Season's greetings
23 December, 2020GovTech Review is taking a break now until early January, so we'd like to wish you a merry festive season and a safe and prosperous New Year.
NSW Digital Twin to improve bushfire planning
21 December, 2020 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingThe NSW Department of Customer Service's Spatial Services arm and CSIRO's Data61 will collaborate to map the location of telecom assets for disaster planning.
Best of 2020: Open government and digitising the customer experience
21 December, 2020 by Christine Jones, Lyn Nicholson and Andrew HyndGovernments are making great strides along the road to digitisation, but many privacy and ethics question marks remain.
NSW Govt forms Information and Privacy Committee
15 December, 2020The NSW Government has appointed a new Information and Privacy Committee, to advise the state government on how best to deliver information.
Interview: Rod Bassi, Acer
14 December, 2020In our annual Leaders in Technology series, we ask the experts what the year ahead holds. Today we talk 'working from home' with Acer's Rod Bassi.
Supporting digital skills development for defence industry
10 December, 2020The federal government has released two of its 10 Sovereign Industrial Capability Priority Plans, highlighting the importance of information and the cyber domain.
Harnessing data and analytics for citizen health and wellbeing
09 December, 2020 by Sonia SharpThe human services sector has rich datasets that can help caseworkers appreciate the full picture of concern. Now it needs to embrace safe data sharing.
Interview: Christian Lucarelli, Nintex
09 December, 2020In our annual Leaders in Technology series, we ask the experts what the year ahead holds. Today we talk digital process automation with Nintex's Christian Lucarelli.
NZ to make public sector carbon neutral by 2025
07 December, 2020 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingThe New Zealand Government's new Carbon Neutral Government Programme commits to making the public sector carbon neutral by 2025.
UK urged to tackle algorithmic bias
03 December, 2020 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingThe UK's Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation has issued a series of recommendations aimed at tackling algorithmic bias among public sector organisations.
10 million telehealth services provided to rural Australians
02 December, 2020Ten million telehealth services have been delivered to 3.2 million Australians in regional and rural communities since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Aussie cyber companies collaborate on training program for ADF
02 December, 2020A group of Australian sovereign cyber companies, led by FifthDomain, have created a successful pilot of a fully online cyber training program for the ADF.
Event addresses raising blockchain tech awareness among APS
02 December, 2020The APS Blockchain Network launch event has addressed several issues pertaining to the use of blockchain technology among the Australian Public Service.
Public sector finance leaders must think like chief data officers
01 December, 2020 by Matt GossPublic sector agencies need real-time data insights that enable them to be more agile and responsive to community and market needs.
DTA enters WofG purchasing arrangement with Oracle
01 December, 2020 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingFederal government agencies will be able to purchase new Oracle products and services under the new whole-of-government purchasing arrangement.
