Industry News
Australian police expect to need digital skills
Two-thirds of Australian police personnel surveyed by Accenture expect to be required to learn new digital skills to remain effective. [ + ]
AIIA Qld Council hosts eHealth luncheon
An eHealth luncheon will be hosted by AIIA Queensland Council this month on 19 October. [ + ]
Register now for LGITSA conference
The program for the Local Government Information Technology SA (LGITSA) conference is now available. [ + ]
Data#3 secures Azure Migration Services contract
Data#3 has been selected to provide Azure Migration services under Microsoft's Modernisation Factory cloud migration model. [ + ]
State, local govts must collaborate on digital innovation
An analysis of state and local government digital transformation initiatives in Australia and New Zealand has sought to identify the key ingredients for success. [ + ]
Future transport office created by govt
In order to prepare for the pending arrival of automated vehicles, the federal government will establish an Office of Future Transport Technologies. [ + ]
Someone has a sense of humour!
Visitors to a certain NSW Government ServiceNow web page are greeted by a “404 not found” page with a difference. [ + ]
Netflix boss headlines Asia Pacific Cities Summit
The co-founder of Netflix will be a key presenter at the Asia Pacific Cities Summit and Mayors' Forum next year. [ + ]
Christchurch launches mapping tool for citizen reports
New Zealand's Christchurch City Council has introduced an interactive map designed to allow residents to conduct more interactions online. [ + ]
VIDEO: How Victor Dominello uses real-time data
Victor Dominello, the NSW Minister for Finance, Services and Property, shares his experience of how real-time data is helping to transform public services. [ + ]
SA schools employ Civica software
The Civica education suite of software products has been selected by the South Australian Government for its schools. [ + ]
Cairns Council adopting OneCouncil SaaS solution
TechnologyOne has won a 10-year SaaS contract to supply its OneCouncil solution to Cairns Regional Council. [ + ]
PM&C endorses Open Government Action Plan
The PM&C has formally endorsed the second-phase Open Government National Action Plan, which will see the appointment of a National Data Commissioner. [ + ]
US govt updates Cloud First into Cloud Smart
The Trump administration plans to replace the Cloud First strategy for government IT modernisation projects with a new strategy called Cloud Smart. [ + ]
Trusted Digital Identity Framework updated
The DTA has released the second component of the planned Trusted Digital Identity Framework, governing the unified management of digital identities in Australia. [ + ]
