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WA allocates $5m for statewide CCTV strategy
The WA Government has allocated $5m to help local governments deploy more CCTV cameras as part of an $8.5m plan to build an integrated CCTV network for crime deterrence and easier prosecution. [ + ]
Proactive risk advice — leading the charge
An IT audit needs to proactively assess emerging risks if it is to remain relevant, provide value to government agencies and protect against the most significant risks public sector organisations face. [ + ]
Government to use EU's Copernicus satellite data
The government has signed an agreement allowing it to use real-time, high-detail satellite imagery from the EU's earth observation and monitoring program, Copernicus. [ + ]
A new approach to digital evidence management
The combination of body worn video and private-sector cloud-based software services is transforming safety agencies' ability to focus on their core missions.
[ + ]DIBP awards $115m contract to Optus Business
The newly merged Department of Immigration and Border Protection has handed Optus Business a three-year contract to integrate the formerly separate communications networks of the departments of Customs and Immigration. [ + ]
Much more to do for Australia's government transformation
Australia has many digital transformation initiatives, but the challenge is to get them all moving in the same speed and direction, industry experts say. [ + ]
Register now for GovInnovate Summit 2015
Government agencies are being mandated to transition to greater digital engagement and GovInnovate Summit 2015 is the must-attend event to help them achieve that goal. [ + ]
City of Sydney's tech start-up action plan
In a bid to encourage more tech start-ups to establish and remain in Sydney, the city has produced an action plan that includes a dedicated entrepreneurship centre. [ + ]
NSW SICorp deploys PaaS from Capgemini
Capgemini has completed an implementation of Guidewire InsuranceSuite over Amazon Web Services for NSW Government agency SICorp, the state's home warranty protection provider. [ + ]
The emergency spectrum squeeze
At the same time as the airwaves are become increasingly crowded, so too is the emergency services' growing need for mobile data becoming acute. [ + ]
Government takes counting sheep to the next level
The federal government has committed $490,000 towards an R&D project to apply cloud and big data technologies to sheep data management systems. [ + ]
Aussie public agencies doubtful of digital readiness
Just 27% of Australian public sector respondents to a Deloitte survey are confident in their readiness to respond to digital trends. [ + ]
SAP launches digital govt institute in Canberra
SAP has teamed up with five foundation partners including the NDIA to establish an institute focused on researching ways to transform the business of government through digital technologies. [ + ]
Government instructs ministers not to delete emails
In Canada's British Columbia, ministers and political staff have been told not to delete emails in response to a report highly critical of a lack of transparency in government communications. [ + ]
Police lobby for national data consolidation
A lack of government investment in data consolidation, analytics and public safety radio spectrum is hindering the modernisation of policing in Australia, says the Police Federation. [ + ]