[LINK] Centrelink bids to become the Australia Card hub

[Roger Clarke]

[Comments at the end]

Centrelink's data centre central to its role as super agency
Fran Foo
The Australian
June 01, 2010 12:00AM
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-it/centrelinks-data-centre-central-to-its-role-as-super-agency/story-e6frgakx-1225873730144

CENTRELINK'S data centre future will determine if it becomes the 
country's first "super agency", processing data on behalf of other 
agencies such as the tax office.

According to Human Services ICT infrastructure deputy secretary John 
Wadeson, Centrelink only took up 150sq m of space as part of its 
contract with Canberra Data Centres.

Centrelink had approval to procure up to 1000sq m in data centre 
space. Any extra capacity would be in line with the government's plan 
to streamline service delivery, with one large agency doing the 
"heavy lifting" on behalf of other agencies.


[The Gershon Report can be used as a basis to do prettymuch anything.
[Here it's being used as an excuse for the operator of one massive 
data-mine to provide services to lots of other smaller data-mines.

[There are several layers of service:
-   space suitable for hosts and network connections
-   hosts and network connections
-   platform, incl. systems software
-   applications software and data

[Foo's report specifically refers to Centrelink providing services at 
the highest level ("processing data on behalf of other agencies ...").

[Hence my interpretation in the Subject-header that Wadeson is making 
a play to be Big Brother's CIO.


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