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  • Australien: Schnelle Einführung von Open Source umstritten

    Australiens Ministerium für Kommunikation und Informationstechnologie hat in einem Positionspapier festgeschrieben, dass die Regierung des Landes weiterhin die Nutzung von Open-Source-Software fördern werde. Die Regierung werde Hilfmittel erarbeiten, anhand derer Behörden besser abschätzen können, ob sie für bestimmte Zwecke Open-Source- oder proprietäre Software einsetzen sollen, heißt es in dem Papier (PDF) vom 31. August. Doch nun kommen durch Medienberichte Zweifel auf, ob die australische Regierung weiter dem kürzesten Weg Richtung Open Source folgen wird.

  • Australiens Pro-Linux-Gesetz stößt Microsoft sauer auf

    Bestimmungen "wettbewerbsfeindlich" und "schädlich für die Software-Industrie"

    Das vom Parlament des australischen Hauptstadt-Distriktes Canberra (ACT) beschlossene Pro-Linux-Gesetz hat nun den Softwareriesen Microsoft auf den Plan gerufen. Der Konzern bezeichnete das von den Abgeordneten beschlossene Gesetz als wettbewerbsfeindlich. Das so genannte "Government Procurement (Principles) Guideline Amendment Bill" könne die australische Software-Industrie schädigen, warnt Microsoft.

  • Australische Behörde startet elektronischen Marktplatz

    Der Bundesstaat New South Wales hat in nur 90 Tagen die Installation einer Procurement-Lösung abgeschlossen, mit der Einsparungen von jährlich 400 Mio. australischen Dollar realisiert werden sollen.

  • Australische Post installiert Biometrie-Scanner

    Die australische Post hat damit begonnen, Biometrie-Scanner in ihren Filialen zu installieren. Laut einem Bericht der Tageszeitung Herald Sun soll die Technik genutzt werden, um digitale Gesichtsbilder und Fingerabdrücke etwa für Bankkontoeröffnungen oder die Beantragung von Reisedokumenten zu erfassen. Im Rahmen des sogenannten "Identification Services Program Project" seien seit März nahezu unbemerkt von der Öffentlichkeit bislang 25 Post-Filialen mit entsprechenden Scannern ausgestattet worden, heißt es in dem Herald-Sun-Bericht. Bis zum Jahr 2011 sollen landesweit weitere 750 Filialen folgen.

  • Australische Regierung stellt Verwaltungsdaten ins Netz

    Die australische Regierung baut ihr Engagement für Open Data aus. Auf der Website data.gov.au können umfangreiche Datensätze der öffentlichen Verwaltung unter einer CC-Lizenz heruntergeladen werden.

    Anhänger der Open-Data-Bewegung haben einen Grund mehr zum Feiern: In Australien werden die amtlichen Datenschleusen geöffnet. Auf der Website data.gov.au stellen im Auftrag der australischen Regierung verschiedene Behörden umfangreiche Datensätze zum Download zur Verfügung.

  • Australische Regierung veröffentlicht Open-Source-Guide

    Die konservative australische Bundesregierung hat einen Open-Source-Guide herausgegeben, der für Regierungsstellen die Beschaffung von Informationen erleichtern und die Adaption von Open-Source-Software (OSS) im öffentlichen Sektor fördern soll.

    Der Guide wurde vom Informationsbüro der australischen Regierung AGIMO verfasst und ist weltweit in seiner Art einzigartig, so der konservative Senator Abetz, der auch Leiter des staatlichen Richtlinien-Projekts AGIMOist.

  • AUUG hails govt stance on Open Source

    The Australian UNIX and Open Systems User Group (AUUG) has welcomed the identification of Open Standards and Open Source as critical factors for the "Efficient Application of Technology" in the high level e-government strategy Better Services, Better Government, a media release from the group says.

  • Broadband enabling better chronic disease management in Australia

    Conroy, today launched a new e-health project improving chronic disease patient care.

    “CDM-Net is a great example of the digital revolution taking place in healthcare as the Government establishes Australia’s 21st century broadband foundation,” Senator Conroy said.

  • Broadband Network Offers New And Improved Opportunities In Health Care, Australia

    AMA President, Dr Andrew Pesce, said that the National Broadband Network offers exciting new and improved opportunities in the provision of health care, especially in rural, regional, and remote areas of the country.

    Dr Pesce said that the availability of high speed, broadband internet access would allow rural and remote Australians to have access to medical services that they would otherwise have to travel hours to access.

  • Broadband push in Aus budget

    The promise of a national network delivering high-speed broadband services to 98% of Australians is a key element of next week's federal budget.

