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IT policy evolves post-election
The Federal Election cliffhanger hinged on the National Broadband Network, but other IT policies are now coming into play, writes Josh Gliddon
A
ustralia waited on tenterhooks following the August Federal Election, wondering who would form government and which way the independents would jump. It’s now history that while Bob Katter ended up plumping for the Liberals, Rob
Oakeshott and Tony Windsor went with Labor, allowing Julia Gillard to form a minority government. However, it was the reasons why Oakeshott and Windsor went
We have this piece of legislation that Tony Abbott and Malcolm Turnbull won’t pass in the parliament…
taxpayer dollars. In response to the Labor government likening the NBN to the Snowy River Scheme, Turnbull had this to say in an Internet post: “A joint Commonwealth and State Snowy River Committee was established to investigate the financial viability of the proposal.... The cost of the project was thoroughly analysed, as were the benefits to electricity generation and irrigation.” Turnbull argued that whatever the economic or environmental impact of the Snowy Scheme may look like today, the infrastructure
with Labor that were, for those interested in technology, the most
project had been the subject of a “rigorous analysis” and public
illuminating part of the whole game. On that day on September
debate before construction was commenced.
7, Tony Windsor took the microphone ahead of Oakeshott. After
“So the question for Julia Gillard is this: if the Snowy Mountains
thanking both leaders, he got down to business. And the business
scheme is to be the benchmark for national infrastructure, why is
at hand was technology – in particular, the National Broadband
her so-called 21st century equivalent proceeding without any of the
Network (NBN).
analysis that preceded the Snowy scheme?” the post read.
“The issues that I thought were critical to this…was broadband.
That was enough for Stephen Conroy, the reappointed Minister
There’s an enormous opportunity for regional Australia to engage
for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, to
with the infrastructure of this century,” said Windsor.
come out swinging. Speaking on ABC News24, Conroy said
He continued: “My advisors in relation to the broadband
that “[Turnbull] came out and opposed, opposed, opposed. He
technology—and there are a number of them—suggest that you do
opposed legislation almost unilaterally—it doesn’t matter what it
it once, you do it right and you do it with fibre.”
was, he opposed it all when he became leader—and the same is
In one breath, he captured what had become (boat people aside) the most divisive issue of the entire campaign. The incumbent
happening again.” “We have this piece of legislation that Tony Abbott and
Labor government promised to spend around $43 billion wiring the
Malcolm Turnbull won’t pass in the parliament and have stalled
nation with fibre.
for eight months.” Conroy was referring to telecommunications
The Opposition took exception to the dollars being spent, and in the final days of the campaign came back with a $6 billion counteroffer that threw a variety of existing technologies, including wireless and a fibre back-haul, into the mix. Since then, the NBN has remained as divisive as ever. Liberal leader Tony Abbott appointed Malcolm Turnbull to the role of Shadow Communications Minister, with a specific remit to take the government to task on the NBN. A few short hours after winning the portfolio, Turnbull blasted the NBN scheme, saying that it would waste “tens of billions” of
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reform, and in particular the potential structural separation of Telstra. He then veered back to the NBN, saying that “there will be a slower rollout, there will be a more expensive total cost of the build caused by Tony Abbott—we will have more overhead cabling because of Tony Abbott.” The ABC’s Insiders program gave Turnbull the opportunity to shoot back, saying that he is “not seeking to wreck or destroy anything, nor demolish”. “My objective is to get some real transparency and accountability
Government agencies should now license Public Sector Information (PSI) under Creative Commons —as the default licence type.
AGIMO gets a new master
on this. We need to have a more informed debate about it. We are talking about spending a really stupendous amount of money, and our job in the Opposition is to hold them to account for that,” he said. Turnbull said that the opposition’s broadband policy had not
Also in the wake of the election was the shift of ICT
changed post-election, but he also intimated that it would evolve
responsibilities via the Australian Government Information
over the ensuing three years, saying that it was only logical that
Management Office (AGIMO) from the portfolio of Minister Penny
it should do so. He was unable, however, to clarify how it would
Wong to that of Special Minister of State, Gary Gray. In the past,
change, or over what timeframe those changes would occur.
