The CSIRO's Data61 and a group from the department of PM&C's Public Data Branch is working on the next generation of the government's data.gov.au open data portal. [ + ]

Fujitsu Australia has been engaged by the federal Department of Industry, Innovation and Science to implement an end-to-end grants management system based on the company's Grants Management solution. [ + ]

PwC has completed its report into the payment delays associated with the botched implementation of the National Disability Insurance Scheme's MyPlace payment portal. [ + ]

Frankston City Council aims to standardise and improve its business process management capabilities by adopting a cloud-based suite from Promapp. [ + ]

The Western Australian Government's new PlanWA interactive map allows anyone to access zoning and other planning data for any package of land in the state. [ + ]

Watch House, a system developed by NT Police and NEC to help rapidly identify suspects brought into custody using facial recognition, has won a 2016 iAward from the AIIA. [ + ]

The Digital Transformation Office has completed a beta version of the Digital Marketplace, a platform designed to simplify government procurement of digital and technology services. [ + ]

An online petition started by GetUp calling on the Turnbull government to abandon plans to privatise operation of the ASIC company registry has already attracted over 40,500 signatures. [ + ]

The Department of Immigration and Border Protection has completed the deployment of 83 biometric automated departure SmartGates across all eight international airports. [ + ]

TAFE Queensland has signed a roughly $40 million, 10-year deal with TechnologyOne for its OneEducation enterprise SaaS student management solution. [ + ]

Adelaide City Council is using Microsoft's Skype Meeting Broadcast to live stream its committee meetings, as part of efforts to improve citizen engagement with local government. [ + ]

More than four million Australians with a disability will receive improved accessibility to ICT procurement, with the adoption of an internationally recognised minimum standard. [ + ]

Over 10 million Australians have now registered with myGov, making it one of the biggest digital services in Australia. [ + ]

Telestar has been contracted to provide its Bluewater end-to-end managed mobility platform for the NSW Department of Justice. [ + ]

US-based collab9 has become the first UCaaS provider to secure FedRAMP authorisation from the US federal government for its portfolio of services. [ + ]