The Victoria State Emergency Service will use Permeance Technologies to manage its digital transformation based on the open source Liferay platform. [ + ]

The ASD has added Salesforce to the Certified Cloud Services List of approved providers, while Finance has launched a refresh of the Government Cloud Services Panel. [ + ]

Transport for NSW has contracted RXP Services to deliver an integrated work management and service desk support system based on the ServiceNow platform. [ + ]

As the financial year draws to a close, anyone preparing their own tax return will only be able to use the myTax portal, as the ATO has retired online lodgement tool e-tax. [ + ]

The US Federal Reserve is facing a congressional committee investigation following reports that it fell victim to more than 50 cyber breaches between 2011 and 2015. [ + ]

Standards Australia has kicked off a program aimed at transforming the peak body into the digital standards body Australia will need in the future. [ + ]

Digital WA represents the state's first whole-of-government ICT strategy — a marked change from previous approaches that were heavily localised and largely disunified. [ + ]

When it comes to digital transformation, there are many lessons learned by the private sector that are applicable to all levels of government. [ + ]

The Department of Treasury has signed a three-year contract with 8common that will see the latter provide its Expense8 travel management platform as a service to the agency. [ + ]

CGI has been awarded a contract with the Queensland Government's State Penalties Enforcement Registry (SPER) to implement and service a debt recovery solution. [ + ]

The Victorian Government has assigned $81m to help improve its online presence, as currently less than 1% of interactions with citizens are completed online. [ + ]

As data is used to develop policies designed to address society's needs, there must be processes and standards in place to promote good usage and guard against the bad. [ + ]

The Department of Defence is seeking system integators interested in participating in a project to overhaul the department's finance and logistics operations. [ + ]

Atos has won the contract to provide a games management and information diffusion system for the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games. [ + ]

Before governments decide on how to progress with digital transformation efforts, it's vital that they go back to basics and figure out what 'digital' means to them. [ + ]