• Govt ICT hiring spend to hit record high

  ICT hiring within the Federal Government has been forecast to hit an all-time high in 2012 with current spending on contractors already tipping $591.5 million for the 10 months to April 2012.

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  Federal Govt flags e-health trial for chronically ill veterans

  The Federal Government has flagged a trial of in-house telemonitoring technology for chronically ill veterans via the National Broadband Network (NBN), kicking off in July 2012.

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  Telstra launches bundled telehealth for rural and regional patients

  Telstra has launched two new bundled telehealth offerings aimed at rural and regional healthcare providers under a $620 million Federal Government initiative.

• DoHA seeks Web portal to combat chronic disease among indigenous Australians

  The Department of Health and Ageing (DoHA) is on the hunt for a provider to develop and host a Web portal with the aim of better managing and preventing chronic disease among indigenous Australians.

• IBM launches R&D facility in Melbourne

  IBM has launched a new research and development lab in Melbourne, the first for the company in Australia, with a focus on global issues such as natural disasters and disease.

Whitepapers about federal government

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  OVUM Report: Governance Risk and Compliance-- GRC usage and buying trends in the ANZ markets

  The existence of an established and stable governance risk and compliance strategy is extremely important to public and private sector organisations as they strive to meet an evergrowing range of regulatory demands. Given the current constraints, it is one of the few areas where the vast majority of organisations intend to either maintain or in many cases increase spending. Read more.

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  A Roadmap to the Virtual Data Centre: Accelerate Your Journey to the Government Cloud

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  Cloud Storage Solutions for Government

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  Charting Your Course for Government Transformation