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• Analytics: Guide cautions federal agencies on responsible use of data

  The Australian Government Information Management Office has issued a draft guide for public sector organisations looking to deploy data analytics.

• Coalition puts IT governance in the frame

  The Coalition has proposed a new structure where ultimate authority for “effective whole-of-government ICT decisions” would rest with the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.
  

• Australian government releases big data issues paper

  The Australian government could tap data from Google, Twitter and Facebook as it seeks to embrace big data, according to an issues paper released Friday evening.

• TransACT signs data centre deal with CrimTrac

  TransACT signed a $14.9 million, 10-year agreement to provide data centre services to CrimTrac.

• Fujitsu, Maquarie Telecom onboard AGIMO data panel

  The Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO) has added a number of Greenfield facilities to its data centre facilities panel, including Fujitsu and Macquarie Telecom.

• Verizon and Mac Telecom join telco services panel

  Macquarie Telecom and Verizon Australia are the latest in a slew of telcos to be appointed to the Australian Government Information Management Office’s (AGIMO), telco service panel, with just “one or two” more to be announced.

• AGIMO further expands telco panel

  The Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO) has further expanded its new telecommunications services panel, adding six additional companies making a total of 22.

• Q&A: AGIMO's John Sheridan on data centre strategy

  A year on from the introduction of a 15-year data centre strategy, James Hutchinson sits down with the First Assistant Secretary of the Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO), John Sheridan, to discuss the strategy’s progress and future

• AGIMO expands whole-of-government telco panel

  Federal government agencies now have access to an expanded whole-of-government panel.

• AGIMO wraps up data centre panels for now

  The Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO) has all but finalised vendors for its data centre migration and facilities panels following an extensive selection process which began in November 2010.

• Federal Government embracing Gov 2.0

  Federal Government agencies have widely embraced social media and Web 2.0 tools in the wake of the Government 2.0 Taskforce report, documents released by the Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO) show.

• Finalists named in government ICT awards

  The Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO) has pointed to the best uses of ICT at all levels of Australian government with the announcement of finalists in the 2011 Excellence in eGovernment Awards.

• Defence upgrades gateways with Verizon

  The Department of Defence has penned a $52.9 million contract with Verizon Business to upgrade its internet gateway, ahead of plans to reduce whole-of-government gateway use.
  

• Federal Government outs draft five-year ICT strategy

  The Federal Government’s lead ICT procurement and coordination agency has prioritised delivery of better services, open engagement and the improvement of government operations as a means to improving use of ICT in Canberra.
  

• What are you saying: 1 April 2011

  Every week, <i>Computerworld Australia</i> collates all the things our readers have been saying about the news, both in the forums and in comments.