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• In brief: DEEWR considering new procurement system

  The Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) is moving to get a better handle over its procurement with a new enterprise-wide management system.

• Internet job advertising flat in June

  Growth in internet advertisements for skilled workers was flat in June from a month earlier, national data shows.

• Information media and communications sector sheds jobs

  Employment in Australia’s information media and communications sector has taken a major hit during the past five years, according to new figures released by the Federal Government.

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  Computers in Schools project rollout continues to fall short

  The Federal Government has claimed it is on track to fully deliver a total of 696,000 PCs under its Computers in Schools program, however current rollout rates suggest a shortfall of some 203,143 computers by the initiative’s December 2011 deadline.

• Telco, services sectors set to grow

  Telecommunications and IT technical services sectors are set to grow by as much as 13.7 per cent over the next five years, according to a 2010 job index released by the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR).

• $40m fund set up to teach teachers ICT

  The Federal Government will spend up to $40 million to give teachers training in ICT.

• DEEWR to form ICT Education Panel

  The Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) is to form an "Applied ICT in Education Panel" to support the development, implementation and evaluation of initiatives that support the use of ICT in education.

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  Outback communities get $7m Internet access boost

  The Rudd government has announced it will spend $7 million over four years on improving public Internet access facilities in remote Indigenous communities.