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. [ + ]

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. [ + ]

At the same time as the airwaves are become increasingly crowded, so too is the emergency services' growing need for mobile data becoming acute. [ + ]

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 federal government has committed $490,000 towards an R&D project to apply cloud and big data technologies to sheep data management systems. [ + ]

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. [ + ]

Just 27% of Australian public sector respondents to a Deloitte survey are confident in their readiness to respond to digital trends. [ + ]

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. [ + ]

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. [ + ]

Western Australia Public Trustee has announced a one-year extension to a contract with Unisys covering support and maintenance services for its core MATE application. [ + ]

As the federal government's digital transformation effort builds steam, we sought the insights of IT industry experts to see what the public sector can learn from similar projects in the private sector. [ + ]

The US Office of Management and Budget is calling for consultation on the first proposed changes to federal information management policy in 15 years, to reflect new technologies and threats. [ + ]

The NSW government has entered a major deal to allow all departments to access Microsoft cloud services including Office 365 and Skype. [ + ]

The ABS has announced that it expects around 65% of Australian households to complete the 2016 census online. [ + ]

IT infrastructure is not usually the limiting factor in digital government transformation — it is the governance models and the leadership that must enable it. [ + ]