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THE Victorian Government has appointed Australia's first state chief information officer and chief technology officer.

Australian Defence Force CIO Patrick Hannan has been headhunted for the role of Victorian CIO, while former Victorian Department of Human Services Information Services Branch executive officer Tony Aitkenhead has been appointed CTO.

No other state has either a CTO or a CIO.

Australia’s emphasis on e-Government deployments is helping to drive IT growth at between four-and-a-half and six percent in 2004, up from relatively flat growth in 2003, trade show organiser CeBIT reports.

Speaking at the launch of CeBIT Australia 2004 in Sydney, CeBIT Australia managing director Jackie Taranto explained that Australia now ranks number two globally in e-Government implementation behind the United States and ahead of the UK, Canada and Germany. This example is providing the stimulus for other areas to embrace the e-business culture.

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 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 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.