Now 
Prime contractors to blame.
 
NEHTA shrugs off health records patent threat 
Feb 14, 2013 | Comment Now 
Low take-up of health records more concerning.
 
Gaps exposed in Australian Cyber Security Centre plan 
Feb 13, 2013 | Comment Now 
Skewed lines of accountability, system readiness.
 
NBN Co fingers Syntheo for premises-passed shortfall 
Feb 13, 2013 | Comment Now 
'Range of issues' force numbers downgrade.
 
Parliament to have one stop IT shop by end of year 
Feb 12, 2013 | Comment Now 
Lync issues, alleged computer misuse addressed.
 
Google's win reflects internet-friendly High Court 
Feb 7, 2013 | Comment Now 
Analysis: Fact-probing High Court judges help Google triumph.
 
Google wins High Court case against ACCC 
Feb 6, 2013 | Comment Now 
Ends long-standing battle over misleading advertising.
 
Coming into Greg Farr's legacy 
Feb 4, 2013 | Comment Now 
Exclusive: Private sector IT chief settles into Defence.
 
AGIMO at odds with Conroy's cloud vision 
Jan 10, 2013 | Comment Now 
Analysis: AGIMO rejects industry-led cloud accreditation.
 
Why split AGIMO when it could be abolished? 
Dec 18, 2012 | Comment Now 
Opinion: The case for an AGIMO split was missing in action.
 
Federal Government CIO steps down 
Nov 21, 2012 | Comment Now 
AGIMO chief to retire by year's end.
 
FaHCSIA drafts three-year data centre strategy 
Nov 21, 2012 | Comment Now 
Brings internally developed systems to wider Commonwealth user base.
 
The Australian Government's identity catch-all 
Nov 7, 2012 | Comment Now 
Analysis: Has scope creep finally delivered an Australia Card?
 
Human Services develops architectural roadmap 
Oct 31, 2012 | Comment Now 
Creates roadmap as ICT integration project nears end.
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