[LINK] IT news - Fwd: APO Weekly Briefing - 25 March 2010

[Jan Whitaker]

>WILL FACEBOOK PROFILES REPLACE GOVT WEB SITES?
>http://www.apo.org.au/research/will-facebook-profiles-replace-govt-web-sites
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>FutureGov
>22 March, 2010 | It’s all the rage for 
>ministries and agencies to have a Facebook or 
>even MySpace page these days. Governments are 
>going where their citizens are. So why bother having a web site at all?
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>WORLD INTERNET PROJECT REPORT 2010
>http://www.apo.org.au/research/world-internet-project-report-2010
>
>World Internet Project
>22 March, 2010 | The World Internet Project has 
>released its second annual global findings on 
>the impact of online technology - a 
>five-continent collaboration creating an 
>international picture of change produced by the Internet.
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>NATIONAL BROADBAND PLAN: CONNECTING AMERICA
>http://www.apo.org.au/research/national-broadband-plan-connecting-america
>
>Federal Communications Commission
>18 March, 2010 | Broadband networks only create 
>value to consumers and businesses 
>when  they  are used in conjunction with 
>broadband-capable devices to deliver 
>useful   applications and content. The plan 
>seeks  to  ensure that the entire broadband 
>ecosystem - networks, devices, content  and  applications - is healthy.
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>AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT DATA CENTRE STRATEGY 2010 - 2025
>http://www.apo.org.au/research/australian-government-data-centre-strategy-2010-2025
>
>Department Finance and Deregulation
>22 March, 2010 | This Strategy is the proposed 
>whole-of-government approach to future data 
>centre requirements. It contains initiatives and 
>actions to achieve the recommendations of the 
>Review including the avoidance of $1 billion in costs.
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