Industry News
ASCA postpones Smart Cities conference
The Australian Smart Communities Association has postponed its Smart Cities conference as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. [ + ]
DTA plans parallel myGov platform
The DTA is on the hunt for a systems integrator to lead a project to develop the planned Government Digital Experiences Platform. [ + ]
Aerometrex picks up $1m in Qld contracts
Aerometrex has picked up $1m in contracts to provide imagery for the Queensland Government's Spatial Imagery Subscription Program. [ + ]
Services Australia gets its first permanent CEO
The recently established new government super-department, Services Australia, has a new head, with Rebecca Skinner taking on the role of CEO on 16 March. [ + ]
IT institute discloses major data breach
Melbourne Polytechnic has advised of a major data breach involving the unauthorised access of files containing personal data of around 55,000 staff and students. [ + ]
SA aims to sell or offload AddInsight software
The South Australian Government is calling for expressions of interest aimed at the potential offloading of the AddInsight road traffic monitoring software. [ + ]
Public sector innovation on show in Canberra
This year's Australian Public Sector Innovation Show on 31 March will focus on overcoming the challenges being faced by government IT experts. [ + ]
DTA opens 2021 Digital Graduate Program applications
Australia's Digital Transformation Agency has opened applications for its Digital Graduate Program to help ICT graduates kickstart their career in government tech. [ + ]
Defence enlists Sliced Tech for student management system
Australia's Department of Defence has contracted Sliced Tech to implement a new enterprise student management system across 115 Defence Learning Centres. [ + ]
PM&C lists Digital Experts Advisory Committee
The Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet has announced the composition of the expert advisory committee that will inform the Digital Technology Taskforce. [ + ]
NZ DIA's RealMe service to go up to the cloud
NZ's DIA has employed Unify Solutions to help manage RealMe Login and Assertion Services' transfer from a legacy platform to a cloud-based one. [ + ]
ASD announces two new senior executives
Abigail Bradshaw and Linda Geddes have been respectively named ACSC Head and ASD Deputy Director-General Signals Intelligence and Network Operations. [ + ]
400 SA schools now connected to high-speed internet
Four hundred SA schools are now connected to high-speed, fibre-optic internet through the state government's $80 million 'SWiFT' project. [ + ]
DTA updates scope of Cloud Marketplace 2.0
The Digital Transformation Agency has updated the planned scope of the Cloud Marketplace version 2.0, which is expected to be operational by late 2020. [ + ]
NSW introduces standard framework for ICT consulting
The NSW Department of Customer Service will introduce a new standard commercial framework for consulting contracts from 15 March. [ + ]
