Industry News
GovDC Marketplace conference in September
The NSW Government will hold its GovDC Marketplace Event 2017 in Waverley on 14 September and is taking registrations of interest from potential delegates and sponsors. [ + ]
SA Gov emergency website receives upgrade
An upgrade has been carried out on the South Australian Government emergency website. [ + ]
Police robots protect officers and community
An upgraded Queensland Police Service robot has been implemented to improve community and officer safety. [ + ]
Empired chosen for WA's GovNext-ICT
Empired wins $15m exclusive role within the NEC consortium supplying services for the Western Australian Government's GovNext-ICT project. [ + ]
New IT payment system implemented by government
The IT systems that support health, aged care and veterans' payments will be replaced by the federal government. [ + ]
ACT launches interactive mowing map
The ACT Government has launched a new interactive map to give the public a chance to keep track of mowing activity across Canberra and keep them informed about any delays to the schedule. [ + ]
Terror financiers and money launderers targeted by alliance
An alliance has been launched by AUSTRAC, designed to fight against serious financial crime. [ + ]
Victorian paramedics receive virtual reality training
Virtual reality training will be provided to Victorian paramedics, in an effort to better protect them from violence when responding to an emergency. [ + ]
US Dept of State saves US$50m in IT
The US Department of State has cut over US$50m from its IT costs since adopting the principles of the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act. [ + ]
Shipping safety tool developed by LINZ
A new tool for shipping safety has been developed by Land Information New Zealand (LINZ). [ + ]
Security experts can list on Digital Marketplace
The DTA has expanded the Digital Marketplace to allow a wider range of sellers to peddle their digital expertise to government buyers, in new categories including cybersecurity and data science. [ + ]
Queensland Health tenders for major ERP revamp
Queensland Health is on the hunt for a provider for a major project worth up to $105 million involving replacing the department's legacy SAP ERP system with a solution based on SAP HANA. [ + ]
SA Health defaults to digital with Objective
SA Health will continue to use Objective Corporation to digitally transform its service delivery across the Department for Health and Ageing. [ + ]
Electronic referrals on the rise in NZ
One million electronic referrals have been undertaken by clinicians in Canterbury, New Zealand. [ + ]
Service SA deploying new telephony system
The SA Government's Service SA is deploying a new telephony and workforce management system in collaboration with contact centre services company QPC. [ + ]
