Author: James Riley

US DoJ on encryption laws and the CLOUD Act

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The nation’s controversial encryption laws will not stand in the way of Australia securing an expedited data-sharing deal with the United States, the US Justice department said in a...

McKinsey lands $1m three-month myGov deal

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government will pay consulting giant McKinsey nearly $1 million to develop a business case for its Facebook-inspired myGov update over the next three months. The Digital Transformation...

APS maps new digital career paths

Posted on   |  by Elise McDonald
A new ‘Digital Professional Stream Strategy will be implemented across the public service to attract new tech savvy professionals and lift the public services’s digital skills game. Launched by...

AWS tracing deal a disgrace: Rex Patrick

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The contract handed to American tech giant Amazon to handle the cloud storage of data from the COVID-19 contact tracing app is a “disgrace” and more must done to...

COVID-19 an opportunity to remake policy

Posted on   |  by Francis Galbally
The COVID-19 pandemic has propelled the world suddenly into unfamiliar times of uncertainty, hardship and health fears. It has challenged governments and people working together against a common deadly...

Atlassian and the CovidSafe team

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Australian tech darling Atlassian is among the five private companies that helped the federal government build its COVID-19 contact tracing app. More than two million people have now downloaded...

Sovereign capability and that shocking AWS deal

Posted on   |  by James Riley
There have been a lot of fine people running around with their hair on fire yelling about sovereign capability holes in the manufacturing sector, specifically in relation to COVID...

Questions over AWS tracing deal: Husic

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
There are “big questions” to be answered over Amazon Web Services’ involvement with the federal government’s COVID-19 contact tracing app, especially around the company’s use of a China-owned data...

A new plan and new urgency for industry

Posted on   |  by Dr Sarah Pearson
‘Future Industries’ are alive and kicking in the here and now, and on the rise in countries you may not expect to be leading. Countries traditionally reliant on low...