The Australian Government Cloud Computing Strategic Direction (the Strategy) was released in April 2011. It stated that agencies may choose cloud-based services where they demonstrate value for money and adequate security. The Strategy included a number of deliverables – all of which have been completed, except for the report on cloud certification requirements.
This last deliverable comprised [...]
Tag Archives: consultations
For public review: Cloud Certification Requirements for the Australian Government (draft)
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- Dec
Streamlining Procurement: Data Centre as a Service – Project Update
- 15
- Jun
We’ve been delighted with the discussion following my previous posting on the Data Centre as a Service (DCaaS) initiative. We have reviewed all the contributions and used many of them to improve the Sourcing Approach and Head Agreement. The revised documents are below. I have also included a summary of the questions and responses on the Head Agreement.
Streamlining Procurement: Data Centre as a Service
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- Apr
Data Centre as a Service (DCaaS) is the next tranche of work in the Data Centre Strategy. We have been putting a lot of thought into how we can simplify procurement of and reduce transaction costs for cloud and cloud-like services while ensuring that we still meet the necessary procurement requirements. Today’s post is the [...]
Welcome to the WCAG 2.0 Community of Expertise (CoE)
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- Aug
It has been a busy few months for the Accessibility and Style team. We are a small team of two – Jacqui & Raven – who endeavour to bring you all you need to know about accessibility of government websites. Since the endorsement of Version 2.0 of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.0) for [...]
Expired: PDF Accessibility Consultation Review
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- Nov
The content below was posted to the Web Publishing Guide between 16 September 2009 and 26 October 2009. This consultation is now closed. It is provided here as a reference only.
An update on the PDF Accessibilty Review
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- Nov
In early September, AGIMO launched a project to review the accessibility support of the Portable Document Format (PDF), for use on government websites. The project is being run in collaboration with the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) and the Department of Families and Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA).
The initial stage, the Public Consultation, [...]
