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. [ + ]

TechnologyOne has signed a $6.2 million deal with the federal Department of Agriculture and Water Resources (DAWR). [ + ]

The US House Oversight committee has found that the Office of Personnel Management could have potentially prevented last year's major data leak of government employee information with even basic security controls. [ + ]

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. [ + ]

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. [ + ]

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. [ + ]