AGIMO has traditionally sat within the finance portfolio. The move hasn’t stopped AGIMO from innovating. In early
Digital productivity
October, it announced through its blog that government agencies
One of the lesser-known technology policy developments following
should now license their Public Sector Information (PSI) under
the election also concerns Communications Minister, Stephen
Creative Commons BY licence as the default licence type and only
Conroy. In addition to his existing Broadband, Communications and
adopt more restrictive licences after a process of “due diligence and
the Digital Economy Ministry, Conroy was made Minister Assisting
on a case-by-case basis”.e-health also remains a key IT platform for
the PM on Digital Productivity.
the federal government following the kick off of its e-health policy
The move was generally well received, with industry figures
in July this year. On July 1, every Australian, along with Australian
applauding Conroy’s additional responsibilities. Speaking with
health service providers and clinicians, became eligible for a 16-digit
industry publication, Computerworld, the Australian Information
individual healthcare identifier number.
Industry Association’s Chief Executive, Ian Birks, said that the
The government had pre-committed $467 million to creating
appointment created opportunities for the key messages of ICT to be
personal electronic healthcare records for every Australian by
promulgated at the highest levels of government.
2012. The election did not change this commitment, which is
“We find it hard as an industry to engage with the Health
viewed by the industry as an inadequate figure to establish a full
Department, the Education Department or with energy agencies, so
service e-health system in Australia. It is, however, seen as a good
this minister and portfolio is a great opportunity to drive these issues
first step. The Liberals had said that they would kill off the $467
to the advantage of our industry,” he told the publication. The Australian Computer Society’s Chief Executive, Bruce Lakin, was equally bullish about the additional responsibilities, saying that it would “firmly link ICT with productivity”. Information technology funding also found itself in the crosshairs during the election campaign, with the Gillard government deciding to take the razor to the $1 billion ICT Investment Fund that was established in the wake of the Gershon Review. The government has promised to cut the fund by nearly half ($447.5 million) in a bid to return the budget to surplus within three years, a move that raised eyebrows in some quarters.
If the Snowy Mountains Scheme is to be the benchmark for national infrastructure, why is [the NBN] proceeding without any of the analysis that preceded the Snowy Scheme?
million commitment if they won office in a bid to return the budget to the black. With the re-election of the Labor party, e-health, which is overseen by the Department of Health and Ageing and implemented by the National E-Health Transition Authority (NEHTA), is likely to go ahead. The NBN and e-health are intimately entwined, with electronic health applications, such as imaging and teleconsulting, seen as major uses of ubquitous, high-speed broadband. The key takeout in the election fallout isn’t the massive number of new policies that have arisen, but the fact that it’s more of the same, and that more of the same means that Australia is inexorably heading down the
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NBN
time to deliver the goods
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Even with the federal election now behind us, the National Broadband Network (NBN) remains a hot topic for debate among government and opposition parties. However, sifting through the issues, there are clear opportunities coming up for well-positioned government agencies as well as ICT vendors.
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Even with the federal election now behind us, the National Broadband Network (NBN) remains a hot topic for debate among government and opposition parties.
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opinion
NBN
time to deliver the goods Even with the federal election now behind us, the National Broadband Network (NBN) remains a hot topic for debate among government and opposition parties. However, sifting through the issues, there are clear opportunities coming up for well-positioned government agencies as well as ICT vendors.
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IT policy evolves, post-election The Federal Election cliffhanger hinged on the National Broadband Network, but other IT policies are now coming into play, writes Josh Gliddon
A
ustralia waited on
spend around $43 billion wiring the nation
is to be the benchmark for national
tenterhooks following the August
with fibre. The Opposition took exception
infrastructure, why is her so-called 21st
Federal Election, wondering who
to the dollars being spent, and in the final
century equivalent proceeding without any
would form government and which way
days of the campaign came back with a $6
of the analysis that preceded the Snowy
the independents would jump.
billion counter-offer that threw a variety
scheme?” the post read.
