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ACT taps Acer for student Chromebook project
Acer will provide the first batch of 15,000 Chromebooks for the ACT Government initiative to provide free Chromebooks for all high school and college students by 2019. [ + ]
Govt engaged in $7.2bn worth of large IT projects
A DTA audit has revealed that there are 72 IT projects worth more than $10 million taking place across the Commonwealth. [ + ]
Victorian Government introduces data sharing Bill
Proposed legislation would provide a framework for information sharing across Victorian Government agencies to improve policy and service planning. [ + ]
Review recommends tightening Medicare security
An independent review of a reported major DHS data breach has made 14 recommendations for tightening the security of Medicare card numbers. [ + ]
Vision impaired guided by beacon and GPS technology
Public places will be more accessible to people with impaired vision, with the launch of a program that uses beacon and GPS technology. [ + ]
Joint Cyber Security Centre opens in Melbourne
The second of five planned Joint Cyber Security Centres has been established to help provide a collaborative environment for tackling cyber threats. [ + ]
Victoria appoints first CISO
The Victorian Government has appointed its first chief information security officer, charged with tackling the rise of cyber threats. [ + ]
Facebook not the place for disaster alerts: Bundy council
Following record rainfall and flooding, Bundaberg's council has urged residents to use official sources rather than social media to obtain information and disaster alerts. [ + ]
Standards for Govpass digital ID under construction
A framework of standards is being implemented to develop a nationally consistent approach to online identity in Australia. [ + ]
Utilities fear power grid disruption from cyber attacks
Nearly 2 in 3 utility company executives believe there is at least a moderate risk that their country's power grid could be knocked offline by weaponised malware within the next five years. [ + ]
People-first approach to innovation
User-centred design is vital to inspiring innovation within government projects, says hatchd's Anna Lee-Renwick. [ + ]
E-health needs to be about people, not tech
Funding alone will not usher in the next wave of digital innovation in health care, argues SAP Hybris’s Kathleen O’Brien. [ + ]
The folly of 'fail fast'
Public sector IT agility is a good thing, but not when it undermines confidence. [ + ]
ICT approaches for productivity gain
Improving front-office digitisation, interagency communications and user-centric software architecture are key to boosting public sector productivity. [ + ]
Tackling the digital transformation 'hype' to drive results
'Digital transformation' has become a major buzzword in recent years with organisations around the globe continuing to invest heavily in major transformation initiatives focused on integrating digital technologies such as social, mobile, analytics and cloud. [ + ]
