Is finding good shared services that hard?
I found it interesting that despite such a terrible start, the Western Australian Government has won an award for its shared services program.
Going Public
Keeping track of the cheques and (bank) balances in government IT is a big job -- fortunately, when we asked Suzanne Tindal if she could take up the challenge, she said "Yes I Can."
Suzanne Tindal
Suzanne Tindal cut her teeth at ZDNet.com.au as the site's telecommunications reporter, a role that saw her break some of the biggest stories associated with the National Broadband Network process. She then turned her attention to all matters in government and corporate ICT circles. Now she's taking on the whole gamut as news editor for the site.
Latest Posts
Convoluted e-health plan needs KISS
After reading pages and pages of the government's personally controlled e-health record draft plan of operations, I can't help feeling like we're on a freight train that's either heading towards a cliff or doesn't have an engine anymore.
Data retention analysis just funny numbers
Completing a cost-benefit analysis for data retention would be an exercise in sorting levels of grey that would result in a collective headache.
Watch out IT, cost cuttin's a-comin'
Last week Prime Minister Julia Gillard made it clear in a speech that the government would be counting its pennies in the next budget to drag the budget into surplus, natural disasters or no.
Frontline guards ignore cyber back doors
There's a terrible hypocrisy in spending an enormous amount of money to keep people boxed in detention on an island off the coast when others are coming through by hacking into a system.
Govt, spend up and keep it need-to-know
Today the Federal Government asked for suggestions on how agencies could better protect citizens' online information.
Employee lock-in key to training problems?
The Tasmanian Police is using long-term contracts to justify expensive training for its cyber cops.
How do we know when IT gets it wrong?
Victoria's recently announced review of speed cameras had me think about trust. We need technology to make society manageable given the high number of people living on the planet. But how do we know it's doing its job right?
Data breaches: just like cockroaches
The recent spate of data breaches has made me long for data breach laws like a pregnant woman craves pickles.
Leading the govt to open source
After reading the changes to open-source policy released by the government today, I couldn't help thinking that getting a greater percentage of open-source software into government is going to be just as difficult as getting more Australian-grown smaller scale companies supplying government.