Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy

Type:	Government
Industry:	Internet
Founded:	Australia, 1999
Headquarters:	Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy GPO Box 2154 Canberra ACT 2601 Australia
Country:	Australia
Employees:	773 (2006)
Website:	dbcde.gov.au
Twitter:	@DBCDEgov
Key People
Senator Stephen Conroy, Minister for DBCDE Peter Harris, Secretary of the DBCDE Don Markus, General Counsel, Legal Group Simon Ash, Chief Financial Officer, Finance and Budgets

The Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (DBCDE) is an Australian government department responsible for Broadband, Digital Economy, Mobile Services, Online Safety and Security, Post, Radio, Telephone Services and Telivision.

DBCDE was Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts (DCITA). DCITA was replaced with DBCDE after Kevin Rudd Government came to power in 2007.