The office led by Information and Privacy Commissioner Timothy Pilgrim received 114 voluntary data breach notifications, 35 mandatory digital health data notifications, and 2,494 privacy-related complaints during the 12-month period.# During the 2016-17 financial year, the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) received a total of 114 voluntary data beach notifications, with a further 35 mandatory digital health data breach notifications also reported, the agency's 2016-17 Annual Report [PDF] has revealed.
Read more: AU: OAIC received 114 voluntary data breach notifications in 2016-17
Ongoing economic uncertainty and a slowdown in government technology investment continue to delay or limit the adoption of digital innovation and radically redesigned service models.
But CIOs at all levels of government can help ease the path.
Part of the problem is that the structure of government has remained largely unchanged for more than half a century, while the needs and expectations of citizens and businesses have outpaced the ability to adequately address them.
Read more: AU: CIOs and the transition to digital government
Before smart cities are built and citizens are 'Uberised', a trust framework for data sharing needs to be established in Australia, according to the non-profit body representing IoT in Australia.
Issues around technical standards, data sharing, and application interoperability require the government's attention if Australia wants to effectively grow smart infrastructure and smart cities using the Internet of Things (IoT), according to not-for-profit body IoT Alliance Australia (IoTAA).
Read more: IoT enables the 'Uberising of citizens': IoT Alliance Australia
Victorian healthcare provider Melbourne Health has published a request for tender to support its proposed electronic medical record system.
The Victorian government has gone to tender, seeking a provider to upgrade Melbourne Health's network and site infrastructure.
The successful vendor will be charged with enabling appropriate levels of clinical and administrative user access to a proposed electronic medical record (EMR) system to be introduced at Melbourne Health, the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, and the Royal Women's Hospital, the request for tender (RFT) explains.
Read more: AU: Melbourne Health seeks network provider as it readies electronic record system
Has WofG strategy overhaul in its sights.
The Tasmanian Department of Premier and Cabinet has appointed the state's first government chief information officer to lead the redevelopment of its ageing ICT strategy.
The agency confirmed it has hired former Department of Treasury and Finance director of information systems Glenn Lewis to the leadership role.