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US chipmakers quietly lobby to ease Huawei ban - sources
New Target glitch sheeted to NCR; registers back online
EU finds Russian disinformation, says tech firms must do more
AI tool aims to predict global water conflicts before they happen
In race to digitise, skills gap a drag on South Africa's big banks
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Govt prepares to exclude tech vendors in ATO sting
Hygiene checks for all federal bidders as new STR regime bites.
Jun 6 2019 12:14PM
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Finance reveals fresh APS-wide digitisation push
Annual reports next target after central budgeting.
Oct 19 2018 11:56AM
Internal staff down, outsourcing up in federal govt IT
As tech spending hits record levels.
Dec 20 2016 3:30PM
DTO changes become official
Reform order reveals what will be included in the switch.
Oct 28 2016 11:27AM
Finance takes first steps towards central shared services regime
Takes over Education and Employment service centre.
Sep 15 2016 11:31AM
Finance creates mandatory whole-of-govt telco panel
Major shake-up of central buying schemes.
May 6 2016 4:25PM
Feds still paying for Windows XP custom support
Coughing up fees out to 2017.
Apr 29 2016 6:46AM
Canberra's outsourced IT labour hits seven-year high
External techies make up a quarter of the IT workforce.
Mar 8 2016 6:30AM
Did the Coalition's IT dirt-digging mission come up empty handed?
[Blog post] Under-resourced IT audit kept behind closed doors.
Jan 25 2016 12:00PM
Canberra eyes NSW govt shared services offshoring
State govt experience to inform federal reforms.
Jan 13 2016 12:31PM
Finance awards $29m desktop-as-a-service deal to ASG
Freeing staff up to work remotely.
Jan 12 2016 10:35AM
Australian govt in outsourcing, shared services overhaul
Major public service upheaval on the cards in 2016.
Dec 2 2015 11:40AM
Govt dumps plans to sell off ICON network
Scoping study gives privatisation the thumbs down.
Nov 27 2015 9:58AM
Finance reveals rejigged whole-of-govt hardware panel
Samsung added to mandated list of agency suppliers.
Sep 25 2015 2:09PM
Federal govt spends $11m to keep agencies on Win 2003
Four of Canberra's biggest entities fail to get off legacy OS.
Aug 3 2015 6:30AM
Delayed federal budget system $30m over and counting
Complexity gets in the way of out-of-the-box install.
Jul 27 2015 6:31AM
ICON network sell-off to begin in June
Review to assess security implications of third-party ownership.
Feb 13 2015 9:47AM
Coalition lagging on key IT strategies
No action on whole-of-gov policy in over a year.
Jan 15 2015 1:40PM
Hockey mulls selling off Canberra's secure fibre network
MYEFO: ICON privatisation on the cards.
Dec 15 2014 3:26PM
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Telstra, DiData battle for Canberra cloud market
Big players announce govt-focused services.
Nov 24 2014 11:56AM
