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Independent Review of the Australian Government's use of ICT

Fri, 09/05/2008 - 16:30 — gapadmin

The Austraian Government has engaged UK Efficiency Expert Sir Peter Gershon to lead an independent review of the Australian Government's use and management of information and communication technology (ICT). The review is part of the broader ongoing reform agenda to improve the efficiency of government spending and deliver better value for money.  It will provide a snapshot of the current state of ICT in the Australian Government, what exists and how it is managed to deliver Government objectives.

To raise awareness about the project and solicit public views on the ICT Review's Terms of Reference, this Open Forum discussion page will be open for comments until 30 May 2008.

If you wouldn’t do it in the real world – don’t do it online

Wed, 16/04/2008 - 12:42 — gapadmin

Craig ScroggieBy Craig Scroggie 

We're putting ourselves in harm's way, according to the latest research from Symantec.

Sure, social networking is fun, catching up with old school friends, flashing through their photos, seeing how their lives have developed, it's a really neat way to keep in contact with people. But it's also a great way to provide fraudsters with a wealth of information that can then be used to access your existing bank accounts, or even create new ones.

The Symantec Internet Security Threat Report reviews known vulnerabilities, analyses network-based attacks, and tracks the occurrence of malicious code based on intelligence data gathered from two million decoy email accounts in 30 different countries, as well as 40,000 sensors spread over 180 countries. To create the report Symantec also draws malicious code reports from over 120 million client, server, and gateway systems that have deployed its antivirus product.

And our latest findings were concerning for Internet users placing personal information on trusted websites such as on social networking sites.

Environmental Capitalism

Tue, 01/07/2008 - 13:01 — gapadmin

In many ways July 2008 represents turning point for the Australian economy. With the imminent release of the Garnaut Climate Change Review Draft Report on Friday 4 July, the introduction of carbon trading, Minister for Climate Change and Water Penny Wong promising action on the crisis in the Murray-Darling basin, July 2008 will go down in history as the month when we really began doing things differently.

 Environmental Capitalism

Environmental capitalism will affect the way we travel, the way we generate and use energy, the way we produce food and use water, it will affect the way we do business and the way we have fun, ultimately it will effect every aspect of our lives - but how? 

This month on Open Forum we're trying to answer these questions, and we're inviting your comments and feedback on how we go about making an effective and efficient transition into this new way of operating. Let's share our thoughts and work it out together.

National e-Security Awareness

Thu, 05/06/2008 - 10:00 — gapadmin

The Australian Government has partnered with industry and community groups to hold a National E-security Awareness Week from 6-13 June 2008. The aim of the Week is to help Australians understand e-security risks, and educate home and small business users about how they can protect themselves online. 

Open Forum is proud to support the initiative by launching an e-Security online discussion forum. During the month of June, we are publishing a series of blogs and commentaries about people's experiences with the internet security and protecting themselves online.

A major focus of the Week is the way business, industry and community groups are contributing to e-security in Australia, and we'd like to invite you to take part. Ask questions, tell us your tips or describe your experiences, and we'll get an expert panel onto the case to solve your problems and respond to your queries.

Collaborate or collapse

Wed, 09/04/2008 - 11:28 — gapadmin

To innovate we need to learn to work together, says Sheryle Moon.

For the first time in a long time we're worried. You can see it on people's faces as they read of the malaise in the global economy, or in the way they fidgit at any mention of interest rates.

And the reason we're concerned is for a long time we've been taking our economic situation for granted. In a strong global economy we have allowed our trade deficit to get seriously out of balance, especially in areas where we should be doing well, like the service sector.

At the moment we import more knowledge than we export, and this is a problem we'll need to face if we want to get some control over our destiny.

To gain this control we need to cast off our sheepish tendency to false modesty, and begin to innovate.

And don't come back at me with the invention of the stump-jump plough, or the black box, or the hills hoist. I'm not talking about invention, I'm talking about innovation; the capacity to do things differently, to refuse to accept the status quo, to look for ways to make thing run more smoothly or more efficiently.

Health & Wellbeing

Thu, 31/05/2007 - 10:46 — gapadmin

Australians are now living longer than at any other stage in history. At the same time, our society has been burdened by a dramatic increase in chronic disease. In 2005, it was estimated that 77% of Australians are living with a long-term chronic condition.

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