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• Tax agency looking for new managed services solution

  The Australian Tax Office (ATO) is on the hunt for a managed services solution to carry out the provision, maintenance and support of the Tax Practitioners Board’s (TPB) ICT infrastructure.

• Fed govt using data matching technology to help recover millions

  The federal government is using data matching technology to help it can recover tens of millions of dollars from former welfare recipients who owe it money.

• HP confirms ATO deal worth $738 million

  HP has confirmed that its five-year contract with the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) to improve the agency’s business processes was worth $738 million.

• Bean counting a risky exercise for accountants: ATO

  Few would peg bean counting as an occupation with serious health risks, but the Australian Tax Office (ATO) is convinced its staff are under threat from too much time with their calculators and desk chairs.

• Hyro settles ATO debt

  Hyro Limited (ASX:HYO) has settled the last of its historical debts with the Australian Taxation Office (ATO).

• Beware scammers pretending to be from ATO

  Sophisticated scammers are ringing or emailing people claiming to represent the Australian Tax Office (ATO) and offering refunds for anyone who will transfer cash to a charity.

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• Stuxnet could have caused "new Chernobyl," Russian ambassador says

  The Stuxnet worm attack known to have struck computers at the Russian-built Iranian Bushehr nuclear plant in Iran has serious implications and could have caused "another Chernobyl," a Russian ambassador is said to have advised NATO yesterday, according to a Reuters report.

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  Tax Office releases AUSkey for Linux

  The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has made good on its promise to support Linux in its next-generation authentication software, dubbed AUSkey, with the reference distribution being Ubuntu with the Firefox Web browser.

• IBM secures Westpac deal despite doubts

  IBM has secured a five-year deal with the Westpac Group for the supply of infrastructure services as the major bank continues its technology transformation.

• ATO Change Program jilts Centrelink customers

  Issues with the Australian Taxation Office’s (ATO) IT systems Change Program have resulted in a number of Centrelink customers having their Family Tax Benefit (FTB) payments suspended, the Commonwealth Ombudsman has reported.

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  Linux users to get AUSkey access before Christmas

  The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has confirmed Linux users will finally have access to its AUSkey authentication software within two months, following compatibility complaints in May when the service was launched for Windows and Mac OS X only.

• ATO downplays Lockheed deal cost

  The Australian Taxation Office has clarified that its five-year desktop services contract with defence giant and IT contractor Lockheed Martin actually has a total pricetag of $283.4 million - not the $380 million it mistakenly published through the Government's tendering system.

• $380m baby: Tax’s desktop deal revealed

  The Australian Taxation Office has revealed that its five-year desktop services contract with defence giant and IT contractor Lockheed Martin has a total pricetag of $380 million — a number 25 per cent higher than it had initially estimated.

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  ATO finalises $60m desktop contract

  The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has signed contracts with Lockheed Martin — a US technology giant more known for its strengths in the construction of fighter jets and missiles than in enterprise IT services – to provide desktop PC and other end-user computing services, in a deal estimated at $60 million a year.