Tim Catley new UNSW digital chief
The University of New South Wales (UNSW) has appointed former Department of Home Affairs CIO, Tim Catley, as its new chief digital officer.
The University of New South Wales (UNSW) has appointed former Department of Home Affairs CIO, Tim Catley, as its new chief digital officer.
The federal government has allocated $18.5 million to fund a new law enforcement tool dubbed the National Facial Biometric Matching Capability. The system will allow agencies to match images of unidentified individuals to photographs stored in a range of government records.
Facebook received 650 requests from the Australian government for user data in the first half of 2014, up slightly from the 640 requests made in the last six months of 2013.
The Australian government will reform how employee share options are taxed to make it easier for startups to attract and retain talent, as part of a $400 million Industry Innovation and Competitiveness Agenda unveiled today by Prime Minister Tony Abbott.
Australian government requests for data to Yahoo during the period January 1 to June 30, 2014 were 375, down from 608 requests in July 1 to December 31 last year, the company reported this week.
The Federal Government is edging closer to providing agencies with easier access to cloud services following the release today of a draft head agreement for a whole-of-government cloud panel.
The federal government has added three more suppliers to its Data Centre Facilities Supplies Panel.
The Federal Government has added four suppliers to its Data Centre Facilities Supplies Panel as part of its program to cut costs and increase the efficiency of its technology infrastructure.
The Australian government’s proposed child cyber safety policy has drawn a positive response from the information security industry.
In the wake of the UK's News of the World voicemail scandal, the Australian government announced today that it will consult the public on legislating for a right to privacy.
The release of some 250,000 cables from US embassies on whistleblower website Wikileaks has prompted the formation of a whole-of-government taskforce to look at the risk posed by the leak to Australia’s national security.
The Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO) has expanded its experiment with Government 2.0 launching a new blog for its procurement of kit under the Australian Government Data Centre Strategy.