    The Rudd government has signalled a tough anti-inflation budget that will also honour Labor's election promises.

    One such promise was to build a $4.7 billion high-speed national broadband network (NBN) - one of the budget's biggest funding allocations for a single project.

  • Broadband roll-out in Western Australia

    The roll-out of the Federal Government's national broadband network will see Perth and more than 100 regional centres around the state connected to fibre-optic cable.

    It will deliver 100 megabits per second which is 100 times faster than current connections.

    Another 20 towns will get next generation wireless which is 20 times faster.

  • Calls for e-health to better serve rural Australia

    The Australian government must focus on e-health initiatives to better serve rural areas, the Australian Medical Association has urged.

    Rural areas face difficulties attracting and retaining doctors, and this is not likely to improve in the near future - so it is critical for government to expedite e-health services, Andrew Pesce, President of the Australian Medical Association has insisted.

  • Citizens of Australia Will Now Have Healthcare ID Number

    Even with the legislation surrounding the identifiers only passing late last week, the citizens of Australia will have Healthcare ID number from tomorrow.

    Today, the Department of Health and Ageing has validated to ZDNet Australia, that an identifier will be handed over to every person by tomorrow, corresponding the Government's original 1 July roll-out date.

    "It is planned that identifiers for individuals will be allocated within the Healthcare Identifier system (run by Medicare Australia) on 1 July 2010," the Department said.

  • City of Parramatta honoured as Australia’s ‘leading Smart City’

    The City of Parramatta has been recognised as Australia’s leading Smart City for 2020 following the rollout of a host of innovative projects and technological solutions during the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Council took out the coveted ‘Leadership City’ category at the third annual Smart Cities Awards, presented by the Smart Cities Council Australia New Zealand.

  • Collaboration to produce Australia Disaster Management Platform

    University of Melbourne, IBM, and NICTA partner up

    The University of Melbourne, IBM, and National ICT Australia (NICTA) have partnered to develop the Australia Disaster Management Platform (ADMP) in response to the impact and cost of natural and man-made disasters on property and infrastructure in the past decade.

    ADMP, an open standards-based IT platform, will be developed and implemented in collaboration with emergency services while building on existing information.

  • Connecting Healthcare In Australia

    The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) has warmly welcomed the recent passing of the Healthcare Identifiers Bill through the Federal Parliament and is calling on all GPs to continue driving this process.

    Dr Chris Mitchell, RACGP President, said that the passing of this legislation is the foundation needed to make e-health work in Australia and the passing of this legislation would not have been possible without the ongoing hard work and determination of general practice.

  • Could e-Government get Australia back in surplus?

    In the Government's drive to reduce the budget deficit, it identified wastage in significant areas of public service. The result is more than 70 government agencies are due to be reduced, merged, or abolished. At the same time, our business community appears in dire need of innovation: according to the ABS' most recently-released figures, less than half of our businesses are currently engaging in some form of innovative activity. But could there be a way to lower government costs andboost new IT adoption at the same time?

    The answer may lie in e-government services. By adopting an online-first model for services delivery, the Australian public sector could save millions of dollars in capital and operational costs. At the same time, this adoption would create significant new opportunities for Australian businesses developing digital services and infrastructure - not to mention thousands of new jobs in the national services and ICT industry. And such a move would be a major symbolic affirmation of the government's support for local technology innovation, one which many leading business figures would surely welcome.

  • Council of Australian Governments warned of need for e-health incentives

    The Federal Government and States have been warned that doctors and other health professionals will require financial incentives to encourage them to fully participate in the Government’s e-health plans and prepare for the introduction of the Personally Controlled Electronic Health Record (PCEHR) according to the e-health transition authority Nehta.

    According to Dr Mukesh Haikerwal, a general practitioner and national clinical lead for Nehta; “The need for incentivisation is a given and was in the business case for COAG”. While this week’s Federal Budget did not allocate additional funds to pay doctors to update their IT systems, it didn’t strip money away from the e-health programme either, which has already been funded to the tune of $467 million.

  • Council of Australian Governments commits to health IDs in 2010

    The Council of Australian Governments yesterday confirmed the goal of introducing individual healthcare identifiers within the next year and vowed to put draft legislation on the table for consultation.

    "Delivering a safe, patient-centred e-health system is one step closer today, with COAG affirming its commitment to the introduction in 2010 of national healthcare identifier numbers," the council's communiqué for yesterday's meeting said.

  • Critics draw Linux in the sand over Microsoft

    Australia's federal and state governments are under fire for taking a blinkered approach to information technology spending - ignoring local companies and alternatives to Microsoft.
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