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Recognising the importance of broadband to the community and its development, Port Macquarie-Hastings Council, in consultation with representatives from all the major local community sectors, has developed a Broadband Agenda and applied for funding under the Federal Minister's Broadband Connect funding program.

The key aim of the Port Macquarie-Hastings Expression of Interest to the Minister's Broadband Connect Funding plan is to demonstrate the need to provide broadband services to all potential consumers on an equitable basis.

Special Minister of State Gary Nairn has vehemently backed the use of standards for Australian e-government frameworks during the keynote address today at the AusCert (Australia Computer Emergency Response Team) 2006 conference.

However, figures released at the conference, on Queensland's Sunshine Coast, show a decreased use of standards in both the public and private sectors.

NSW has unveiled its grand vision for electronic service delivery and IT streamlining, saying it will carve $565 million over four years from the state's $1 billion annual IT and communications budget - including $20 million saved through the loss of around 200 jobs.

Unveiling the strategy in Sydney, NSW Commerce Minister John Della Bosca said the overall aim of the program, dubbed "People First", was to improve the delivery of government services.

Dramatically reducing the number of backend systems to allow agencies to deliver better services to citizens is the key focus of the NSW government's new ICT strategy announced in Sydney today.

After announcing the formation of a CIO executive council early last year, NSW CIO Paul Edgecumbe has been working with the individual agency CIOs on a plan to streamline backend operational expenditure by $565 million over four years.

As more Australians deal with government bureaucracy online, many continue to find the websites difficult to deal with, a study finds.

The latest edition of the federal e-government user satisfaction survey, which also measures happiness with interacting by phone, post or in person, reveals the proportion of Australians using the internet for government services jumped from 39 per cent on 2004-05 to 48 per cent in 2005-06.