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  • Cabinet reshuffle: Access Card project gets new head

    The appointment of Joe Hockey as Workplace Relations minister in the latest Howard Government revamp leaves a new man in charge of the controversial Access Card program.

  • Feds to harmonise smartcard rules

    With a massive government services smartcard deployment now firmly on the coalition's agenda, the federal information management office is devising guidelines for agencies to cut risk and limit the financial outlay on what one minister conceded can be "extremely complex and costly" smartcard projects.

  • Massive smartcard plan confirmed

    The federal government confirmed work was underway on a proposal to deploy smartcards to millions of Australians under a project to slash administrative costs and crack down on identity theft.

  • Centrelink ready for government smartcard, vendor claims

    Just weeks would be needed for Centrelink's identity management rollout to be streamlined to handle a proposed mass introduction of smartcards to either citizens or public servants, according to a vendor involved in the project.

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