WA government expands police drone fleet
The West Australian government has announced WA Police will train up to 60 drone pilots over the next two years as it adds up to 35 new remotely piloted aircraft to its fleet.
The West Australian government has announced WA Police will train up to 60 drone pilots over the next two years as it adds up to 35 new remotely piloted aircraft to its fleet.
NEC Australia has won a $39 million networking contract with WA Police. The deal covers WAN, LAN and Cisco IP telephony services at more than 200 WA Police sites across the state.
Optus will upgrade 11 small cells in regional Western Australia as part of an agreement struck between the telco and the WA government.
The Western Australian government is funding for a trial of a one-stop-shop for public-facing transactional services, such as licensing and registrar services.
NEC Australia will deliver network upgrades for more than 500 WA Health sites in regional and remote parts of Western Australia.
The Western Australian government has pledged that the state’s digital transformation efforts will receive ongoing funding, with $34.7 million to be invested in the Office of Digital Government (ODG).
Atos will oversee the migration of the WA Department of Health to Oracle-based cloud services as part of a five-year, $124 million contract.
The Western Australian government has appointed public sector veteran Greg Italiano as its new chief information officer.
The Western Australian government’s GovNext-ICT program will cut IT costs — but not to the extent originally expected when the program was launched, according to a new report from the state’s auditor general.
A staggering 60,000 out of 234,0000 active accounts at a range of WA government agencies were potentially at risk of a dictionary attack due to their weak passwords, a review by the state’s auditor general has found.
Western Australia’s Office of the Government Chief Information Officer will officially cease operations at the end of June. The OGCIO is being transformed into the Office of Digital Government, which will be a discrete business unit sitting within the Department of the Premier and Cabinet.
The Western Australian government has called for changes to the statement of expectations that governs the rollout of the National Broadband Network.
The Western Australian government has brought forward spending on WA Police’s ICT optimisation program, in part in order to boost the force’s information security.
The government of Western Australia will fund the Office of the Government Chief information Officer for another 12 months.
Australia’s first driverless shuttle trial turned a year old this week, during which the bus has clocked up more than 4200 km in autonomous mode.