Stories about: OGIT

After an estimated $45 million blow-out and the lateness of an overdue human resources IT project, Shadow IT minister Senator Kate Lundy accused the Government of "gross mismanagement" of the Defence Department contract.

Frustration, dissatisfaction and low morale appear endemic among the residual IT staff of a number of federal government departments that have played the outsourcing card. Several industry sources who spoke to Computerworld claim the two-year-plus outsourcing contract between the Department of Veterans' Affairs and IBM Global Services has sparked wide-ranging discontent among users.

In 1987, the Hawke Labor Government was forced to abandon plans to introduce an Australia Card ID. So what's changed? The proposed function of the card -- to replace existing government ID systems and to provide the Australian Taxation Office with access to a wider range of information about income sources -- had seemed innocuous enough at first blush. But as privacy and consumer groups subjected the Australia Card Bill to closer scrutiny, it began to look far more sinister.

The Federal Government has officially signed up Glenys Roper to the permanent position of Chief Government Information Officer, previously held by Andy McDonald. Roper, who had been acting in the position as head of the Office of Government Information Technology since mid November last year, is set to hold her appointment for a period of three years.