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. [ + ]

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 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. [ + ]

NSW Department of Family & Community Services will adopt MuleSoft's Anypoint Platform to underpin its ChildStory child protection IT infrastructure replacement project. [ + ]

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. [ + ]

A merger transition tool developed by business intelligence company CAMMS and Local Government Professionals Australia will help NSW local councils navigate the merger process. [ + ]

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. [ + ]

The Victoria State Emergency Service will use Permeance Technologies to manage its digital transformation based on the open source Liferay platform. [ + ]

Transport for NSW has contracted RXP Services to deliver an integrated work management and service desk support system based on the ServiceNow platform. [ + ]

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. [ + ]

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. [ + ]

Standards Australia has kicked off a program aimed at transforming the peak body into the digital standards body Australia will need in the future. [ + ]

Digital WA represents the state's first whole-of-government ICT strategy — a marked change from previous approaches that were heavily localised and largely disunified. [ + ]

The Department of Treasury has signed a three-year contract with 8common that will see the latter provide its Expense8 travel management platform as a service to the agency. [ + ]

When it comes to digital transformation, there are many lessons learned by the private sector that are applicable to all levels of government. [ + ]