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Australian Capital Territory - Topics A-Z
Topics A-Z listing of articles and resources about egovernment activities in the Australian Capital Territory.
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- E-Security Interview with Peter Major, INTACT ACT
- This exclusive interview with Peter Major, Senior Manager ICT Security, INTACT ACT explores the common threats to the online security of government, the role and scope of INTACT, and how government, industry and the government can work together to develop future responses to e-Security.
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- ACT Govt offers phone lock-down to schools
- By Darren Pauli. IT News, May 21, 2012. "Personal data erased. The ACT Government has offered schools the ability to lock down teacher and student smartphones and tablets while operating over the local network. The no-holds-barred approach to personal devices would see security bypass methods such as jailbreaks, rooting and other disallowed security features banned while using local wi-fi and LAN networks. Students and teachers who voluntarily sign up to use their devices on the network and then attempt a jailbreak would find their devices erased by a 'silver bullet' fired from the government's central IT office..."
Added: 22 May 2012;
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- How government does BYOD
- By Michael Lee, ZDNet Australia, May 17, 2012. "Allowing users to bring their own devices (BYOD) needn't be difficult, even for the government, according to the senior manager for the ACT Government's IT security, Peter Major. Speaking at the 2012 AusCERT security conference this morning, Major highlighted up front that organisations have to establish a clear device-use policy..."
Added: 18 May 2012;
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- Virtual Cabinet with ACT college students
- Government of the Australian Capital Territory, Media Release by Katy Gallagher MLA, 3 April 2012. "ACT Chief Minister Katy Gallagher today joined her ACT Government Cabinet colleagues, Andrew Barr, Simon Corbell, Joy Burch and Chris Bourke for a first of its kind Virtual Cabinet with ACT college students at the new InSPIRE Centre at the University of Canberra..."
Added: 4 April 2012;
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- Mapping crime in Canberra
- Posted by Arek, All Things Spatial, Thursday, March 8, 2012. "... In late February Simon Corbell, ACT Minister for Police and Emergency Services, launched a new interactive online crime mapping tool: Crime Statistics. It has been developed to help provide the public with valuable and accurate information about criminal activity in their neighbourhood... ... another interactive application with crime statistics for the region which was developed by The Canberra Times. It consists of a series of maps presenting 2011 crime data as thematic overlays. Information is available for patrol areas for the following crime categories: assaults, property damage, theft, car theft, burglary, robbery and sexual offences..."
Added: 9 March 2012;
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- Crime in the Capital - ACT Crime Map
- Canberra Times. "This map shows the number of all crimes committed in the ACT during 2011, where darker colours represent higher numbers of crimes. Clicking individual regions will bring up the actual number for that area and the rate per 1000 residents who live there..."
Added: 9 March 2012;
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- Interactive maps show crime trends in your area
- Simon Corbell, MLA - Media Releases, 27 February 2012. "A new interactive online crime mapping tool has been developed to help provide the public with valuable and accurate information about criminal activity in their neighbourhood, Minister for Police and Emergency Services, Simon Corbell, said today. Mr Corbell launched ACT Policing's latest web tool today at the ActewAGL Royal Canberra Show and said it was a great way to provide the community crime statistics by suburb, draw comparisons between suburbs and view crime trends over the past five years in a quick, easy and accurate way..."
Added: 27 February 2012;
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- ACT government to hand NICTA $12 million
- Funding to be handed out in $3 million lots over four years, by Diana Nguyen. Computerworld, 21 February, 2012. "The Australian Capital Territory government will hand National ICT Australia (NICTA) $12 million in funding to further research and strengthen relationships between NICTA and ACT government agencies and the community of Canberra. The funding, to be dispensed in $3 million lots per year over four years, will commence on 1 July 2012..."
Added: 22 February 2012;
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- Website opens government business transparency
- By Paul Hemsley. Government News, 4 January 2012. "Canberra internet users have accessed a broader range of information through the Open Government website for transparency purposes. Launched in October 2011, the ACT Government said the website has received positive community feedback with more than 10000 page views and comments posted online and during three Twitter Cabinets held since July 2011..."
Added: 2 February 2012;
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- ACT Government's Open Government Website
- "The Government Information Office was created in June 2011, following recommendations in the Hawke Report. The role of the GIO is to provide across-government advice and coordination on ICT issues and release of government information. The Government Information Office has a role in helping realise the ACT Government's commitment to Open Government and to support innovation in the use of web 2.0 technologies across the government..."
Added: 24 October 2011;
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- Open Government website goes live
- by Katy Gallagher, Chief Minister, Australian Capital Territory, Media Release, 17 October 2011. "ACT Chief Minister Katy Gallagher today launched the new Open Government website as part of a commitment to provide more openness and transparency and enable participation by Canberrans in the business of government. "It is our intention to make as much government information available online as possible, and open up new possibilities for the use of this information by the community. The new website provides a means to achieve this," the Chief Minister said..."
Added: 24 October 2011;
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- ACT Emergency Services Agency
- "The ACT Emergency Services Agency (ESA) is the ACT Government organisation charged with providing emergency management services to the Canberra community. The ESA comprises the ACT Ambulance Service, the ACT Fire Brigade, the ACT Rural Fire Service, the ACT State Emergency Service and the ESA Support Services..."
Added: 30 September 2011;
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- Minister unveils new ways to access information during emergencies
- Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory Government, Media Release, 30 September 2011. "The Minister for Police and Emergency Services, Simon Corbell, today unveiled a new way for Canberrans to access information during emergencies in the Territory with the unveiling of a new website and social media accounts for the ACT Emergency Services Agency. "The ability to obtain timely and accurate information in an accessible format is critical for the community in times of major emergency as was demonstrated with the recent Mitchell factory fire," Mr Corbell said. "The official bushfire season commences in the ACT tomorrow while we have already entered the annual increased period of storm activity," he said. "The new ACT Emergency Services Agency website has been created to provide access to emergency information, updates and warnings as a key priority..."
Added: 30 September 2011;
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- New online directory for all health services in the Australian Capital Territory
- Chief Minister, Minister for Health, Media Release 26 September 2011. "ACT Chief Minister and Minister for Health, Katy Gallagher, today launched the new Health Services Directory- Find a health service- an online tool for all healthcare service information for Canberrans and the people of surrounding regions. "With more than 100,000 unique users of the ACT Health Directorate's website last month alone, we have noticed that consumers are increasingly heading online for their healthcare information," the Chief Minister said. "This new directory, developed by the Health Directorate, will greatly benefit healthcare consumers by providing them with a single online listing of health services and ways to access those services via the Health Directorate's website..."
Added: 26 September 2011;
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- Find a health service in the ACT
- Provided by ACT Health, the online services directory enables you to search by suburb, keyword or service type.
Added: 26 September 2011;
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- Emergency brings out ESA on Twitter in Canberra - too late?
- eGov AU - Craig Thomler's professional blog - eGovernment and Gov 2.0 thoughts and speculations from an Australian perspective, Friday, September 16, 2011. "This morning, like many Canberra residents, I awoke to the news of the Mitchell fire. Like most in the digital age (who weren't close enough to hear explosions), I learnt about it by reading news online, and hopped straight on Twitter to find the latest updates. I was very glad (and surprised) to find that the ACT Government's Emergency Services Department had a twitter account. They had been providing official advice for the last half an hour from @ACT_ESA. I've added it to my list of government twitter accounts (yes I was unaware of it before). I was not happy to see that while they'd been on Twitter since May, they'd not told anyone about the account and had only tweeted twice previously, saying 'coming soon' on both occasions..."
Added: 21 September 2011;
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This category last updated: 22 May 2012
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