Study partnership announced by Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull.
The Australian Government will launch a “comprehensive” survey to assess which datasets are most valuable to businesses and researchers, Malcolm Turnbull, Australian Communications Minister has announced this week.
In partnership with New York University’s GovLab, the federal government will look at organisations that use public datasets “to generate new business, develop new products and services or create social value,” he said.
Weiterlesen: Australia to set method for valuing open datasets
GovCMS hosting plans range from US$8097 to US$108,003, with larger packages available on request.
Australia has made a web site hosting platform, govCMS, available to all agencies, John Sheridan, Government Chief Technology Officer announced.
“The release of the govCMS website today marks the availability of govCMS to all government entities to create and manage cost effective websites, based on best practice, that are compliant with Australian Government standards,” Sheridan wrote in a blog post.
Weiterlesen: Australia’s whole-of-government web platform available to all agencies
The group includes Australian companies like Digital Pacific and Macquarie Telecom and international firms like IBM Australia and Microsoft. The Australian government announced in late 2014 that it would create the panel to help the government work with service providers as it sets up GovDesk and GovMail services for launch this year or next.
Weiterlesen: Australian Government Signs 49 Companies to Cloud Services Panel
Throughout the world, governments are grappling with the growing challenge of providing quality, affordable healthcare. However, innovations in technology are helping to alleviate this common dilemma.
In Australia, an ageing population, shortages of healthcare providers in metropolitan and rural areas, as well as increased rates of chronic disease, are all factors placing substantial strain on the local healthcare sector. However, while these challenges continue to mount, healthcare providers are being forced to do more with less as the costs continue to rise and place increasing pressure on government budgets. In fact, the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare calculates annual spending on healthcare services now exceeds $6200 per person.
Weiterlesen: Tackling the rising cost of healthcare in Australia
Assistant Secretary at the Department of Finance, Mundi Tomlinson said the Cloud Services Panel aimed to provide Agencies with scalable and flexible cloud services via industry offerings.