It’s now history that while Bob Katter
of existing technologies, including wireless
That was enough for Stephen Conroy,
ended up plumping for the Liberals, Rob
and a fibre back-haul, into the mix.
the reappointed Minister for Broadband,
Oakeshott and Tony Windsor went with
Since then, the NBN has remained as
Communications and the Digital
Labor, allowing Julia Gillard to form a
divisive as ever. Liberal leader Tony Abbott
Economy, to come out swinging.
minority government.
appointed Malcolm Turnbull to the role of
Speaking on ABC News24, Conroy said
However, it was the reasons why
Shadow Communications Minister, with
that “[Turnbull] came out and opposed,
Oakeshott and Windsor went with
a specific remit to take the government to
opposed, opposed. He opposed legislation
Labor that were, for those interested
task on the NBN.
almost unilaterally — it doesn’t matter what it was, he opposed it all when
You do it once, you do it right and you do it with fibre.” Tony Windsor
he became leader — and the same is happening again.” “We have this piece of legislation that Tony Abbott and Malcolm Turnbull won’t pass in the parliament and have
in technology, the most illuminating
A few short hours after winning the
stalled for eight months.” Conroy was
part of the whole game. On that day on
portfolio, Turnbull blasted the NBN
referring to telecommunications reform,
September 7, Tony Windsor took the
scheme, saying that it would waste
and in particular the potential structural
microphone ahead of Oakeshott. After
“tens of billions” of taxpayer dollars. In
separation of Telstra. He then veered
thanking both leaders, he got down to
response to the Labor government likening
back to the NBN, saying that “there will
business. And the business at hand was
the NBN to the Snowy River Scheme,
be a slower rollout, there will be a more
technology – in particular, the National
Turnbull had this to say in an Internet
expensive total cost of the build caused
Broadband Network (NBN).
post:
by Tony Abbott — we will have more
“The issues that I thought were critical
“A joint Commonwealth and State Snowy
overhead cabling because of Tony Abbott.”
to this ... was broadband. There’s an
River Committee was established to
The ABC’s Insiders program gave
enormous opportunity for regional
investigate the financial viability of the
Turnbull the opportunity to shoot back,
Australia to engage with the infrastructure
proposal.... The cost of the project was
saying that he is “not seeking to wreck or
of this century,” said Windsor.
thoroughly analysed, as were the benefits
destroy anything, nor demolish”.
He continued: “My advisors in relation to
to electricity generation and irrigation.”
“My objective is to get some real
the broadband technology – and there are
Turnbull argued that whatever the
transparency and accountability on this.
a number of them – suggest that you do
economic or environmental impact of the
We need to have a more informed debate
it once, you do it right and you do it with
Snowy Scheme may look like today, the
about it. We are talking about spending a
fibre.”
infrastructure project had been the subject
really stupendous amount of money, and
In one breath, he captured what had
of a “rigorous analysis” and public debate
our job in the Opposition is to hold them
become (boat people aside) the most
before construction was commenced.
to account for that,” he said.
divisive issue of the entire campaign. The
“So the question for Julia Gillard is
Turnbull said that the opposition’s
incumbent Labor government promised to
this: if the Snowy Mountains scheme
broadband policy had not changed post-
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‘‘
Government agencies should now license Public Sector Information (PSI) under Creative Commons —as the default licence type.
’’
election, but he also intimated that it
The Australian Computer Society’s
“due diligence and on a case-by-case
would evolve over the ensuing three
Chief Executive, Bruce Lakin, was
basis”.
years, saying that it was only logical
equally bullish about the additional
e-health also remains a key IT
that it should do so. He was unable,
responsibilities, saying that it would
platform for the federal government
however, to clarify how it would
“firmly link ICT with productivity”.
following the kick off of its e-health
change, or over what timeframe
Information technology funding
policy in July this year. On July
those changes would occur.
also found itself in the crosshairs
1, every Australian, along with
during the election campaign, with
Australian health service providers
Digital productivity
the Gillard government deciding
and clinicians, became eligible for
One of the lesser-known technology
to take the razor to the $1 billion
a 16-digit individual healthcare
policy developments following
ICT Investment Fund that was
identifier number.
the election also concerns
established in the wake of the
The government had pre-committed
Communications Minister, Stephen
Gershon Review. The government
$467 million to creating personal
Conroy. In addition to his existing
has promised to cut the fund by
electronic healthcare records
Broadband, Communications and
nearly half ($447.5 million) in a
for every Australian by 2012.
the Digital Economy Ministry,
bid to return the budget to surplus
The election did not change this
Conroy was made Minister Assisting
within three years, a move that
commitment, which is viewed by
Senator Stephen Conroy, now also
the PM on Digital Productivity.
