The Australian Local Government Association (ALGA) last week delivered a draft of its Better Rural Services report to the federal government and has since held discussions with a number of departments. It plans to submit a final report to the Australian Government Information Management Office in mid-October.
The chief information officer of the Australian Government Information Management Office, Ann Steward, said the information management strategy committee had agreed to introduce a new authentication framework for use across government.
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
Senator Eric Abetz, the Special Minister of State, told ZDNet Australia today he and the Minister for Human Services, Joe Hockey, were working on a project that would see cards incorporating smart chip technology and a photograph of the bearer replace a raft of government services and concession cards, including Medicare cards.
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".