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The thorny issue of vaccine passports
As we strive to achieve more freedom post-pandemic, vaccine passports look like being a part of Australia's future. Legal and software engineering experts from UNSW look at the implications. [ + ]
WaterNSW increases document capture from Microsoft Teams to Content Manager, to meet compliance obligations
WaterNSW has implemented FYB Teams2CM Collaborate, an app that provides seamless integration between Microsoft Teams and Micro Focus Content Manager. [ + ]
New Bill strengthens online powers for AFP, ACIC
Australian federal authorities have been granted online account takeover powers after a new Bill designed to tackle online criminal activity passed Parliament. [ + ]
Defence contract audit finds conflict of interest issues
The ANAO uncovered conflict of interest issues related to Defence's ERP program including IBM officials sitting on the board that proposed contract changes. [ + ]
Cyber attacks: education, not awareness, key to reducing effects of crime
The increased frequency of cybersecurity advisories being published by governments is great for awareness. [ + ]
ANZ CDOs call for more investment in data-driven initiatives
Public sector chief data officers in Australia and New Zealand believe that more investment is needed in data-driven initiatives, following the COVID-19 pandemic. [ + ]
A sovereign framework for government data
The federal government set an example for state and territory counterparts when it announced that all relevant government data under the DTA's hosting certification framework will soon need to be stored only in either ‘certified assured’ or ‘certified strategic’ data centres. [ + ]
Three data sharing challenges facing public sector
Data and the ability to draw insights from it are both critical to the public sector. They can help inform public policy, improve productivity and generate efficiences, and in turn assist in designing better public services. [ + ]
Australia could be a global blockchain leader
Blockchain Australia has called for the development of forward-thinking, agile regulatory and policy settings for the nascent blockchain sector. [ + ]
Calls to exclude tech tax dodgers from govt tenders
CICTAR has urged the government to exclude ICT companies engaging in aggressive tax minimisation efforts from participating in APS tenders. [ + ]
Outsourcing impacting APS's ICT capability: CPSU
The Community and Public Sector Union has urged the government to address the policies leading to the APS's growing reliance on outsourcing and contract staff. [ + ]
Transport NSW and Sydney Trains not effectively managing cyber risks — NSW Auditor-General
The NSW Auditor-General has slammed Transport for NSW (TfNSW) and Sydney Trains' management of cybersecurity risks as ineffective. [ + ]
Tech giants call for changes to critical infrastructure Bill
Atlassian, Palo Alto and the Cybersecurity Coalition have called for stronger safeguards and other alterations to the critical infrastructure legislation. [ + ]
Innovating govt CX without cost blowouts
OpenCities Founder and GM of Global Platform Strategies for Granicus Alex Gelbak* reflects on innovating government customer experience while preventing cost blowouts. [ + ]
Security expert develops vaccine passport storage platform
Aston University visiting professor and GVE CEO Koji Fusa has proposed a method for the secure allocation and storage of vaccine passports for everyone in the world. [ + ]
