The NSW Government has refreshed its data centre reform strategy document to give agencies with specialist infrastructure requirements more time to migrate to the new centralised government data centres. [ + ]

Global Health has announced deals to provide its MasterCare electronic medical record platform for ACT Health and the Adelaide Primary Health Network. [ + ]

BT has secured new contracts worth over €24 million to create one of the largest government clouds in Europe. [ + ]

A free app has been developed to improve water use efficiency for WA. [ + ]

Dr Heather Smith has been appointed as secretary of the Department of Communications and the Arts, replacing Drew Clarke, who was made chief of staff for Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. [ + ]

The Victorian Government has commenced a pilot of its new VicFreeWiFi network in Ballarat and Bendigo, with plans for a launch in the Melbourne CBD in early 2016. [ + ]

Treasury has implemented a virtual desktop virtualisation technology from Nutanix to allow employees to work on crucial tasks, including the Budget, from any location on any device. [ + ]

The AEC has contracted SMS Management & Technology to deliver AWS implementation for its public websites, in order to help the commission support major traffic spikes during election periods. [ + ]

Australia's Veterans and Veterans' Families Counselling Service has launched a pilot offering mental health counselling services over Skype video or audio links.

There is a growing tide of concern that the troubled NBN rollout is being sidelined in Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's much hyped 'ideas boom'. [ + ]

The government is holding information sessions this week for citizens and organisations seeking to help shape the government's commitments for open government reform. [ + ]

There are three critical aspects to ensuring the federal government's 'cloud first' policy adoption does not see productivity being sacrificed for cost savings: visibility, optimisation and control. [ + ]

Infosys has opened a service delivery centre in Parramatta to provide digitally enabled back-office services to clients including the NSW Government. [ + ]

Telstra is the next big corporate player to announce investment in silicon quantum computing. [ + ]

Most governments have largely completed the migration to e-government — involving automated existing processes — but now must tackle the hard work of moving towards digital government delivery. [ + ]