Digital Transformation

The mobile application helps more than 5000 of WA Police’s frontline officers to work more safely and efficiently every day. It is already assisting the agency’s transition to digital traffic infringement notices, removing the need to process up to 180,000 handwritten infringement notices every year.

President Joe Biden’s fiscal year 2023 budget request seeks $65 billion for civilian federal agencies—an 11% increase over the $58.4 billion requested last year—as well as a significant increase in cybersecurity spending.

NSW Health wants the virtual care strategy to cover care planning and coordination across different providers; clinical collaboration, innovation and research; patient self-management; and a digitally-capable workforce.

Features on the new myBOQ app include face or fingerprint recognition login, budget creation, live in-app chat, bill tracking, PayID and roundups to help reach savings goals.

The bill also includes a provision for agencies to transfer the older IT that still is usable to the Computers for Learning Program, run by non-profits to help students and communities have access to hardware and software.

Snowplows in Syracuse, N.Y., have been equipped with fleet management technology from Samsara to improve snow removal operations and give residents a real-time picture of the city’s street conditions.

Instead of visiting multiple websites to track down agendas or meetings for the State Board of Education, the Idaho Department of Fish and Game, the State Board of Land Commissioners or, say, the Board of Examiners, meeting records will be available through a single website. 

The LEADS initiative aims to transform how residents access government services.

The federal IT dashboard has officially relaunched after an overhaul intended to modernize the site, which dates back to 2009.

The state has identified hundreds of millions of dollars of technical debt and wants to use federal funding to spur IT modernization.

Through the DID(it) contract, valued at $116.6 million over five years, Excella will provide Agile and modern software delivery capabilities to develop and deploy secure critical services that impact citizens and internal government users.

McLaren, who is currently country head for consultancy marketplace XpertiseNow in the US, will join the Department of Communities, Housing and Digital Economy in Australia early next month.