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    QLD govt demands answers after pay glitch 08 February, 2012 12:58:00

    The Queensland government is demanding answers from the Commonwealth Bank after another glitch left thousands of police and civilian staff unpaid.
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    Queensland appoints whole-of-government CIO 01 December, 2011 15:05:00

    Just a day on from issuing a statement that it was still looking for a whole-of-government CIO, the Queensland government has announced that it has appointed Professor Peter Grant to the role.
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    Queensland govt still looking for CIO 30 November, 2011 13:40:00

    Nearly six months on from announcing that Queensland would appoint a new CIO to oversee the state's ICT, the government has confirmed that it is still yet to fill the role.
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    Thursday Grok: Somebody say IT catastrophe? 27 October, 2011 11:27:00

    What is it about Health Departments and IT systems, and why is IBM always lurking about in the shadows like Lady Macbeth?
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    Queensland Health payroll staff fed up 06 September, 2011 08:54:00

    Overworked Queensland Health payroll staff say they're tired of slaving away for little reward to fix a system bungle by the government.
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    Glitches delay Qld school computer program 20 August, 2011 15:00:00

    Education minister Cameron Dick says its unfair to compare glitches in a new computer system used by Queensland schools with last year's Queensland Health payroll debacle.
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    Qld Health to block sacked bureaucrats 20 July, 2011 09:03:00

    Queensland Health is seeking legal advice over whether it can stop two top former bureaucrats fired over its payroll saga from working as private contractors for the department.
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    Qld nurses still seeking payroll answers 15 July, 2011 08:43:00

    Queensland Health must regain the trust of its nurses as the bungled payroll saga continues, the nurses union says.
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    Queensland Health staff can dispute overpayments 14 July, 2011 09:00:00

    Queensland Health's troubled payroll system will need an extra $10 million on top of the $209 million it's already cost to fix.
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    Shared services: Learning the lessons from Queensland and WA 13 July, 2011 10:49:00

    Really, they should have seen it coming. All the signs were there. Queensland Health, a state government department responsible for paying its 78,000 staff some $210 million in salaries fortnightly, was in dire need for a replacement to its existing payroll system.
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    Government shared services navigate a rocky road - Part 1 04 July, 2011 14:23:00

    The deployment of shared services has something of a mixed history in public sector organisations in Australia. The notion of pooling IT services from multiple government departments and agencies into a single operation appears to hold great benefits, from both a cost and service delivery perspective. But history has shown that such efforts can quickly be derailed by the complexity of the tasks they are trying to consolidate — especially when the motivation for consolidation slides too far towards cost recovery as opposed to providing excellent service to the agencies involved.
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    Antivirus software powerless to stop data breach attacks, study finds 10 February, 2012 01:43:00

    Analysis of 300 incidents spots an elephant in the room
    Large numbers of data breaches are being initiated by targeted malware that antivirus software simply can't detect, an analysis of 300 real-world incidents from 2011 has suggested.
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    Valentine's Day Patch Tuesday: Microsoft to issue 9 patches, 4 critical 10 February, 2012 09:29:00

    Microsoft Thursday said that the second Patch Tuesday of 2012 will see nine security bulletins, four of which were deemed critical.
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    Security experts ask House for light a regulatory touch 10 February, 2012 01:39:00

    Cybersecurity experts on Wednesday warned members of a House subcommittee against racing to legislation that would establish an overly burdensome regulatory framework for safeguarding digital systems against attacks, instead urging a more limited approach that would clear away legal impediments such as the prohibitions against sharing critical threat information.
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    The six pillars of security operations 10 February, 2012 11:37:00

    Six key points that should be considered when creating and developing a SOC
    As mobilisation and bring-your-own-device (BYOD) becomes increasingly prevalent, business security has been propelled to the forefront of corporate strategy.
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    Google Wallet Security Concerns Raised 10 February, 2012 01:40:00

    Security firm Zvelo has discovered that the Google Wallet PIN can be cracked via an exhaustive numerical search.
    Google's new NFC system that purports to turn your phone into a credit card can be compromised using a brute-force attack -- and that raises questions about its security.
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