The Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO) has outlined potential plans to consolidate the number of ICT services panels across the Federal Government from 87 to four through a proposed whole-of-government ICT services panel.
An independent review into the progress of the Gershon Report on the Federal Government’s use of ICT, has found the “substantial” implementation has positioned the Government for the next phase in the evolution of ICT policy and practice.
The Federal Department of Finance and Deregulation has gone to market for multi-function devices such as printers and faxes, in a purchasing initiative which will cover the majority of the Federal public sector.
Government documents state agencies should be given access to four classes of mobile device: Class 1 for senior executives; class 2 for general staff; class 3 for technical staff and developers; and the final class for staff with “mobile broadband access” needs.
The Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of the Australia Department of Defence has slammed its ICT policy as not best practise.
Analysts are predicting 2010 will be the year that organisations take on cloud computing, following a dormant year of IT spending.
The name may not be immediately familiar to many on the street, but due to both its tangible impact in the Federal Government and its conceptual influence, the Computerworld Top 10 Most Influential for 2009 panel gave Gershon 7th place.
The Australian government's ICT advisory body has had a busy six months pushing through recommendations of last year's Gershon report, and is poised to adopt more advanced technologies around Web 2.0, security, information sharing and green IT, according to federal government CIO Ann Steward.
The Australian Computer Society issued a statement today in support of Sir Peter Gershon’s Report that candidly reviewed Australian government’s use and management of ICT, but warned that knee-jerk slashing of budgets or personnel could see the industry take a backward step.