The Productivity Commission has recommended that the government consider investing in data analytics capabilities such as machine learning to help improve migrant selection and policy-setting. [ + ]

Atos, Datacom and NEC have reportedly been selected as the preferred providers for a $3bn WA government project to shift from owning ICT infrastructure to an ICT service sourcing model. [ + ]

Stunted by outsourcing, the UK's Revenue and Customs service used cultural transformation to reinvent its application infrastructure. [ + ]

Around three-quarters of the $500m budget for the government's new Electronic Warfare Operations Support for Maritime and Land Forces project will be spent locally. [ + ]

Even though cybercriminals try to hide on the 'dark web', increasingly powerful analytics engines are helping law enforcement agencies find them. [ + ]

New South Wales' GovDC Marketplace is successfully putting open government on the open market, and sets an example for similar efforts in other states. [ + ]

A 3D model showing underground landscapes in South Australia to a depth of 100 kilometres has been launched at the 25th Geophysical Conference & Exhibition in Adelaide. [ + ]

WA's auditor general has found that many of the state's schools are grappling with a shortage of devices for students, ageing technology and slow internet speeds. [ + ]

Service NSW has introduced support for Android Pay across all 64 of its centres — and announced the planned introduction of Australia's first digital licences — as part of its digital government transformation. [ + ]

Rapid adoption of services such as Office 365, Skype for Businesses, Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online and NAV helped Murray Primary Health Network meet its tight deadlines. [ + ]

The New Zealand Defence Force's Veterans Support Service has launched a new claims management system that will process around 100,000 invoices and reimbursements per year. [ + ]

The US CIA is "very happy" with the agency's experiences with migrating workloads from legacy hardware to AWS cloud infrastructure, according to the intelligence agency's CIO Sherrill Nicely. [ + ]

Early government cloud adopters are finding that the process of digital transformation is fostering innovation and cultural change. [ + ]

The US Pentagon has reportedly issued a memo banning the use of Pokemon Go within Defense facilities nationwide, and on agency-issued smart devices, due to spying fears. [ + ]

Mass connectivity, mobility, big data, predictive analysis and a workforce full of millennials are bringing both challenges and opportunities for the working environment. [ + ]