CIO Government

Vic $500m e-health project scrapped
Victoria's $500 million e-health system, aimed at creating electronic patient records and prescriptions, has been dumped and will be replaced with a patchwork approach.
Turnbull: Nearly 110,000 homes waiting for NBN fibre
Malcolm Turnbull has said nearly 110,000 households in greenfield estates are on the NBN Co waiting list to receive fibre connections.
Anonymous Takes Aim at Indian Government
In retaliation against Internet Service Providers (ISPs) blocking some video-sharing and torrent websites like The Pirate Bay under Indian court orders, Anonymous, the "hacktivist" organization, today took down the websites of the ruling Congress Party and the Supreme Court of India. Anonymous, which in the past has been credited with taking down the websites of the MPAA, RIAA, the FBI, the US Department of Justice and child pornographers, took down these sites in what is understood to be DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attacks.
New homes dudded over NBN: Turnbull
Opposition communications spokesman, Malcolm Turnbull, says the government's "prejudice" against the private sector left about 35,000 new homes connected to copper instead of fibre cable last year.
Optus and NSW Dep. of Education sign $15m contract to improve satellite services
Optus will enhance its satellite services to improve services to students in remote areas in a five-year contract worth an estimated $15 million.