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The Australian Government has held its position as one of the world's best providers of internet-based services, behind Singapore, the United States and Canada.

The third annual e-government study by North America's Brown University found that only 16 per cent of countries provided citizens with access to online government services - up from 12 per cent a year earlier.

The Victorian Government is planning a $16 million, five-year project to improve security and data integrity, and rationalise directories across 10 departments.

A request for tender (RFT) has been issued by the Department of Infrastructure's MultiMedia Victoria for the project dubbed "Rosetta", which has already seen "a lot" of interest from vendors.

THE Victorian government is calling for tenders to build an online directory service valued at more than $16 million which will enable the government to more fully deliver e-government services.

The tender for the first stage of the development, the directory infrastructure - dubbed Project Rosetta - will be advertised tomorrow.

The Victorian Government will tomorrow invite tenders for the creation of an integrated electronic directory as part of the five year, AU$16 million Project Rosetta.

Named after the Rosetta Stone, Project Rosetta is intended to unlock the information stored in various government applications.

Australia's most senior IT bureaucrat has flagged the digital divide as one of the government's key concerns.

National Office for the Information Economy (NOIE) chief executive John Rimmer told ZDNet Australia the ageing population means that the 15 percent of young adults that don't have digital skills could pose a problem for Australia as labour market participation rates fall.