Release of Government ICT expenditure report
Today, the Special Minister of State, The Hon Gary Gray AO MP, released a report on Australian Government ICT expenditure in 2008-09 and 2009-10. The report is now available on the Department of Finance and Deregulation website. Read more
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2011 Australians’ use and satisfaction with e-Government Services report released
Today, I have released the report Interacting with Government ‑ Australians’ use and satisfaction with e-Government Services 2011, which shows Australians prefer to access Government services online. The report is now available on the Finance website.
This is the sixth and last in the time series of studies that commenced in 2005. Read more
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Release of WCAG 2.0 Techniques for PDF
On 3 January 2012, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) published updated Techniques for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0, including new techniques for the Portable Document Format (PDF) and Silverlight, and an update to Understanding WCAG 2.0.
With these new techniques now released, agencies need to incorporate as many of them as practicable, as well as the applicable general techniques, to increase the accessibility of their PDFs. Read more
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Publishing Public Sector Information: new advice released
AGIMO has released new advice on publishing public sector information (PSI) on the Web Guide. The new advice, prepared in consultation with the Government 2.0 Steering Group, provides agencies with a practical guide to making information available online for public access and reuse (subject to privacy, security and other relevant concerns). Read more
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Pilot Coaching Program Information
In February 2012, AGIMO will launch an exciting new coaching program. The program will be held over ten months and will focus on the identification, development and nurturing of talented female EL1 ICT professionals in the Australian Public Service.
The program will provide high-quality executive coaching to small groups of selected individuals and be closely aligned with the existing Women in IT Executive Mentoring (WITEM) program. Dell has provided support for the WITEM program in the past and is also doing so for this program. Read more
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Announcing the Australian Government ICT Graduate Program
On 8 December 2011, the Australian Government announced a pilot whole-of-government ICT graduate program, commencing in 2013.
The Australian Government ICT Graduate Program is a specialised program designed to recruit ICT graduates into the Australian Public Service (APS). The Program will assist agencies to fill ICT graduate positions in a competitive Australian graduate industry. The Program expands on the Australian Government ICT Entry-level Programs currently offered by AGIMO. Read more
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APS ICT Entry Level Programs 2011 End-Year Graduation Ceremony
Tonight 16 ICT Cadets, Apprentices and Australian School Based Apprentices celebrated their graduation from the Australian Government ICT Entry Level Program. The ICT Apprentices and Cadets have now gained their ICT qualification after spending the last 12 months to three years working in an Australian Government agency while studying. Read more
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Portfolio Panels for IT Services Policy
As announced by the Special Minister of State, Gary Gray, in a media release today, the Secretaries’ ICT Governance Board has endorsed the Portfolio Panels for IT Services Policy. This policy, effective immediately, is the outcome of the consultation across industry and agencies on the optimisation of IT Services Panels including the 2010 discussion paper, commonly referred to as WISP.
The new policy provides the flexibility that agencies require over a wide range of IT Services. It will deliver operational efficiencies while maintaining a high level of open competition. Read more
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Open Source Developers Conference
Last Friday I presented a key note address at the Open Source Developers Conference at the Australian National University in Canberra. My talk covered the Australian Government Open Source Policy, and also provided some background on other AGIMO programs, and a brief overview of the international landscape in regard to Open Source. The slides from the presentation are attached. Read more
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Release of the AGA Reference Models Version 3.0 and How to Use Guide
Today, at the Government Enterprise Architecture Summit in Brisbane, I launched Version 3.0 of the Australian Government Architecture Reference Models, together with the new Australian Government Architecture How to Use Guide.
Both can be found on the Australian Government Architecture page at the Department of Finance and Deregulation website. Read more
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