2011 Government ICT Awards open for nominations
It is my pleasure to open the nomination period for the Excellence in eGovernment Awards, Government 2.0 Innovator Award and the ICT Professional of the Year Award for 2011.
These Awards promote excellence in the use of information and communications technology (ICT) by government, acknowledge outstanding initiatives in eGovernment and recognise the achievements of our colleagues in the ICT arena. Read more
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Consultation: Draft Australian Government Cloud Computing Strategy Paper
As part of AGIMO’s role, we monitor new developments in the ICT environment that may benefit or affect the Australian Government.
Cloud computing is a growing area of interest in ICT and we’ve worked together with other agencies to prepare a draft paper on the Australian Government’s possible use of cloud computing. Read more
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Authentication services: enabling secure online access
I’m writing this blog post for members of the Australian Public Service, particularly those responsible for authentication services in their agencies. I want to make sure you are aware of the Government’s policy that authentication services are to be provided by a nominated set of lead agencies. Read more
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AGIMO 2011 – new opportunities for a new decade
Well, we’re heading towards the end of another year and I think it’s timely to give you an update on AGIMO’s work and future direction. This post is based on presentation that John, Glenn and I gave at a Government Watch function this week. Our presentations are available here on the blog in PDF and DOC formats:
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AGIMO Blog Management Part II
You may have noticed that over the last few days our blog has received a larger than normal amount of spam comments. The blog uses a post-moderation system, where comments appear automatically unless they are caught in an automated spam filter. While this filter blocks the majority of submitted spam comments, it’s almost inevitable that some spam comments will make it through and be published on the blog. Read more
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AGIMO Blog Management
On 17 March 2009, some 20 months ago, an article appeared on a web news site alleging that the Australian Government had added Wikileaks to its list of prohibited online content. Wikileaks had published a purported copy of the list however, the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) made it clear at the time that the published list was not accurate. Read more
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Independent review of the ICT reform program released
Today I am pleased to release the findings of an independent review of the Australian Government’s ICT Reform Program. The review was undertaken by Dr Ian Reinecke, former head of the National E-Health Transition Authority, member of the Government 2.0 Taskforce and an experienced advisor to Australian Governments on ICT projects. Read more
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Presentation on Agency Services in AGIMO – 28 October 2010
This morning I spoke at Intermedium’s annual Federal Government ICT Market: The Year in Review 2009-10 breakfast. Like most APS areas, AGIMO gets regular requests to speak at such events. While we can’t accept them all, we do try to target those which have particular relevance for at least some of our stakeholders. In this case, the audience was largely composed of ICT industry representatives. Their interests, other than finding out who won Intermedium’s annual Froggy awards, revolved around understanding the Government ICT market as revealed by Intermedium’s analysis of the 2009-10 AusTender figures and the ICT‑related details drawn from the 2010-11 Budget. Read more
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Update on the Australian Government’s transition to IPv6
Recently AGIMO presented at the IPv6 Summit in Melbourne to report on the Governments progress transitioning to IPv6 as guided by the IPv6 transition strategy for Government agencies. The presentation is available from the Summit organiser’s website (PDF, 433k) (update) below but the main message is that the Government is on target to have government services available over IPv6 in 2012. The preparation phase (Stage 1 of the transition) has gone very well and the transition phase (Stage 2 of the process) is now well progressed.
We will continue to monitor agencies progress and proactively manage the Government’s transition to IPv6.
Presentation Slides
- Australian Government Transition to IPv6 2010 PDF (570KB)
- Australian Government Transition to IPv6 2010 DOC (523KB)
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Australian Government releases the Web Accessibility National Transition Strategy
It is our pleasure to announce that the Australian Government Web Accessibility National Transition Strategy (NTS) was released today by the Minister for Finance and Deregulation, the Honourable Lindsay Tanner, MP and Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Children’s Services, the Honourable Bill Shorten, MP.
You are no doubt already aware that web accessibility has been a government priority for a number of years and the government endorsement and adoption of WCAG 2.0 will ensure that government websites are more accessible and more user-friendly to everyone. Read more
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