%T Administration of the Regional Backbone Blackspots Program %I Australian National Audit Office %D 2012 %K Information technology, %K Rural conditions %U https://apo.org.au/node/31268 %X This report assesses the effectiveness of the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy’s administration of the Regional Backbone Blackspots Program, including the establishment and ongoing management of the program. Broadband is considered worldwide to be an important technology that enables the achievement of productivity gains and economic and social development via vastly enhanced communications capacities compared to previous communications technologies. %9 Report