The price of caution
In the last week or so we've not only heard about how the government banned Huawei from taking part in NBN Co contracts, but also about security discussions it's held with telco providers.
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Was the govt's Huawei decision right?
The weekend's news that Huawei was blocked by the government from bidding for National Broadband Network (NBN) contracts will have one question sitting in the forefront of most of our minds. Did the government make the right decision?
Contracting for a digital Australia
The Australian Government is thinking about jumping into quicksand that it might never get out of.
Look for good pay at Victoria Police
Victoria Police is desperate to hire a chief information officer and project managers who aren't going to leave after a short time.
An inconvenient e-ticketing truth
I am certain that the settlement of the case over NSW's cancelled e-ticketing system was the best thing for both the NSW government and Videlli, given the current circumstances. But did it display justice at work? I'm not so sure.
More laptops than kids, seriously?
Last week, we found out that the government's program for providing computers in schools has been such a success that they've actually bought more computers for schools than originally intended.
Govt caught in internet-security time warp
Today is Safer Internet Day, the day when the government likes to show that it cares about our internet safety. However, the government's press barrage has reduced my confidence that the government is on the pulse of cybersecurity threats.
The application nation
It seems that applications take up a lot of the government's budget, year on year, which makes me wonder why more departments aren't following Queensland's Department of Education.
BlackBerry to be saved by governments?
Will governments around the world give BlackBerry the time it needs to re-invent itself for the new smartphone world?
Battle of the trade missions
Representatives from various states are all racing off overseas in the hopes that they can convince foreign companies to settle in their corner of Australia's soil or buy products from local companies.
E-health privacy under the microscope
What worries you most about the government's personally controlled e-health record (PCEHR) plan? Is it the cost of implementation? Is it the fact that there's not a lot of incentive for doctors to take it up? Or is it the fact that if not implemented properly, it could be a privacy nightmare?
The importance of being hung out to dry
I'm willing to bet that government agencies have a better grasp of USB policy and what to do before recycling PCs than commercial organisations have.
Tech strides ahead while we drag the chain
In a world where technology has enabled working from home and working from any device, work is no longer really work, and the nine-to-five office day is dead.
Scraping the bottom of the savings barrel
As the government looks mournfully at what it's pulling in through taxes, but still wants to hit its goal to achieve surplus by 2012-2013, IT vendors will have to pull in their belts, according to Ovum.
Mi research es su research
It's free, if you use it properly. That's what the University of NSW has reportedly said to companies about the results of its research. I believe that this is a responsible step in testing different intellectual property (IP) models, and I'm really interested to see how it turns out.