Stories about: National Office for the Information Economy

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Government warned on Web site discrimination 05 October, 2004 13:54

The man who sued SOCOG over Web site accessibility has warned that rising complaints against government Web sites' use of PDF documents are being made under commonwealth law.
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Defacement spree hits government sites 17 June, 2004 09:41

The IT security of Australian Web-hosting providers has come under serious question, with more than 30 state and local government Web sites defaced in the last six months – including the homepages of two locally hosted foreign diplomatic missions and the highly sensitive NSW Casino Control Board.
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Innovate, or take a walk 03 May, 2004 16:26

The IT economy is marginalizing and will permanently shed those who don't bring creativity, curiosity, and invention to their jobs.
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Auditor demands government Web site metrics 10 March, 2004 08:31

Five government agencies have been told to develop performance measures for their Internet offerings after their Web sites were declared rudderless ships floating aimlessly on a sea of taxpayer's money, according to the findings Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) report.
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Federal IT councils survive NOIE closure 03 March, 2004 08:12

In a move certain to worry IT vendors, the federal government will retain its two most powerful internal IT advisory bodies, the Information Management Strategy Committee (IMSC) and the Chief Information Officer Committee despite the almost certain closure of their coordinating arm, the National Office of the Information Economy.
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Spammers on final warning from minister 27 February, 2004 16:16

Communications Minister Daryl Williams has issued a tough final warning to Australian business to fall into line with the impending Spam Act or suffer the pecuniary consequences at the hands of the Australian Communications Authority (ACA).
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Estimates committee dissects NOIE 19 February, 2004 07:57

With the National Office for the Information Economy (NOIE) now certain to be abolished in name, politicians intent on dismembering the agency have run into an unexpected hurdle: how to carve-up NOIE’s more useful coordinating functions with departments such as the Attorney Generals and Defence.
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Submissions sought for biometrics privacy code 15 December, 2003 12:02

The Biometrics Institute is seeking public comment on its draft version of the Biometrics Privacy Code. The code covers the use of technology that incorporates human attributes such as fingerprints, iris and face scans, hand geometry and DNA.
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Australia passes anti-spam bill 03 December, 2003 12:22

The Australian Senate has given the final nod of approval to the Spam Act 2003 following a move to nix Labor and Democrat amendments in the House of Representatives earlier in the week.
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Labor to concede Spam Bill amendments 05 November, 2003 07:59

Labor has conceded the high ground to the government and will not block the passage of the Spam Bill in the Senate, Shadow Communications Minister Kate Lundy has revealed to Computerworld. Labor had proposed a series of amendments relating to search and seizure powers to be granted to the Australian Communications Authority.
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Australia, South Korea team to regulate spam 21 October, 2003 12:21

Australia and South Korea signed a memorandum of understanding yesterday to regulate and stem the tide of spam in their countries.