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Telstra, NT govt to improve telecom services in remote areas
Telstra has announced a three-year agreement with the Northern Territory government to bring mobile and potentially fixed-line services to remote NT communities. [ + ]
Govt to establish national digital identity framework
The federal government will task the Digital Transformation Office with helping develop a national digital identity verification framework as part of its review into Australia's financial system. [ + ]
Acting information commissioner gets term extension
The OAIC has extended the term of the acting information commissioner, Timothy Pilgrim, amid uncertainty about the agency's future, while NSW Treasury is searching for a new CIO. [ + ]
UK introduces visa scheme for tech talent
The UK government's new Tech Nation Visa Scheme has added new qualifying criteria to help the nation's technology start-ups more easily source talent from outside the EU.
[ + ]Interview: Paul Shetler, CEO of the DTO
The CEO of the Digital Transformation Office is on a mission to transform government, and sees the reinvention of government services coming from an 'outside in' rather than an 'inside out' approach. [ + ]
Identity flagged as government security focus
Damning assessment of current identity and access management technologies is pushing government agencies to expand the use of facial recognition biometric technology. [ + ]
Critical gap in Australia's security skills
Faced with a growing deficiency of skilled IT security professionals, the federal government needs to step up with measures to make cybersecurity training an absolute priority. [ + ]
PM still uses non-government email service
Malcolm Turnbull's office has confirmed he has continued using a non-government email service since becoming Prime Minister. [ + ]
'Snowy' x86 cluster takes on life sciences challenge
The Victorian Life Sciences Computation Initiative has commissioned a 30-teraflop Lenovo x86 cluster called 'Snowy' which is dedicated to life sciences research. [ + ]
Vic government agencies fare poorly in IT audit
The Victorian Auditor General's Office (VAGO) investigation into IT controls at 45 public sector agencies has uncovered 462 issues, most classified as either medium or high risk. [ + ]
WA Department of Health hunting for CIO
After five years with only interim heads of IT, the WA Department of Health is searching for a suitable permanent CIO candidate. [ + ]
NSW Innovation Minister pledges data sharing laws
New South Wales Minister for Innovation Victor Dominello used a keynote at the IFIP World Computer Congress to detail plans for the state's new whole-of-government Data Analytics Centre. [ + ]
WA Government's first GCIO takes up reigns
Western Australia's acting government CIO Giles Nunis has become the first person to be appointed permanent GCIO. [ + ]
Data centres look to cloud transformation as expansion cools
Increasing adoption of data centre as a service and specialised offerings such as cloud-based contact centres will drive growth in data centre sourcing even as investment in the local data centre sector cools in coming years, according to market watchers. [ + ]
NSW's ServiceFirst will not exist in six months
The NSW Government's shared services agency, ServiceFirst, will cease to exist within six months, following the signing of a $215m outsourcing and offshoring contract in June. [ + ]
