In shadow of NSA, Obama calls for innovation and action

US president Barack Obama's State of the Union speech touched on the NSA's mass surveillance programs and called for IT innovation and government support.

Victorian Government wants feedback on state ICT Strategy

The Victorian State government is accepting submissions on its ambitious ICT Strategy until February 10.

Defence re-signs Unisys for nationwide IT support services

Australia's Department of Defence has extended its services contract with Unisys in a two-year, $52m deal that will involve supporting over 100,000 devices.

Boston accent: Massachusetts state CIO John Letchford

GTR speaks with Massachusetts state CIO John Letchford about adopting cloud and other progressive IT in a severely resource-constrained environment.

NT government taps mainframe upgrade for core systems

Longtime mainframe user the Northern Territory government has committed to a contemporary IBM mainframe as the basis for its core database systems.

Chief digital officers join CIOs in 20% of government agencies next year: Gartner

New chief digital officers will commonly join CIOs in the executive ranks at government agencies by 2014, Gartner research has forecasted.

Noosa implementing hosted unified communications for 2014 separation

Queensland's Noosa Shire Council is implementing the Nexon Absolute hosted unified communications (UC) solution in the leadup to its 2014 separation.

Emergency services: On the move

Emergency services organisations are moving to embrace mobile information technologies that empower staff with critical and contextual information.

Redland City Council overhauls ECM for data-driven service

Queensland's Redland City Council to implement Objective enterprise content management (ECM) system to consolidate data silos, tap into unstructured data.

NEC training builds IT career path for young, indigenous NT residents

A NEC Australia training program will target talented indigenous students as part of its mission to train 50 NT apprentices as IT-industry staff by 2018.

Parramatta City Council commits to Windows 8.1 rollout

Gosford leads VMware group-buying effort for 43 NSW councils

NSW's Gosford City Council has steered a group of 43 NSW councils to a landmark VMware and VDI group-buying deal that's expected to save $3 million.

Health agencies balance IT mandate with local innovation

The introduction of the PCEHR is driving healthcare providers to figure out how electronic health records can be integrated into their everyday practice.

The ATO wants to be your social media friend

The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) is ramping up its social media initiatives to engage citizens in completely new ways.

IBM banned from Queensland government contracts in Queensland Health payroll fallout

Queensland has banned IBM from government contracts until IBM has fixed governance issues the government says derailed a Queensland Health payroll rollout