Government organisations have a significant new option for cloud-computing services after Microsoft announced it would bring its Windows Azure to Australia.

An industry expert believes big IT projects fail for the same reasons as megaprojects in other industries: expectations are set too high, too early.

Local governments will get a funding boost for NBN programs as the government's latest budget delivers $5.7m to expand its Digital Local Government program.

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Government CIOs give too much weight to cloud computing's perceived risks and too little to its benefits and manageable risks, an Ovum analyst has warned.

Postcodes are inadequate for the kind of spatial and GIS detail that's necessary to support new GIS and information driven systems, a Teradata expert says.

The Australian government must foster ICT innovation and regional collaborative partnerships to meet emerging challenges, AIIA chair Kee Wong has said.

Around 500 CFA brigades will get better emergency services communications after Telstra and Motorola Solutions were signed for a digital radio upgrade.

AIIA says the Australian Bureau of Statistics must increase its monitoring and reporting of e-government ICT initiatives to boost Australia's e-gov standing

Building a nationwide broadband network isn't easy, but NBN Co is finding it even harder given the challenges of getting clean geospatial data for the task.

Transport for NSW's moves towards open data have reversed historical antipathy to mobile app developers and presaged for better public use of real time data

Governments are getting smarter in their use of GIS and other geospatially enabled systems – but can they overcome long-running data issues to share better?

A survey of Australian local governments has found that while most use GIS for specific tasks, many struggle to promote geospatial usage across the business

South Australia's City of Marion has been pushed, slowly, towards a social media culture thanks largely to the efforts of deputy mayor David Speirs.

Social-media expert Mariah Gillespie offers local governments six steps to successfully entering the world of social media.