NSW government plugs into cloud ERP

Software mega fauna as a service

12 February, 2015

Regional councils reap funding for natural disaster recovery

Councils across New South Wales have benefited from a total fund of $16.5 million from the state government in 2013 to make urgent repairs to essential public assets destroyed by natural disasters.

21 March, 2014

O’Farrell sale of Ausgrid HQ sale nets $151 mil

The NSW government has continued its liquidation of valuable CBD public sector offices to provide funding to essential services and infrastructure.

10 March, 2014

NSW ministers forced to sacrifice Harbour Views

By Paul Hemsley The iconic views of Sydney Harbour once par for the course in the plush office suits of New South Wales government ministers are set to become a perk of the past after the O’Farrell government revealed it will be vacating Governor Macquarie Tower (GMT) to move a few city blocks downtown to […]

21 November, 2013

NSW requires government data to be ‘open by default’

By Paul Hemsley The New South Wales government has revealed its first Open Data Policy and will require all agencies set their online data policy as “open by default”. As part of the government’s ICT Implementation Strategy Plan, the Policy announced at an Open Data Forum in Sydney this week will require state agencies to […]

13 November, 2013

NSW agencies covered by new cloud policy

By Julian Bajkowski The New South Wales government has added to a downpour of public sector cloud computing policy announcements in the past week, revealing the state’s departments and agencies will now be compelled to put the popular technology into the mix for assessment when making technology purchases. Announced by Minister for Finance and Services […]

3 September, 2013

Corruption crackdown on IT contractors in NSW

By Julian Bajkowski Fresh from making findings of corrupt conduct against former New South Wales Cabinet ministers and Labor Party power brokers, the state’s unrelenting watchdog against dodgy dealings in the government has turned its spotlight onto the often creative industry of IT contracting. The NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) this week set out […]

23 August, 2013

NSW talks-up ‘plain English’ supplier paperwork

By Staff Writers The NSW government has wasted little time in hard-selling its move to decentralise procurement and promote greater competition between suppliers, with state Finance and Services minister Greg Pearce claiming that recent contracts to 12 suppliers show the controversial shake-up is working. Mr Pearce said that the latest contracts had axed costly management […]

28 August, 2012