Budget cuts hitting government CIOs more than private-sector peers: Gartner

More than one-quarter of government CIOs expect their IT budgets will shrink in 2014, outpacing the private sector and driving programs of process change.

Shared services benefits flow in Tasmania

Tasmanisan shared services organisation Onstream has seen strong success implementing ICT to support the government's council-amalgamation policy.

Defence deepens Fujitsu ICT services commitment

A $170m, three year contract extension will see Fujitsu's ICT services team supporting a busy Defence ICT agenda.

Councils air NBN concerns to Senate committee

A number of local governments have lodged Senate submissions advocating the continuation of a fibre-to-the-premise (FTTP) NBN rollout in their areas.

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