I just had an excellent meeting with Don Easter, the newly appointed supplier advocate for the ICT industry. Having had the privilege of announcing the Rudd Labor Government would be making the appointment when I was a CeBIT in Hannover earlier this year, it was wonderful to meet the person tasked with this critical role. [...]
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Federal government ICT: boom or bust?
MIS The Scoop presented by: Mark Jones Posted: Thu 21 May 2009 8:23PM The ICT industry criticised the Federal Budget for lacking more big ticket spending plans. And the big questions remain: Is Australia’s largest single marketplace growing or contracting? Why have some departments stalled ICT spending? The Scoop host Mark Jones is joined by [...]
ICT Offshoring
‘Women are IT’ Debate and Discussion Australia v’s Offshore – how can Australia win? Melbourne 10 October 2003 I’m pleased to get a chance to speak to the issue of ICT Offshoring. It’s obviously an important topic, and it’s not going away, but it has achieved special relevance with Telstra announcing a new $75 million [...]
Local industry loses out to Government IT Outsourcing – Report
The newly released 2001-02 Industry Development Progress Report is another black mark against the Minister for Information Technology, Senator Richard Alston, for his failure to ensure IT Outsourcing industry development commitments are met. The report, released several months late, shows that the Government’s industry development requirements are a sham, as none of the multinational prime [...]
The Future of Outsourcing in Australia
Australian Financial Review Government Outsourcing Conference Canberra 29 May 2001 Five years ago the practice of Information Technology (IT) outsourcing carried with it the perception of opportunity and efficiency for private and public organisations alike. This perception was fuelled in part by the inability of management to grasp the significance of information in pursuing the [...]
Fahey, OASITO to proceed with Science agencies IT outsourcing
A plea for the science agencies in Group 9 to be excluded from the Coalition’s controversial IT outsourcing program has been ignored by Finance Minister John Fahey. The CSIRO and other science agencies have accused OASITO of failing to accurately represent and address their concerns and of trivialising their objections to outsourcing. The Group 9 [...]
Transcript of Interview RE: IT Outsourcing
Hon Dr Carmen Lawrence MP Shadow Minister for Industry, Innovation and Technology Senator Kate Lundy Shadow Minister Assisting the Shadow Minister for Information Technology SENATOR LUNDY: I just wanted to say a few words about the Government’s IT out-sourcing program, and the first issue is that Labor has decided to pursue a Senate References Inquiry [...]
Fahey finally admits IT outsourcing in disarray
The Minister for Finance has finally admitted that his IT Outsourcing Program is a debacle by calling for an independent review of the Whole of Government IT Outsourcing Initiative, Senator Kate Lundy said today. “Labor’s call for a halt to the Coalition’s IT Outsourcing Initiative has now been vindicated,” Senator Lundy said. “The recently released [...]
Industry Development Project Register helps multinationals get more government work
“In announcing an ID Project Register, Ministers Fahey and Alston have joined Treasurer Costello in totally missing the point with respect to IT industry development policies,” Senator Lundy said today. The ID Project Register allows companies to register industry development projects that can then be offered up as sweeteners in the Coalition’s IT outsourcing contracts. [...]
Telstra implicated in Group 5’s outsourcing failings
The Australian National Audit Office Report which highlighted the multiple failings of the Coalition’s IT Outsourcing program, exposes Telstra’s role in the Group 5 contract won by Advantra, Shadow Minister assisting on Information Technology, Senator Kate Lundy said today. The Auditor General revealed that: “In December 1998, OASITO advised the Group 5 Steering Committee that [...]
