SCCANZ slams smart city report
19 February, 2020 by Dylan Bushell-Embling | Supplied by: Smart Cities Council ANZSmart Cities Council Australia New Zealand has called out a QUT smart city report supported by the federal government for using a "questionable" methodology.
Connected Community app to streamline town communications
19 February, 2020Australia's "first" 'Connected Community' app has gone live, streamlining communications between Gawler Council, residents and local businesses.
Open government and digitising the customer experience
19 February, 2020 by Christine Jones, Lyn Nicholson and Andrew Hynd | Supplied by: Holding RedlichGovernments are making great strides along the road to digitisation, but many privacy and ethics question marks remain.
Adelaide, Sunshine Coast named in top 7 intelligent communities
12 February, 2020Adelaide and the Sunshine Coast are in the running for 'Intelligent Community of the Year' after being named in the ICF's Top 7.
Government CIOs facing disruption pressures
12 February, 2020 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingGovernment IT leaders worldwide are more likely than their private sector counterparts to report that their organisation faces disruption and funding shortfalls.
Finance to trial a common whole-of-government ERP platform
10 February, 2020 by Jonathan NallyThe federal Department of Finance has announced that it is working with the Shared Services Provider Hubs to co-design a new GovERP initiative.
ICT careers losing appeal for OECD teens
05 February, 2020 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingThe percentage of 15-year-olds within the OECD nominating ICT as their top potential career path has fallen substantially since 2000, a new report shows.
Interview: James Bergl, Datto
04 February, 2020 | Supplied by: Datto IncIn our annual Leaders in Technology series, we ask the experts what the year ahead holds. Today we talk IoT, cloud and disaster recovery with Datto's James Bergl.
NSW Government aims to consolidate websites
04 February, 2020 by Jonathan NallyMore than 500 NSW Government websites will be consolidated onto the nsw.gov.au website, in a move modelled on the UK's successful gov.uk project.
Digital Marketplace cracks the $1bn mark
04 February, 2020 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingThe Digital Transformation Agency has revealed that more than $1bn worth of opportunities have now been awarded through the Digital Marketplace since launch.
DTA updates ICT contract cap policy
03 February, 2020 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingThe Digital Transformation Agency (DTA) has replaced the ICT Contract Capped Term and Value Policy with the Digital Sourcing Contract Limits and Reviews Policy.
UK releases guide to using AI in government
30 January, 2020 by Jonathan NallyThe guide outlines the potential benefits as well as the pitfalls for employing AI in government service, along with plenty of short case studies.
Guided buying a step closer with ProcurePoint's replacement
28 January, 2020 by Jonathan NallyProcurePoint, the NSW Government's one-stop shop for agency and department purchasing, is being progressively replaced with buy.nsw.
DST data fusion expert awarded Public Service Medal
28 January, 2020 by Jonathan NallyDr Dale Lambert has been recognised for his work in the use of AI in surveillance, reconnaissance, command and control, intelligence and autonomous platforms.
10,000 NSW data sets publicly available
22 January, 2020 by Jonathan NallyTen years since it was launched, the NSW Open Data Portal has reached a major milestone, with 10,000 government data sets now available to the public.
