Archived News for IT Professionals - May, 2011
The Inspector-General of Taxation office has released its Review into the Australian Office’s Change Program, which details the impact of the Change Program on the office’s ability to process income tax returns and refund payments for taxpayers and tax practitioners.
The Change Program was a comprehensive upgrade of the ATO's information and communications and technology systems aimed at upgrading services provided, including rolling out an integrated core processing system for tax returns, a single system for case management and a single system for client relationship management.
"The Inspector‑General identified a number of risks with the Change Program project in this report and, while he has generally found the ATO developed appropriate mitigation strategies, he has also identified some areas for improvement," The Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation, Bill Shorten said.
$1.3 million to speed up online airport experience
Major research to be conducted by the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) into airport operations and command and control has been received a one million Euro (AU$1,361,000) investment by Siemens to purchase Vantage, the company's leading software platform for command and control of critical infrastructure and incident response management.
NICTA admits new members, appoints new director
National Information Communications Technology Australia (NICTA) has officially admitted the University of Melbourne and the Victorian Government as members of the organisation.
Government gives nod to Defence network spending
The Federal Government has announced its approval of two major Australian Defence Force (ADF) capacility projects.
Victorian Government announces spending on emergency services
The Victorian State Government has announced a $15 million injection into emergency service communications technology.
Federal Government asks public to help cut red tape
Federal Government asks public to help cut red tape
Federal ICT Labour Hire Index released
Peoplebank has released its Federal ICT Labour Hire Index, which measures the cost of a unit of labour hire and tracks contractor demand.
NSW digital whiteboard rollout
The NSW Government has announced the rollout of over 4,300 digital whiteboards to 1,000 schools across the state.
KAZ chief moves up the chain
Mike Foster, managing director of Fujitsu’s subsidiary Kaz, has been announced as the new chief executive at Fujitsu Australia New Zealand (FANZ).
High-speed broadband needed to cut carbon
IT industry leaders have voiced their support for Green IT measures and long-term broadband partnerships as a means to cut carbon emissions and promote ‘smart cities’.
Tasmanian ICT Centre allocated $50 million
CSIRO, industry and the Federal and Tasmanian Governments have announced an additional joint funding of $50 million for Tasmania’s peak information communications technology research body, the Tasmanian ICT Centre (TasICTC).
NBN Co hands call centre to Service Stream
The NBN Co has announced it will be handing Service Stream full responsibility for its call centre service. Service Stream, which has operated call centres for ACMA and DBCDE's Digital Ready Hotline for advice on the switchover to digital TV, is a telecom and utilities industries infrastructure design and management firm.
Tasmanian Stage 2 NBN rollout set to begin
Construction of seven stage 2 Tasmanian National Broadband Network (NBN) sites is due to commence at the end of the month, with services expected to be available at these sites by the second half of next year.