Announcements

Privacy Awareness Week, 12th-18th May, 2019

Information Proficiency is a proud supporter of Privacy Awareness Week 2019.

Over the past year, in Australia and around the world, privacy has come into sharper focus as one of the top priorities for organisations and the public alike.

Our personal information is a critical input to the economy and government agencies, and we are seeing heightened awareness of privacy issues as organisations and agencies face increasingly complex data protection challenges.

Privacy Awareness Week is an annual event that highlights the importance of protecting personal information, and helps organisations, agencies and the public navigate the privacy landscape.

For organisations and agencies, it’s a reminder to review privacy practices and policies and educate their staff about information handling obligations.

For the public, it’s an opportunity to share information and practical tips that empower people to take control of their personal information.

Our central message is “Don’t be in the Dark on Privacy”, and over the course of the week we will explore a series of privacy priorities including Data Breaches, Online Security, Your Credit, Health Information and Your Data.

16 Days in WA - 2018

Information Proficiency whole heartedly supports 16 Days in WA. The following information and resources comes from the Government of WA, Department of Communities:

The 16 Days in WA to Stop Violence Against Women campaign will take place from 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, to 10 December, which is Human Rights Day.

Based on the international 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence campaign, 16 Days in WA is Western Australia’s contribution to these efforts and aims to raise awareness, motivate positive actions across Western Australia, and advocate on behalf of organisations that are opposing violence against women.

You are invited to make your mark during the 16 Days in WA campaign – to educate, motivate and advocate in your community, and stand up to stop violence against women.

We all have a role to play in changing the conversation that allows violence against women to go unchallenged.

Together we can stop violence against women.

Information, Services and Supports (STOP the Violence resource kit)

For a comprehensive list of State and national helplines, please visit the State Government’s Family and Domestic Violence Help and Advice page.

If you or someone you know is in immediate danger, call 000.

Information Proficiency Proud Finalist – Small & Succeeding – Telstra Business Awards 2018

…and on the night…4 categories, 10,000 applicants and only 24 finalists…

Although we didn't take out the top awards, we did make it as a finalist, representing the highest achievers in Australian business, that is a truly amazing result.

Information Proficiency is made up of an incredible team of professionals who make us the company we are.  We all work hard each day to produce the best results possible and it really humbles us to see each team member treat the company as their own.

We absolutely couldn't be the company we are without our dedicated crew.  This award is for the entire team.

Special thanks to Telstra Business Awards (#TelstraBizAwards) for putting together a great night and congratulations to the 4 Award Winners!

Lisa and Alex White
16 Aug 2018

Information Proficiency Announced as Finalist – Small & Succeeding – Telstra Business Awards 2018

To see a full list of the promising finalists:

• browse to https://www.telstrabusinessawards.com/winners-and-finalists/finalists 
• choose Western Australia and Small & Succeeding 
• click Go

Congratulations and best of luck to all the finalists.

Information Proficiency Announced as Finalist - Most Impactful Social Benefit - WAITTA 2017

The WAITTA INCITE Awards showcases ICT innovation and excellence across 10 awards - recognising individual achievement, product innovation and project excellence. The program provides opportunities to both the companies at the cutting edge of technology innovation as well as leading professionals across the industry to be recognised and celebrated. On Friday the 16th of June WAITTA Awards were announced.

Information Proficiency made it through all the stages to become a finalist. The submission for the award was under Most Impactful Social Benefit and for a project at DFES capturing content from the field during emergency incidents and feeding it live to Records Manager and the control room. This category had 5 finalists including us. Unfortunately we did not win the final award but we are proud to have made it to the finals.

We would like to offer our congratulations to all winners, including Global Live who won this category. The Balconi Smart Torch was developed by Global Live, is a handheld two-way video conference system is primarily developed for remote telehealth care..

The newly developed technology provides most remote and disadvantaged communities access to medical specialists globally, with connection over Satellite, 3G, 4G and Wi-Fi.

The video for our nomination is available below: