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Adelaide to host Smart Communities Summit 2017
Adelaide has been selected to take the reins from the Gold Coast to host the second annual Australian Smart Communities Summit next year. [ + ]
US politicians introduce IT modernisation Bill
A new Bill introduced by a bipartisan group of US congressmen and senators aims to cut back wasteful spending on legacy IT systems by government agencies through accelerating cloud adoption. [ + ]
WA allocates $8.5m for CCTV deployments
Albany has secured a share of the WA government's $8.5m CCTV fund and will use the proceeds to install 18 extra cameras in high-crime areas. [ + ]
White House lays out security workforce strategy
The White House has announced a new four-pillared strategy designed to address a shortfall of cybersecurity talent among US federal government agencies. [ + ]
UK must use DMARC for email by Oct
Under new rules aimed at protecting government communications, all government emails sent outside the Public Service Network will need to use encryption and the new DMARC authentication protocol from October. [ + ]
WA expands Emergency Telehealth service to Broome
Broome Health Campus has become the 75th site to be granted access to WA's Emergency Telehealth service, which aims to help clinicians provide a 'virtual emergency room' for patients in remote areas. [ + ]
Putting GovDC migration to the test
Like other state agencies, the NSW Board of Studies, Teaching and Educational Standards is migrating to the platform as a service (PaaS) environments within the state's redundant Tier III-certified GovDC data centres. [ + ]
More responsive government via a single view
Sharing data across departments will help governments boost efficiency while also improving public satisfaction and confidence. [ + ]
The challenges of securing healthcare data
The healthcare sector experiences almost half of all reported major data breaches, and health records typically fetch around 10–20 times more than credit card information on the black market. [ + ]
Victoria hands myki contract extension to NTT Data
The Victorian Government has awarded a $700 million contract extension for the myki smartcard ticketing system to NTT Data, with a new mechanism to prevent another cost blowout. [ + ]
Australia should embrace e-voting: AIIA
With an electronic voting system, the outcome of the federal election would have been known within minutes of the polls closing, the AIIA has noted. [ + ]
Next-gen government — rethinking the paradigm
A revaluation of social capital will be critical as governments leverage technology to redefine public good. [ + ]
Can an app turn job hunting into fun?
The federal Department of Employment has channelled the fitness tracker industry to design an app that helps job seekers along in their employment journey. [ + ]
NSW FaCS: more partners for ChildStory project
The NSW Department of Family & Community Services has added Salesforce, Conga and CloudSense to the list of technology partners for its ChildStory IT infrastructure revamp project. [ + ]
OPM breach affected friends and family
The US Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has acknowledged that last year's major data breach also compromised the personal details of close friends and family of the victims. [ + ]
