[LINK] DBCDE tender - Whatthe?

[Paul Brooks]

      Request for Tender for the National E-Security Alert Service for
      Home Users and Small and Medium Sized Enterprises


        Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy
        (Canberra, ACT)

Description: 	The Department of Broadband, Communications and the 
Digital Economy has released a Request for Tender for a suitably 
qualified organisation to design, develop and implement a National 
E-Security Alert Service for Home Users and Small and Medium Sized 
Enterprises (NAS) The NAS will be a free subscription service which 
provides information and advice in plain English to Internet-connected 
home users and small and medium sized enterprises on the latest 
e-security threats and vulnerabilities in an Australian context.
Special Notes: 	
Due Date: 	20 March 2008, 2:00:00 PM EST
Documents Online: 	Web Link 
<https://www.tenders.gov.au/?event=public.atm.show&ATMUUID=3AF68183-D294-BAF4-7BA9D0E7C21FF2B7> 

Contact Details: 	Edwina Barton
edwina.barton at dbcde.gov.au


I wonder just how many Home Users and SMEs will have the requisite 
background to effectively absorb, or even care to read, these advisories 
no matter how plain the English is.
With e-security threats originating globally, how is this going to be of 
any more benefit than the alerts already popped up by 
Nortons/F-Secure/pick-your-favourite.