raised eyebrows in some quarters.
the industry as an inadequate figure
the Minister Assisting the PM on
The move was generally well
AGIMO gets a new master
to establish a full service e-health
Digital Productivity
“If the Snowy Mountains Scheme is to be the benchmark for national infrastructure, why is [the NBN] proceeding without any of the analysis that preceded the Snowy Scheme?” Malcolm Turnbull received, with industry figures
Also in the wake of the election
system in Australia. It is, however,
applauding Conroy’s additional
was the shift of ICT responsibilities
seen as a good first step. The
responsibilities. Speaking
via the Australian Government
Liberals had said that they would kill
with industry publication,
Information Management Office
off the $467 million commitment
Computerworld, the Australian
(AGIMO) from the portfolio of
if they won office in a bid to return
Information Industry Association’s
Minister Penny Wong to that of
the budget to the black. With the
Chief Executive, Ian Birks, said
Special Minister of State, Gary
re-election of the Labor party,
that the appointment created
Gray. In the past, AGIMO has
e-health, which is overseen by the
opportunities for the key messages
traditionally sat within the finance
Department of Health and Ageing
of ICT to be promulgated at the
portfolio.
and implemented by the National
highest levels of government.
The move hasn’t stopped AGIMO
E-Health Transition Authority
“We find it hard as an industry to
from innovating. In early October,
(NEHTA), is likely to go ahead.
engage with the Health Department,
it announced through its blog
The NBN and e-health are intimately
the Education Department or with
that government agencies should
entwined, with electronic health
energy agencies, so this minister and
now license their Public Sector
applications, such as imaging and
portfolio is a great opportunity to
Information (PSI) under Creative
teleconsulting, seen as major uses of
drive these issues to the advantage
Commons BY licence as the default
ubquitous, high-speed broadband.
of our industry,” he told the
licence type and only adopt more
The key takeout in the election
publication.
restrictive licences after a process of
fallout isn’t the massive number of
new policies that have arisen, but the fact that it’s more of the same, and that more of the same means that Australia is inexorably heading down the path towards broadband everywhere, and a technologically literate health system.
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IT policy evolves, post-election The Federal Election cliffhanger hinged on the National Broadband Network, but other IT policies are now coming into play, writes Josh Gliddon
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ustralia waited on tenterhooks following the August Federal Election, wondering who would
form government and which way the independents would jump.
It’s now history that while Bob Katter ended up plumping for the Liberals, Rob Oakeshott and Tony Windsor went with Labor, allowing Julia Gillard to form a minority government. However, it was the reasons why Oakeshott and Windsor went with Labor that were, for those interested in technology, the most illuminating part of the whole game. On that day on September 7, Tony Windsor took the microphone ahead of Oakeshott. After thanking both leaders, he got down to business. And the business at hand was
In one breath, he captured what had become (boat people aside) the most divisive issue of the entire campaign. The incumbent Labor government promised to spend around $43 billion wiring the nation with fibre. The Opposition took exception to the dollars being spent, and in the final days of the campaign came back with a $6 billion counter-offer that threw a variety of existing technologies, including wireless and a fibre back-haul, into the mix. Since then, the NBN has remained as divisive as ever. Liberal leader Tony Abbott appointed Malcolm Turnbull to the role of Shadow Communications Minister, with a specific remit to take the government to task on the NBN. A few short hours after winning the portfolio, Turnbull blasted the NBN
You do it once, you do it right and you do it with fibre.” Tony Windsor technology – in particular, the National Broadband Network (NBN). “The issues that I thought were critical to this ... was broadband. There’s an enormous opportunity for regional Australia to engage with the infrastructure of this century,” said Windsor. He continued: “My advisors in relation to the broadband technology – and there are a number of them – suggest that you do it once, you do it right and you do it with fibre.”
