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Public-private collaboration key to smarter cities
Australia's Assistant Minister for Cities and Digital Transformation, Angus Taylor, believes that collaboration with the private sector and smart technologies will be vital to ensuring Australian cities' prosperity. [ + ]
SMS to replace ACT's school admin system
SMS Management & Technology has won a six-year, $8.7 million contract to provide an integrated school administration system for the ACT Education Directorate. [ + ]
WA said to select winners for $3bn GovNext project
Atos, Datacom and NEC have reportedly been selected as the preferred providers for a $3bn WA government project to shift from owning ICT infrastructure to an ICT service sourcing model. [ + ]
PC urges use of analytics for migration policy
The Productivity Commission has recommended that the government consider investing in data analytics capabilities such as machine learning to help improve migrant selection and policy-setting. [ + ]
Changing customs brings project success
Stunted by outsourcing, the UK's Revenue and Customs service used cultural transformation to reinvent its application infrastructure. [ + ]
ADF to get $500m electronic warfare boost
Around three-quarters of the $500m budget for the government's new Electronic Warfare Operations Support for Maritime and Land Forces project will be spent locally. [ + ]
Closing in on hackers
Even though cybercriminals try to hide on the 'dark web', increasingly powerful analytics engines are helping law enforcement agencies find them. [ + ]
GovDC puts government on the open market
New South Wales' GovDC Marketplace is successfully putting open government on the open market, and sets an example for similar efforts in other states. [ + ]
3D data puts South Australia on the map
A 3D model showing underground landscapes in South Australia to a depth of 100 kilometres has been launched at the 25th Geophysical Conference & Exhibition in Adelaide. [ + ]
Service NSW adopts Android Pay
Service NSW has introduced support for Android Pay across all 64 of its centres — and announced the planned introduction of Australia's first digital licences — as part of its digital government transformation. [ + ]
WA schools struggling with outdated tech, slow internet
WA's auditor general has found that many of the state's schools are grappling with a shortage of devices for students, ageing technology and slow internet speeds. [ + ]
The Primary Health Network that cloud built
Rapid adoption of services such as Office 365, Skype for Businesses, Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online and NAV helped Murray Primary Health Network meet its tight deadlines. [ + ]
CIA CIO calls AWS's cloud a "godsend"
The US CIA is "very happy" with the agency's experiences with migrating workloads from legacy hardware to AWS cloud infrastructure, according to the intelligence agency's CIO Sherrill Nicely. [ + ]
NZDF veteran claims management system goes live
The New Zealand Defence Force's Veterans Support Service has launched a new claims management system that will process around 100,000 invoices and reimbursements per year. [ + ]
Early adopters find transformation fosters innovation
Early government cloud adopters are finding that the process of digital transformation is fostering innovation and cultural change. [ + ]
