In April 2008, the Australian government engaged Sir Peter Gershon to lead an independent review of its use and management of ICT. At the time, the government was spending $870 million per year on outsourced and insourced data centres.

Glenn Archer, deputy and first assistant secretary to former Federal CIO Ann Steward, will step into the Australian Government CIO role, the Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO) announced.

Data#3 has moved to quell any rising concern among its shareholders after the Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO) reissued a tender for a significant contract currently held by the company.

Macquarie Telecom and Verizon Australia are the latest in a slew of telcos to be appointed to the Australian Government Information Management Office’s (AGIMO), telco service panel, with just “one or two” more to be announced.

The Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO) has announced a new group of seven companies in its whole-of-government Telecommunications Management Panel.

The role of shared services can often be broken into two layers. The first is the infrastructure layer — the data centres, networks and desktop infrastructure, and some of the more basic generic services. The second is the complex applications that run across the first layer — services such as human resources, payroll, and some financial activities such as fleet management. Different governments have taken different approaches.