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Government must meet high-cost ‘new normal’ by fostering ICT innovation
The Australian government must foster ICT innovation and regional collaborative partnerships to meet emerging challenges, AIIA chair Kee Wong has said.
[ + ]Victoria CFA gets regional digital radio dispatch upgrade
Around 500 CFA brigades will get better emergency services communications after Telstra and Motorola Solutions were signed for a digital radio upgrade.
[ + ]ICT inaction risks e-government disaster: AIIA
AIIA says the Australian Bureau of Statistics must increase its monitoring and reporting of e-government ICT initiatives to boost Australia's e-gov standing
[ + ]NBN Co's GIS data doldrums
Building a nationwide broadband network isn't easy, but NBN Co is finding it even harder given the challenges of getting clean geospatial data for the task.
[ + ]Fast-tracked open data projects boost Transport for NSW app cred
Transport for NSW's moves towards open data have reversed historical antipathy to mobile app developers and presaged for better public use of real time data
[ + ]Democracy meets GIS
Governments are getting smarter in their use of GIS and other geospatially enabled systems – but can they overcome long-running data issues to share better?
[ + ]Councils big on GIS but some still struggling with business links: survey
A survey of Australian local governments has found that while most use GIS for specific tasks, many struggle to promote geospatial usage across the business
[ + ]Selling social by the seashore
South Australia's City of Marion has been pushed, slowly, towards a social media culture thanks largely to the efforts of deputy mayor David Speirs.
[ + ]Six steps to good social media
Social-media expert Mariah Gillespie offers local governments six steps to successfully entering the world of social media.
[ + ]Kingston goes all-in on social media
While many councils try to fight perceived exposure to social media, Melbourne's City of Kingston council saw better results by embracing it completely.
[ + ]Emergency services: Answering the call
This GTR roundtable brings together three experts in emergency services technology to discuss innovation in this crucial area of government services.
[ + ]Something happened on Vic eGov Resource Centre's way to the forums
The Victorian eGovernment Resource Centre learned the hard way that social media services like Twitter are about much more than simply publishing news.
[ + ]Learning the downside of free education devices
Improving bandwidth is important to boosting education outcomes – but it can have unintended consequences, as the Catholic Education Office discovered.
[ + ]NBN, IBM drive Geraldton's tech vision
The NBN is at the forefront of a joint effort between IBM and the City of Geraldton to identity and exploit broadband opportunities for the regional WA city
[ + ]Despite cloud hype, most CIOs still doing IT inhouse
Actual adoption of cloud services remains low despite the media attention and hype they get, Ovum CIO survey has found – although that may soon change.
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