The SA Government's Service SA is deploying a new telephony and workforce management system in collaboration with contact centre services company QPC. [ + ]

Government code should be made available to others unless there's a compelling reason not to, according to DTA Technical Architect Alastair Parker. [ + ]

One million electronic referrals have been undertaken by clinicians in Canterbury, New Zealand. [ + ]

Queensland authorities have used the state's Smartship simulator to prepare for the arrival of the largest cruise ship ever to dock in Brisbane. [ + ]

The UK's Digital Marketplace is revamping its G-Cloud procurement framework to help make it easier match government buyers of cloud services with suitable sellers. [ + ]

All major government technology projects will be reviewed by the federal government, providing better transparency of its annual ICT spending. [ + ]

The rollout of New Zealand's Ultrafast Broadband (UFB) national fibre network has passed 71% completion, with total connections growing to nearly 328,000 by the end of December. [ + ]

Methods for engaging future generations in the world's museums will be explored at the MuseumNext conference in Melbourne. [ + ]

The SA Government has awarded CSC Australia a seven-year contract to provide and manage all desktop PCs, laptops and tablets for state government agencies in a move expected to deliver savings of $11m per year. [ + ]

Crowd security intelligence company Synack uncovered critical vulnerabilities in the Pentagon's secure file transfer system within a matter of hours. [ + ]

Australian start-up companies that made their way into the finals of the Bridge to MassChallenge have travelled to Boston for the event. [ + ]

A report into the UK government's cybersecurity performance has found that it is struggling to find qualified security staff and that current breach reporting processes are "inconsistent and dysfunctional". [ + ]

The Digital Transformation Agency has announced the findings of research into why 50% of users of government services face difficulty finding the information they need online. [ + ]

Tender seeking partners in industry will need to establish an interoperable and secure electronic messaging service, following a request from the Australian Digital Health Agency. [ + ]

GMV, Inmarsat and Lockheed Martin will help Geoscience Australia and CRCSI trial next-generation satellite positioning technologies that are far more accurate than GPS. [ + ]