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Total Government operating expenditure on information and communication technology was $1.1 billion and capital expenditure $600 million in the 2006 financial year. The figures were published yesterday by Statistics New Zealand and came from a survey on Government use of ICT, the first survey of its type. It also found that 77 per cent of Government organisations planned to invest in new or upgraded software, desktop hardware, and ICT infrastructure in the 12 months from August 2006.
Of Government organisations reporting ICT use, 99 per cent had access to the internet and 93 per cent of Government staff could access the internet at work. Ninety-seven per cent of organisations used a broadband connection to the internet.
