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  • Government caps liability for ICT contractors

    Information technology and communications (ICT) suppliers will largely be freed from the dangers of uncapped legal liability in federal government contracts under moves by Canberra to reform its procurement practices.

  • Feds move on risk as AIIA loses patience on policy

    The federal government has moved to fulfil a pre-election commitment to train purchasing officers to better assess risk when making ICT procurement decisions.

  • Follow Vic procurement move: AIIA tells governments

    The Victorian government's mooted decision to let technology contractors retain ownership of intellectual property (IP) developed during contracts and scrap uncapped liability has been welcomed by peak industry body the Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA).

  • Talk, don't fight, Australian IT companies warned

    The government and industry groups have teamed up in a project designed to cut the amount of disputes that end in litigation in Australia's ICT industry.

  • Government claims better SME access to ICT deals

    The federal government has thrown cold water on critics of its ICT tendering policies who claim the system heavily favours multinationals, releasing a report saying small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) are winning a growing proportion of government ICT contracts.

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