• Govt ICT hiring spend to hit record high

  By Chloe Herrick | 23 April, 2012 12:42

  ICT hiring within the Federal Government has been forecast to hit an all-time high in 2012 with current spending on contractors already tipping $591.5 million for the 10 months to April 2012.

• Feds turn to tech to improve Freedom of Information Act responses

  By Kenneth Corbin | 23 March, 2012 07:15

  After coming into office on promises of open government, transparency and accountability, the Obama administration has come under fire from critics who charge that the actions of the executive branch have not lived up to the rhetoric, and that too many of the government's activities remain shrouded in secrecy.

• U.S. CIO unveils mobile strategy for Federal Government

  By Kenneth Corbin | 13 January, 2012 01:29

  The Obama administration yesterday at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas unveiled an ambitious new initiative to remake the way the federal government approaches mobile technology, soliciting ideas from the public for how federal agencies can tap mobile devices and apps to operate more efficiently and better serve citizens.

• Federal Govt flags e-health trial for chronically ill veterans

  By Chloe Herrick | 29 November, 2011 15:34

  The Federal Government has flagged a trial of in-house telemonitoring technology for chronically ill veterans via the National Broadband Network (NBN), kicking off in July 2012.

• Telstra launches bundled telehealth for rural and regional patients

  By Chloe Herrick | 23 November, 2011 10:56

  Telstra has launched two new bundled telehealth offerings aimed at rural and regional healthcare providers under a $620 million Federal Government initiative.

• Calling all intelligent life forms...

  By Tim Lohman | 13 August, 2009 11:37

  As a CIO you may at times have felt like an extra terrestrial life form come to Earth to convey the benefits of advanced technology to a group of inferior life forms (management).

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