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scheme, saying that it would waste “tens of billions” of taxpayer dollars. In response to the Labor government likening the NBN to the Snowy River Scheme, Turnbull had this to say in an Internet post: “A joint Commonwealth and State Snowy River Committee was established to investigate the financial viability of the proposal.... The cost of the project was thoroughly analysed, as were the benefits to electricity generation and irrigation.” Turnbull argued that whatever the
economic or environmental impact of the Snowy Scheme may look like today, the infrastructure project had been the subject of a “rigorous analysis” and public debate before construction was commenced. “So the question for Julia Gillard is this: if the Snowy Mountains scheme is to be the benchmark for national infrastructure, why is her so-called 21st century equivalent proceeding without any of the analysis that preceded the Snowy scheme?” the post read. That was enough for Stephen Conroy, the reappointed Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, to come out swinging. Speaking on ABC News24, Conroy said that “[Turnbull] came out and opposed, opposed, opposed. He opposed legislation almost unilaterally — it doesn’t matter what it was, he opposed it all when he became leader — and the same is happening again.” “We have this piece of legislation that Tony Abbott and Malcolm Turnbull won’t pass in the parliament and have stalled for eight months.” Conroy was referring to telecommunications reform, and in particular the potential structural separation of Telstra. He then veered back to the NBN, saying that “there will be a slower rollout, there will be a more expensive total cost of the build caused by Tony Abbott — we will have more overhead cabling because of Tony Abbott.” The ABC’s Insiders program gave Turnbull the opportunity to shoot back, saying that he is “not seeking to wreck or destroy anything, nor demolish”.
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Government agencies should now license Public Sector Information (PSI) under Creative Commons —as the default licence type.
“My objective is to get some real transparency and accountability on this. We need to have a more informed debate about it. We are talking about spending a really stupendous amount of money, and our job in the Opposition is to hold them to account for that,” he said. Turnbull said that the opposition’s broadband policy had not changed post-election, but he also intimated that it would evolve over the ensuing three years, saying that it was only logical that it should do so. He was unable, however, to clarify how
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responsibilities. Speaking with industry publication, Computerworld, the Australian Information Industry Association’s Chief Executive, Ian Birks, said that the appointment created opportunities for the key messages of ICT to be promulgated at the highest levels of government. “We find it hard as an industry to engage with the Health Department, the Education Department or with energy agencies, so this minister and portfolio is a great opportunity to drive these issues to the advantage
“If the Snowy Mountains Scheme is to be the benchmark for national infrastructure, why is [the NBN] proceeding without any of the analysis that preceded the Snowy Scheme?” Malcolm Turnbull it would change, or over what timeframe those changes would occur.
Digital productivity One of the lesser-known technology policy developments following the election also concerns Communications Minister, Stephen Conroy. In addition to his existing Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy Ministry, Conroy was made Minister Assisting the PM on Digital Productivity. The move was generally well received, with industry figures applauding Conroy’s additional
of our industry,” he told the publication. The Australian Computer Society’s Chief Executive, Bruce Lakin, was equally bullish about the additional responsibilities, saying that it would “firmly link ICT with productivity”. Information technology funding also found itself in the crosshairs during the election campaign, with the Gillard government deciding to take the razor to the $1 billion ICT Investment Fund that was established in the wake of the Gershon Review. The government has promised to cut the fund by nearly half ($447.5 million) in a bid to return the budget
to surplus within three years, a move that raised eyebrows in some quarters. AGIMO gets a new master Also in the wake of the election was the shift of ICT responsibilities via the Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO) from the portfolio of Minister Penny Wong to that of Special Minister of State, Gary Gray. In the past, AGIMO has traditionally sat within the finance portfolio. The move hasn’t stopped AGIMO from innovating. In early October, it announced through its blog that government agencies should now license their Public Sector Information (PSI) under Creative Commons BY licence as the default licence type and only adopt more restrictive licences after a process of “due diligence and on a case-by-case basis”. e-health also remains a key IT platform for the federal government following the kick off of its e-health policy in July this year. On July 1, every Australian, along with Australian health service providers and clinicians, became eligible for a 16-digit individual healthcare identifier number. The government had pre-committed $467 million to creating personal electronic healthcare records for every Australian by 2012. The election did not change this commitment, which is viewed by the industry as an inadequate figure to establish a full service e-health system in Australia. It is, however, seen as a good first step. The Liberals had said that they would kill off the $467 million commitment if they won office in a bid to return the budget
Senator Stephen Conroy, now also the Minister Assisting the PM on Digital Productivity
to the black. With the re-election of the Labor party, e-health, which is overseen by the Department of Health and Ageing and implemented by the National E-Health Transition Authority (NEHTA), is likely to go ahead. The NBN and e-health are intimately entwined, with electronic health applications, such as imaging and teleconsulting, seen as major uses of ubquitous, high-speed broadband. The key takeout in the election fallout isn’t the massive number of new policies that have arisen, but the fact that it’s more of the same, and that more of the same means that Australia is inexorably heading down the path towards broadband everywhere, and a technologically literate health system.
