News about Australian National Audit Office (ANAO)
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    Govt admits Australia TV tender flawed

    The federal government has conceded its handling of the Australia Network tender for international television services was flawed after a stinging critique from the auditor-general.

  • PM's office passwords pose security risk

    More than 10 per cent of passwords used in Prime Minister Julia Gillard's department can be easily broken in an hour by hackers using "brute force", a report from the Australian National Audit Office says.

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    Prime Minister and Cabinet scolded for Gmail, Hotmail use

    The Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet has vowed to block access to public Cloud-based email websites on work computers it administers, after the auditor-general found use of Gmail and Hotmail accounts by staff risked internal information.

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    Audit reveals rural broadband subsidy costs

    An audit into the Federal Government’s Australian Broadband Guarantee (ABG) has found the program went over budget by at least $20 million during its operation.

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    When IT governance goes wrong

    Speaking the World Computer Congress 2010 in Brisbane this week, Cathy Blunt, manager of Griffith University’s internal audit office, provided an interesting insight into the main contributing factors to failed or inefficient IT products in government agencies. The public university has itself undergone internal changes to prevent similar failures, though Blunt wasn’t shy of self-criticism in her review of what sends government IT projects over the edge.

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