The new Special Minister of State and successor to Lindsay Tanner, Gary Gray, must take a hands-on leadership role in Government procurement if he wants to succeed, according to an industry expert.

Record FY10 results just setting the company up for a explosion in the coming year

The IT industry is up in arms over the Labor Government’s plans to remove the promised $447.5 million pinned for ICT innovation spending.

A re-elected Gillard Labor Government will put its hand into the $1 billion dollar Gershon-funded honey pot -- a fund reserved for government Information and Communications Technology (ICT) projects -- to fund other election promises.

IT resellers and vendors are set to get a hike in business from the Federal Government’s public service, according to Ovum research director for public sector, Kevin Noonan.

The Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) has opened a tender for the creation of a non-exclusive panel of ICT providers.

The Australian Computer Society issued a statement today in support of Sir Peter Gershon’s Report that candidly reviewed Australian government’s use and management of ICT, but warned that knee-jerk slashing of budgets or personnel could see the industry take a backward step.