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Editorial Advisory Board Government Technology Review’s Editorial Advisory Board continues to grow, with Australian Information Industry Association Chief Executive Officer Ian Birks joining us for this issue. Ian becomes part of a process that sees us ask our members, through an online form, what they felt about the previous issue.
Feedback from Issue 2 was mixed, which is good. One member of the board felt our feature on recent Council telephony upgrades was “really old hat [and] not news at all”. Stories that generated far more positive feedback included our report on how ministerial Websites are remade as new appointees fill these roles. “Great story on the need for rapid response teams in the IT space; and the need for archiving,” wrote one board member.
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nother applauded our
at City of Armadale responded that
retirement,” creating a possible move
that will eventually be developed
columnist, Ovum’s Kevin
“Managing growth is a big one for
to re-platform some applications in
because of greater bandwidth,” he
Noonan, for his critique
cities that have huge development
order to find skilled workers.
wrote. “The last census showed
on shared service. “It’s an example
potential. This year alone we expect
of what continues to be happening
our data storage requirements to
government’s technology policy
of broadband connectivity in our
in the world of IT projects and
grow 3.5 times. This not only leads
priority should be?
community. Obviously there are
government strategy for shared
to problems in managing the data,
A: Linda Shave, former Information
other factors aside from it just not
services,” wrote our board member.
but also to data centre floor space,
Integration and Compliance Manager
being available, but we are hoping
“Too many chiefs and not sufficient
rack density, power, cooling,
at City of Ryde, wrote that at least one
that the NBN will at least increase
understanding of business needs and
disaster recovery needs all need to
new national standard is needed.
the opportunity available to get
processes. Also, another example
be reviewed to cater for expansion.
Data and information protection for
connected within our community. I
of the difference between IT project
Obviously, this then leads to impact
all government agencies and a single
can see as an organisation the ability
management for implementing a new
on the IT budget and priority against
approach to information lifecycle,
to take advantage of using the NBN to
technology system/solution and the
competing business cases from other
are atop her policy wishlist, and she
improve our ability to take advantage
need for a sound implementation/
business units who also feel the pinch
hopes this can be driven by federal
of cloud services both onsite, and
change management/continuous
from development and the need to
government rather than the current
offsite.”
improvement plan lead by the
expand resources.”
state-by-state development of
business.”
Meet your board
“2011 I think will begin to bring
Q: What do you think the new federal
policies, procedures and standards. ”
about the real possibilities of cloud
Q: No-one seems to know what a
us that we have quite a low take-up
Q: Can you get the people you need at present, and what are the skills you wish you could find more of?
for local governments. A focus on
national broadband network will be
Each month, we also ask some of
beginning to better understand each
good for, other than fast Facebook,
Director Federal Government at
our board members to share their
other’s idiosyncrasies and align
video downloads, telemedicine and
global sourcing advisory firm TPI
opinions about the challenges they
standards and some research into
education. What applications have
says,“ Procurement and contract
face. This month, four members have
how local government can get value
you imagined that would work better
negotiations skills are lacking:
helped us out, by answering four
from either a gov cloud or hybrid cloud
on a faster, pervasive, network?
Government is not skilled and
questions.
environment.”
Q: As a government IT leader, are
Bob Gilchrist, IBM’s zSoftware
there any new challenges that have
Sales Leader, responded that
become a priority this year, or that you
“Canberra remains the largest user
see emerging in 2011?
A: City of Armadale’s Holthouse
experienced in this area. Government
believes the NBN will be very beneficial
personnel also have poor written
for his local government area.
communications skills, [and]
“I hope it will improve the ability of
of mainframe MIPs in Australia by a
our community to get connected
A: Adam Holthouse, Manager,
factor of 150 per cent. Many of the
and take advantage of the existing
Information and Communication
skilled resources are approaching
functions of the Internet, not just those
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A: Dr. Catherine Jaktman,
this skill seems to be lacking in IT professionals.
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