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The Government ICT Update provides information about how government agencies are using or developing ICT to create better public services. Intended for agencies, it covers activities led by the Government Chief Information Officer, the Department of Internal Affairs, and a range of other agencies across the State services. We invite feedback from agencies to help us ensure it meets your needs. Please contact us at gcio@dia.govt.nz to share your views or suggest a news item.

New ICT Security and Related Services Panel

The new ICT Security and Related Services Panel is now in place.

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Innovation in action: Taking procurement into the digital world

How does government sourcing keep up with the rapid pace of technology? That’s a question over 50 representatives from government agencies and business came together to understand at a recent hack event ‘Innovative sourcing for a digital government’.

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New Zealand’s digital economy a ‘standout among standouts’

New Zealand is a 'standout among standouts' when it comes to our digital economy.

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Government secures cloud framework agreement with Amazon Web Services

The Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) has secured a pan-government agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS) – a major global cloud services supplier – to help agencies accelerate the adoption of public cloud services.

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Government agencies welcome GovTech Talent graduates

DIA has welcomed the inaugural graduates participating in the GovTech Talent Graduate Programme, a cross-agency pilot to build Government’s information, technology and digital talent pipeline.

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Expansion of GCIO Assurance Services Panel

The GCIO has recently completed a refresh of its Assurance Services Panel, which now includes 26 highly qualified providers of assurance services for ICT-enabled projects and programmes.

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Phishing alert

We have been made aware of a phishing scam about the Government ICT Strategy 2015.

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Government secures another major agreement with global software supplier

The Department of Internal Affairs has secured a pan-government agreement with Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) New Zealand – a significant global ICT supplier to New Zealand’s government agencies.

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Government secures major agreement with global software supplier

he Department of Internal Affairs has secured a pan-government agreement with Oracle – the second largest global ICT supplier to New Zealand’s government agencies.

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Guidelines unlock govt software for innovation

20 July 2016

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Minister Dunne addresses Westminster

3 February 2016

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New GCIO Assurance Services Sub-panel will inform ICT investment decisions

From today, Tuesday 8 December, government agencies will be able to access an independent panel of nineteen highly qualified providers of assurance services for ICT-enabled projects and programmes.

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Govt.nz website wins plain English award

The website Govt.nz won the ‘Best Plain English website’ award for the public sector at the recent WriteMark Plain English awards, held in Wellington.

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Telecommunications as a Service (TaaS) Panel announced

Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce and Internal Affairs Minister Peter Dunne have announced a list of twelve telecommunications providers who have been selected to provide telecommunications and managed security services to Government.

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Government ICT Strategy updated

The Government ICT Strategy was revised in 2015 to ensure that, in a dynamic technology environment, it can achieve the government’s aim of an ICT-enabled transformation of public services to New Zealanders.

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New Web Services Panel

From today, government agencies will be able to access an all-of-government service panel for developing websites and applications.

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