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UK councils must improve cyber health
The Ministry for Housing Communities and Local Government in the UK has proposed a cyber health framework for local councils. [ + ]
Masterclasses for current and future tech leaders
If leadership is your role or goal, you shouldn't miss this series of online masterclasses designed to improve your management, influencing and communications skills. [ + ]
Learning from users through discovery research
Through in-depth research into how public service analysts gather and use data, the DTA has learned how to better support them in their work. [ + ]
US state to build an autonomous road corridor
Connected and autonomous vehicles will soon have a road of their own, following an announcement by Michigan that it intends to build a 64-km-long corridor solely for their use. [ + ]
COVID-19 intensifies the need for rapid adoption of digital health
Australia's digital health strategy involves turning aspirations into products that protect personal information, improve workflows and deliver improved outcomes. [ + ]
Australian Govt IT spending to shrink 7.6% in 2020
Gartner expects total government IT spending to contract 7.6% this year to just $7.67 billion, before recovering somewhat next year due to recovery projects. [ + ]
Protecting citizens' privacy in smart cities
Councils must formulate a policy on the use of video analytics early on to ensure that compliance is achieved, controls are standardised and ROI is achieved. [ + ]
Strengthening Australia's cybersecurity ecosystem
A better incident reporting scheme would be one way of reinforcing Australia's cybersecurity posture, says a Monash University criminologist. [ + ]
Ministers agree to National Digital Identity Roadmap
Australian state and federal IT ministers have agreed to collaborate on efforts to align digital identity systems Australia-wide. [ + ]
Government is losing the war against cybercrime
We need more leadership and whole-of-government action to lift Australia's cybersecurity maturity and make us a harder target, says EY's Richard Bergman. [ + ]
New Zealand agencies commit to algorithm charter
The NZ government is calling on other global governments to follow its lead by introducing a charter on ethical use of algorithms by the public sector. [ + ]
WA releases draft Digital Inclusion Blueprint
The WA Government is consulting on a draft Digital Inclusion Blueprint designed to close the state's digital divide. [ + ]
ACT Govt deploying digital health records
The ACT Government has awarded Epic a $114m contract to deploy a digital health record system across the territory's public health services. [ + ]
Govt publishes new cloud security guidance
The ACSC and DTA published new cloud security guidance for agencies, which will now need to perform their own assessments due to the end of the CCSL program. [ + ]
UK agency calls for "social contract" on data sharing
A UK government body has asserted the need for a "social contract" between citizens and the state covering ways in which citizen data is used and shared between agencies. [ + ]
