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• Department of Finance drafts cyber security clauses

  The Australian Department of Finance is inviting feedback from the IT industry about draft cyber security clauses.

• Coalition puts IT governance in the frame

  The Coalition has proposed a new structure where ultimate authority for “effective whole-of-government ICT decisions” would rest with the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.
  

• Australian government releases data centre better practice guide

  The Department of Finance and Deregulation’s ICT procurement branch has released a draft data centre structure better practice guide for comment.

• Glenn Archer to become the next Australian Gov CIO

  Glenn Archer, deputy and first assistant secretary to former Federal CIO Ann Steward, will step into the Australian Government CIO role, the Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO) announced.

• Australian Government CIO to retire

  Australian Government CIO Ann Steward said she will retire at the end of the year.

• Updated: Dept of Finance appoints new CIO

  The Federal Department of Finance and Deregulation has appointed TransACT general manager of IT, Rozanne Frost, as its new CIO.

• Finance Dept finalises Managed Print Services Panel

  The Department of Finance and Deregulation has announced the formulation of its Managed Print Services Panel as part of its overall push to whole-of-government ICT procurement.

• Federal govt gets new telecomms supply panel

  The Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO) has announced a new group of seven companies in its whole-of-government Telecommunications Management Panel.

• Federal govt goes shopping for new search service

  The Australian Government Information Management Service (AGIMO) is on the hunt for a supplier of a managed search service for the Government Search Service, which allows people to retrieve information from public-facing government websites.

• NBN assumptions independently tested

  The Department of Finance and Deregulation is expected to receive today draft results from an independent review into NBN Co’s business plan.
  

• Finance to deploy new Budget management system

  The Department of Finance and Deregulation is to overhaul its Central Budget Management System (CBMS) in an effort to better meet its financial management, monitoring and reporting responsibilities.

• Updated: Finance minister Lindsay Tanner, to quit

  Minister for Finance and Deregulation, Lindsay Tanner, has announced he will not contest his seat at the next election, <i>ABC News</i> has reported.
  

• Finance to overhaul data network

  The Department of Finance will overhaul its IP network with an architectural redesign and installation of new hardware and software.
  

• Industry opens up on Finance's Gov 2.0 blog

  Finance’s freshly minted [[xref:http://agimo.govspace.gov.au/2010/05/13/consultation-draft-rft-toms/#comments |Government 2.0 blog|Govspace: AGIMO blog]] may be just days old, but it is already prompting detailed discussion on how the Federal Government can improve its tendering and procurement processes.
  

• Finance announces telco management panel

  The Department of Finance and Deregulation is to launch a panel for Telecommunications Operational Management Services (TOMS).