Australian government supports IT procurement report recommendations on IP

07 Oct 2010

Source: Computerworld
The Attorney-General’s Department has mandated eligible Federal Government agencies provide software developers and independent software vendors with first rights to intellectual property (IP) for software developed under contract from 1 October. The new approach to intellectual property, which provides more incentive for developers to conduct long-term business with some government agencies, aligns with recommendations made as part of the Gershon Review into ICT procurement and consolidation..

The updated principles document will ultimately form part of the wider Australian Government Intellectual Property Manual when it is updated and released. First flagged in May it provides one of very few wins for the Department of Finance-led project of late, with IT managers telling Computerworld Australia the government initiative was dead in the water. Despite the nearly $1 billion in savings the project is aimed to save the government, it was revealed during the Federal election that the Labor party would re-divert almost half of the savings to non-IT projects.

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