The Queensland government’s new $1 billion digital fund is prioritising Software-as-a-Service and common platforms under the watch of a handful of public servants and a highly paid consultant. The...
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Big Four consulting giant PwC has been given the all clear to resume bidding for new federal government work, leading to outrage from three senators pushing to keep the...
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The federal Health department has shifted its data away from a legacy system to sovereign operator Canberra Data Centres in a new $9.6 million long term deal that single...
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A new platform that gives federal public servants a secure way to experiment with artificial intelligence models like OpenAI’s GPT-4o has launched, as the government looks to boost adoption...
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The agency behind My Health Record has gone to market to start carving up the decades-long $780 million Accenture contract underpinning the national data system, but is sticking with...
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Big Four consulting giant EY will continue its lucrative data work for the tax office under a new deal worth more than $11 million. The Australian Taxation Office has...
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Federal agencies will gain access to an Australian instance of OpenAI’s GPT-4o as part of a whole-of-government AI service being trialed to accelerate the adoption of AI across the...
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The federal government has approached the market for a new SaaS-based platform to administer the $30 billion in Commonwealth grants deployed each year, replacing the troubled Grants Hubs. The...
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The Department of Finance has launched a tool to track labour hire staff and management consultants across government, promising a new layer of integrity after a sprawl of temporary...
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The federal government has completed its investigation into whether Big Four consulting giant PwC should be allowed to resume bidding for new Commonwealth work in the wake of the...
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A number of drones will be housed near major traffic hotspots in Sydney and controlled by pilots more than 50km away in an Australian-first aiming to improve responses to...
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Home Affairs has renewed its deal with US tech giant Pegasystems for case management software for another year, at a cost of more than $3 million. The Massachusetts-based Pegasystems,...
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The Australian tax office has locked itself into a deal with Uber for three years in a contract for ride services worth an estimated $2 million. The Australian Taxation...
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Salesforce has landed another federal government contract, this time securing a $3.2 million deal with the Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) as part of a Deloitte-led project for a...