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Can an app turn job hunting into fun?
The federal Department of Employment has channelled the fitness tracker industry to design an app that helps job seekers along in their employment journey. [ + ]
NSW FaCS: more partners for ChildStory project
The NSW Department of Family & Community Services has added Salesforce, Conga and CloudSense to the list of technology partners for its ChildStory IT infrastructure revamp project. [ + ]
Police Federation calls for criminal database revamp
The Police Federation of Australia is asking whichever party wins the upcoming election to consider building a National Criminal Intelligence System and allocating spectrum for a public safety mobile data network. [ + ]
OPM breach affected friends and family
The US Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has acknowledged that last year's major data breach also compromised the personal details of close friends and family of the victims. [ + ]
myGov faces overhaul, OneGov celebrates
The federal government's myGov faces a $50 million overhaul, while online licence renewal is the latest winner as Service NSW's centralisation pays off. [ + ]
NSW to tap private sector for disaster readiness
NSW Public Works will work with emergency management consultancy Tigertail Australia to explore procedures to respond to major emergencies that require assistance from the private sector. [ + ]
MuleSoft chosen for child protection project
NSW Department of Family & Community Services will adopt MuleSoft's Anypoint Platform to underpin its ChildStory child protection IT infrastructure replacement project. [ + ]
Labor pledges to bring back FTTP NBN
Labor has pledged to revamp the NBN project to connect up to 2m more homes with FTTP compared to the Coalition's multitechnology model, if it wins the upcoming election. [ + ]
Merging NSW local councils adopt transition tool
A merger transition tool developed by business intelligence company CAMMS and Local Government Professionals Australia will help NSW local councils navigate the merger process. [ + ]
Victoria SES digital update
The Victoria State Emergency Service will use Permeance Technologies to manage its digital transformation based on the open source Liferay platform. [ + ]
Salesforce joins ASD's Certified Cloud List
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. [ + ]
ATO axes e-tax in favour of myTax
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. [ + ]
US Federal Reserve faces probe over breaches
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. [ + ]
Transport for NSW selects ServiceNow
Transport for NSW has contracted RXP Services to deliver an integrated work management and service desk support system based on the ServiceNow platform. [ + ]
Standards Australia launches digital transformation program
Standards Australia has kicked off a program aimed at transforming the peak body into the digital standards body Australia will need in the future. [ + ]