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Large music webcasters are claiming the recording industry is "backtracking" on its offer to compromise with them over new, higher royalty rates that went into effect in March and were to be paid on July 15.

Internet radio may not be dead after all.

A U.S. federal appeals court Wednesday denied a petition from music webcaster associations for an emergency stay of new royalty rates that Internet radio companies have to start paying on Sunday.

More than six months after the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) announced it had appointed Unisys to replace CSC for a $140 million outsourcing contract, questions have surfaced over the timing of the services.

Unisys has signed a four-year, $A140 million contract with the Australian Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (DIMA) to provide a range of outsourced desktop services. The announcement comes a day after the Australian Department of Defence began negotiations with Unisys for a five year contract to provide IT support services to 460 defence bases across Australia.

The big-bang outsourcing legacy of the past decade has left many federal government departments without a clear path to cost savings or more operational efficiency even with a selective sourcing trend, according to industry analysts.

The Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs yesterday announced a three-year deal with IBM for core technology services as part of its $495 million Systems for People project.

Two years after announcing it will migrate off the mainframe in favour of mid-range Unix systems, national patent and trademark administrator IP Australia will now keep its big iron for at least another five years.

Suppliers will have a tough time meeting the federal government's ICT needs in the 2006-07 financial year, because not all agencies are forthcoming with procurement plans, according to market researcher Intermedium.

The Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (DIMA) and the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) have both extended their outsourcing contracts with Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC).

The Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (DIMA) has signed a partnership with Unisys for national border security and biometric projects over the next four years.