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Government News

  • FST Media
  • 1 May 2019
The WA Government will deploy 3,500 mobile smart devices to police officers, providing $34.6 million to fund the tech rollout.  
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  • FST Media
  • 29 April 2019
New Zealand has been ranked the world’s leader in government procurement, edging out digital government heavyweights South Korea, the UK, Israel and Australia in the 2019 International Civil Service Effectiveness Index (InCiSE) report.  
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  • FST Media
  • 16 April 2019
‘Collaboration happens when it brings substantial benefits to all parties. One of the best ways to make that happen is to reduce the uncertainty and costs of collaboration.’  
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  • FST Media
  • 15 April 2019
Australia’s chief data science research body, Data 61, has put the call out to industry to guide the future regulation of artificial intelligence technologies following the release of its AI ethics framework discussion paper.  
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  • FST Media
  • 15 April 2019
NEC Australia has secured a $23 million deal with WA Health to deploy new regional connectivity network.  
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  • FST Media
  • 12 April 2019
After a nearly four-month search, the Federal Government’s Department of Education and Training has appointed Stuart Girvan as its next chief information officer.  
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  • FST Media
  • 12 April 2019
SA is fast-establishing itself as the Commonwealth’s anointed tech innovation hub, with the Department of Defence announcing Adelaide as host of a new High Performance Computing Centre (HPCC) that will support the development of advanced military technology.  
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  • FST Media
  • 5 April 2019
With an election looming, the Federal Government handed down its 2019 Budget with a number of sweeteners for technology projects. We take a look at some of the top tech investments from the Coalition’s 2019-20 Budget.  
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  • FST Media
  • 2 April 2019
Following its comfortable re-election last week, the Berejiklian Government has announced sweeping changes to its cabinet, including the creation of a new Customer Service ministry that will merge its technology and customer service functions under a single portfolio.  
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  • FST Media
  • 1 April 2019
The Department of Human Services (DHS) has revealed its latest iteration of digital assistant, announcing the creation of a “next level” AI chatbot to be deployed across a suite of online government services.
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  • FST Media
  • 31 March 2019
Providing a much-needed lifeline to the Office of Digital Government (ODG), the Western Australia Government has announced it will inject $34.7 million to support digital transformation efforts across state agencies.  
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  • FST Media
  • 20 March 2019
WA Health has announced a $124m deal with French ICT and cloud services giant, Atos, to deliver a comprehensive five-year digital transformation program expected to advance the provision of healthcare to WA citizens.  
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  • FST Media
  • 19 March 2019
The Federal Government has set out a national policy roadmap for blockchain – a potential precursor to the regulation of the distributed ledger technology (DLT) and its future implementation within government.  
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  • FST Media
  • 19 March 2019
The Federal Government has released a set of best practice guidelines for sharing and releasing agency data – an effort to ensure the continued exchange and use of valuable data stocks.  
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  • FST Media
  • 19 March 2019
The Digital Transformation Office (DTA) will receive a $67.2m funding boost to “accelerate development” of the national digital identity scheme, myGovID.  
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