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Govt to cap IT contracts at $100m in tech spend rethink
The government wants to direct $650m of its yearly IT spending to smaller companies.
Doug Dingwall is a reporter for The Canberra Times
The government wants to direct $650m of its yearly IT spending to smaller companies.
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