Finance Minister Lindsey Tanner yesterday announced that EDS had won an AU$25 million contract over four years to create australia.gov.au, a "one-stop-shop" for all government information and services. Users will be able to create an account and personalise the site so they can easily access information or services from different government agencies. The portal will also be able to pre-populate forms with details from their profile, and allow users to complete the forms offline. The authentication hub is based on the Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) 2.0 standard.

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