Delivering the keynote address to the government stream at the South East Asian Regional Computer Confederation (SEARRC 2005) in Sydney today.
Weiterlesen: Australia: Government employees to road test smartcards
Speaking at the launch of the South East Asian Regional Computer Confederation (SEARCC) conference in Sydney, Special Minister of State Senator Eric Abetz said that the government was working on a number of initiatives that could involve the use of so-called "smartcards".
The National E-Health Transition Authority (NEHTA) is a federal and state-funded body set up in July 2004. Accountable to the Australian Health Ministers' Advisory Council, it works to a yearly plan as agreed by ministers, and reports to them on its deployment. Its main aim is to spearhead an electronic health record across the country along with the supporting infrastructure.
Weiterlesen: Australian e-health framework calls for open standards
The ACT government has confirmed that it is considering a trial, being pushed by NEC, to make Canberra a "ubiquitous city".
The public service, schools, businesses, hospitals, houses, cars and shops could all be connected by a range of networks and devices under the scheme, which is still in early planning stages.
Perhaps it was the idea of an identity card hitting the headlines again, or maybe all the noise around e-health.
Whatever the reason, this is no short-term phenomenon: we have reached something of a critical point, as many organisations have no choice but to pull this out of the too-hard basket and take a serious stab at getting it right.