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Tanner and Steward report on Gershon implementation

Last Thursday, Minister for Finance and Deregulation, the Hon Lindsay Tanner addressed the Australian Computer Society’s Canberra Conference, and on the same day AGIMO’s Ann Steward spoke to the Canberra Branch of the Institute of Public Administration.  Both provided some useful updates on implementation of the recommendations of the Gershon Report...

AGIMO to release data centre contract panel within a fortnight

Australian Government CIO Ann Steward is expected to announce four to five data centre suppliers within the next fortnight.

The announcement will address immediate data centre needs, prior to delivering a long term strategy to government at the end of the year...

Steward and Sedgwick provide clues about future project intentions

“Major ICT projects such as the National Broadband Network, Service Delivery Reform and the Government 2.0 Taskforce are likely to generate significant future demand and competition for qualified ICT staff”, said Ann Steward, Australian Government Chief Information Officer and Stephen Sedgwick, Australian Public Sector Commission, in their Foreword to Whole-of-government ICT Strategic Workforce Plan 2010-2013...

ICT expertise under-represented in the APS 200

Of the 190 appointments to the APS 200 Group, announced on 11 June as part of the Federal Government’s response to the Moran Report, only four have specific Chief Information Officer (CIO) responsibilities. ...

Feds launch transition strategy for web accessibility

The Federal Government has released a set of guidelines to assist its agencies in making their websites more accessible to disabled people...

Call for industry involvement in Gershon implementation

In her address to the Intermedium briefing in Canberra last Thursday, Ann Steward (GCIO) outlined plans for engagement with industry as the Government implements the Gershon recommendations.

Ms Steward provided a detailed overview of current activities surrounding implementation of the Gershon recommendations, emphasising most involved a change of culture within the public service.

Ms Steward mentioned that many of the Gershon changes would be phased in over several years, with modest targets during year one, and with savings and more significant changes weighted towards the...

Greens push for open source software for government procurement

The Australian Greens have reiterated their stance on pursuing open source software (OSS) for government procurement as part...

Gershon Report with Minister: Challenge for Government to Act on Recommendations

Last Thursday, Sir Peter Gershon handed his report to Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner...

Green IT firmly on the agenda with ICT sustainability plan

Government ICT suppliers will be subject to a host of new environmental standards as part of the Federal Government’s...

Government Reveals Expectations from Gershon Review

Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner and AGIMO Head Ann Steward last week outlined some clear expectations of what they think Sir Peter Gershon should recommend as part of his independent review of Government ICT...


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