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Victorian bushfire relief efforts threaten IT budgets

by Staff Writers, Mon 20 April 2009

Victorian Government agencies are bracing themselves for smaller budgets, with the “allocation of funding to the relief and rebuilding effort” of the Victorian bushfires well underway.

This was the finding from roundtables staged by Government News in Melbourne and Perth, with delegates representing government agencies and statutory authorities concerned with IT spending.

Delegates reported that the bushfire relief efforts will have a prolonged impact on business. As one delegate commented, “the bushfires will exacerbate the already stretched Victorian economy...

Unveiling the CenITex enigma

by Staff Writers, Mon 27 April 2009

Few outside Government knew what ‘CenITex’ actually meant until a presentation at an AIIA function in Melbourne on 23 April 2009. Suggestion that it should have been named ‘project enigma’ can now be laid to rest, as we now know that it stands for ‘Centre of IT Excellence’. CenITex is charged with consolidating the IT infrastructure of 14 Victorian government departments into the one ‘centre’...

Intermedium identifies $850 million new ICT initiatives in Vic Budget

by Staff Writers, Tue 9 June 2009

In the May budget, Victorian Treasury forecasts the State’s economy will not be as deeply affected by the global recession, but nor will it recover as strongly as other parts of Australia, notably the resource-rich states...

Briefing sessions highlight CenITex’s big impact on Victorian ICT industry

by Staff Writers, Mon 29 June 2009

The Department of Treasury and Finance and CenITex (Centre for IT Excellence) ICT Shared Services Agency conducted two briefing sessions for the ICT industry on the Victorian Government’s Efficient Technology Services program on 7 & 22 June 2009.

As we come up to the first anniversary of the formation of the Victorian Governments CenITex many might be wondering just how much the program means to the ICT industry in Victoria...

CenITex plays crucial role in Victoria, but for many ICT procurements, it is still ‘business as usual’

by Staff Writers, Mon 20 July 2009

The Victorian Government has underscored its commitment to CenITex, with an 8-fold budget increase to $95.16m in 2009-10, to support it in establishing a shared services platform across all state agencies.  However while CenITex is a core plank of Victorian Government ICT, it remains only one aspect of a complex ICT service provision environment for many agencies...

Intermedium’s 2010-11 Victorian Budget Briefing spots biggest ICT winners

by Paris Cowan, Fri 18 June 2010

Intermedium’s Victorian Budget Briefing, held in Melbourne on 16 June 2010, revealed the details of Victoria’s $343 million ICT capital budget allocation as identified from an analysis of the 2010-11 budget papers...

New Victorian Whole-of-Health ICT Strategy

by Staff Writers, Tue 7 October 2008

The Victorian Office of Health Information Systems (OHIS) recently commenced a process to develop the next Whole of Health ICT Strategy for 2009-13.

It will be hoped the new Strategy overcomes problems encountered by the HealthSMART IT program that was designed to replace and rebuild IT infrastructure and systems across all the State’s health care agencies.

The Strategy will set out the strategic directions for ICT developments in the Victorian public health sector and a recommended approach to implement...

Victorian Auditor Finds Problems with HealthSMART

by Staff Writers, Mon 21 April 2008

The Victorian Auditor-General has delivered a report following his review of the HealthSMART IT program for the Victorian public health sector program. He found a number of significant issues with the implementation.

The report, titled Delivering HealthSMART - Victoria's whole-of-health ICT strategy was tabled in Parliament on Wednesday 16 April.

HealthSMART is currently a six-year, $323 million technology program operating across the Victorian Public Health System (VPHS) and due for completion in June 2009...

South Australian Government Carbon Neutral by 2020

by Staff Writers, Mon 25 February 2008

The SA Government claims to be leading the way in the fight to reduce carbon emissions by announcing plans to become carbon neutral...

Victorian Report on Joined up Government

by Staff Writers, Mon 3 December 2007

The Victorian Government has just released a new report that examines approaches to "joined up government". Though general in nature, it could provide clues for suppliers wishing to engage with the Victorian Government.

As part of its charter to promote effective public administration in Victoria, the State Services Authority has examined Victorian approaches to joined up government. This follows on from the Authority's previous project on The Future of the Public Sector that identified engaging across jurisdictions and portfolios as a major challenge for the public sector...


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